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‘Money, Lies, and God’ looks at the creation of MAGA’s ‘grass roots’
Friday, February 28th, 2025
via The Washington Post (New York)Katherine Stewart's book attempts to debunk the notion that Trumpism is the product of a spontaneous outburst of disaffection.
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No comments? Pasco school board considering new social media rules
Friday, February 28th, 2025
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)Critics complain that the district violates its own policy by not allowing comments on posts.
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West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee recommends bill to out transgender students to parents
Friday, February 28th, 2025
via Parkersburg News and Sentinel (West Virginia)CHARLESTON — A bill recommended for passage by the state Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday would penalize teachers who do not report students when they ask to be called names or pronouns…
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Little signs school choice tax credit bill
Thursday, February 27th, 2025
via Lewiston Tribune (Idaho)Measure will allow $50 million in state funds to help parents pay for private school
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Senate Panel Recommends Bill That Would Force School Employees To Out Transgender Students to Parents
Thursday, February 27th, 2025
via The Intelligencer (West Virginia)CHARLESTON — A bill recommended for passage by the state Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday would penalize teachers who do not report students when they ask to be called names or pronouns…
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Senate bill: no school lessons on sexual orientation, teachers must tell parents if students question gender
Thursday, February 27th, 2025
via WV MetroNews (West Virginia)This was one of two bills dealing with sexuality that the Senate Judiciary Committee debated on Thursday afternoon.
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Six long-lost sisters found each other. Now they seek their brother.
Thursday, February 27th, 2025
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)Their viral TikTok post for Giovanni, adopted from Tampa General, was only part of the story.
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IVF coverage could be codified in Nevada law under new bill
Thursday, February 27th, 2025
via The Nevada Independent (Nevada)In the late addition of Behind the Bar, more information on proposed Medicaid cuts, legislators want age verification for adult websites and a lawmaker withdraws a controversial school board bill.…
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Trump endorsed this contested Idaho bill. Gov. Little issues his decision on school vouchers.
Thursday, February 27th, 2025
via The Spokesman-Review (Idaho)Gov. Brad Little signed into law House Bill 93, a major victory for school choice-minded lawmakers after years of attempts to introduce vouchers in Idaho, and the most significant bill to pass so far this legislative session.
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Iowa bill would restrict state funding for libraries that are American Library Association members
Wednesday, February 26th, 2025
via Quad-City Times (Iowa)Senate File 238 would halt certain state funding to public libraries from the Enrich Iowa Program if they are members of nationwide nonprofit organizations that promote federal and state legislation.
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Federal education changes could have a ‘negative impact,’ chief of Wake schools warns
Wednesday, February 26th, 2025
via The News & Observer (North Carolina)Superintendent Robert Taylor says Wake schools is trying to understand the implications of Trump's executive orders and policy proposals.
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Former Del. LaRock files for governor, challenging Earle-Sears
Wednesday, February 26th, 2025
via The Roanoke Times (Virginia)LaRock, who represented Loudoun in the House of Delegates from 2014 to 2024, says he wants to set up a Virginia version of DOGE, the Trump administration's effort to cut
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Judicial Nominating Commission announces nominees for Boyle and Mercer circuit judge – The Advocate-Messenger
Wednesday, February 26th, 2025
via The Advocate-Messenger (Kentucky)The Judicial Nominating Commission, led by Chief Justice of the Commonwealth Debra Hembree Lambert, today announced nominees to fill the Circuit Court judicial vacancy in Boyle and Mercer counties.…
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‘Only a matter of time’: Here is why Arizona is at high risk for a measles outbreak
Wednesday, February 26th, 2025
via The Arizona Republic (Arizona)Arizona is vulnerable to a measles outbreak like the one happening in Texas and New Mexico.
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Bill ending religious exemptions to school vaccines makes headway
Wednesday, February 26th, 2025
via Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Hawaii)A House bill proposing an end to religious exemptions for school immunization requirements is making headway in the state Legislature.
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At the halfway point: Here’s which bills are still alive for Evansville-area legislators
Wednesday, February 26th, 2025
via Courier & Press (Indiana)Lawmakers return to the statehouse March 3.
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Lawmakers seek ways to track unaccounted-for students in wake of Pontiac neglect case
Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
via The Detroit News (Michigan)The proposed legislation would require a confirmation of enrollment of a student before the student's previous school would be able to unenroll them
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‘Gold standard’: Montana Senate gives nod to Montana Indian Child Welfare Act
Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
via Bozeman Daily Chronicle (Montana)Senate preliminarily passed two bills by Sen. Windy Boy that had been tabled, were sent to floor with procedural move.
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Shore NJEA President Cites ‘MAGA Moms’ Fake Moral Outrage’ After New Jersey Says OK to Boys in Girls Sports
Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
via Shore News Network (New Jersey)LONG BRANCH, N.J. — A New Jersey teachers' union leader is defending the state's longstanding transgender athlete policy, calling recent criticism from…
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