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Tribal priorities face setbacks as key education, child welfare bills are tabled
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
via Missoulian (Montana)As a minority within the minority, the American Indian Caucus has to pick and choose its legislative battles wisely.
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VMI faces decision on renewing superintendent’s contract – and for how long
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
via The Roanoke Times (Virginia)Former Gov. Doug Wilder and House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, are voicing concern that the board of visitors might not extend Gen. Cedric Wins' tenure for more than a year,
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Trump gives Ohio schools 14 days to cut ‘race-based’ practices or lose federal funding
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
via The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)In a "Dear Colleague" letter, the U.S. Department of Education said schools must stop considering race in all facets of campus life.
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Former AFT-WV leader: Education in state and nation ‘concerning’ right now
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
via The Dominion Post (West Virginia)For the first time in decades, Fred Albert won't be part of the West Virginia Legislative session in an elected capacity. That doesn't mean, though, that the […]
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Linn County Attorney pushing lawmakers to make ‘doxxing’ easier to prosecute in Iowa
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
via The Gazette (Iowa)A form of cyberbullying, doxxing involves posting private or personal identifiable information online about another person — such as a home address, phone number, Social Security number or other identifiers — for the purposes of harassing, intimidating, embarrassing or otherwise harming the person.
Racism, Parent Involvement
Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal money
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
via The Associated Press (Oregon)The Trump administration is giving America's schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money, raising the stakes in the president's fight against 'wokeness' and sowing confusion as schools scramble to comply.
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Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or lose federal money
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
via KVAL (Oregon)The Trump administration is giving America's schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money.
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Feds: Schools, colleges must nix programs that consider race — or face loss of funding
Monday, February 17th, 2025
via WRAL (North Carolina)By WRAL staff and CNN reportsThe Department of Education sent a 'Dear Colleague' letter Friday threatening the federal funding of any academic institution that considers race in most aspects of…
Racism, School Board – General
Finding Black history in Palm Beach County is daunting, but rewarding
Monday, February 17th, 2025
via The Palm Beach Post (Florida)Pieces of Black history can be found in Palm Beach County museums and landmarks.
Racism, School Board – General
Education Department threatens to pull federal funding over DEI programs — But Utah’s likely in the clear
Monday, February 17th, 2025
via ABC7 (Utah)A letter sent to education departments across the nation threatens to pull federal funding if states don't cut DEI programs.
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James Uthmeier sworn in as Florida attorney general in Tallahassee ceremony
Monday, February 17th, 2025
via The Palm Beach Post (Florida)Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday officially named James Uthmeier, his former chief of staff, as the next Florida Attorney General.
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To understand critical race theory, first understand Arkansas history
Monday, February 17th, 2025
via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)To paraphrase the Oxford American Dictionary, critical race theory argues that many of our social and economic institutions have been created for and by white people. I am a direct beneficiary of that…
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With a vigorous conservative agenda at stake, Texas Capitol leaders play nice, for now
Monday, February 17th, 2025
via Dallas Morning News (Texas)Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he and House Speaker Dustin Burrows are on the same page on conservative issues.
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Missouri Republicans continue push to bar state funding of diversity, equity and inclusion
Monday, February 17th, 2025
via Springfield News-Leader (Missouri)Previous attempts have failed, but after federal cuts to diversity, equity and inclusion programs, Missouri lawmakers have re-filed anti-DEI bills.
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What would a Harris-Walz administration be doing right now?
Saturday, February 15th, 2025
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)What would the first month of the Harris-Walz administration have looked like? Things would be going very differently, to say the least.
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The latest: Federal workers face mass layoffs
Saturday, February 15th, 2025
via MPR News (Minnesota)Federal workers all over the country have responded with anger and confusion Friday toward President Donald Trump's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce. And second federal…
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Missouri Republicans continue push to bar state funding of DEI
Saturday, February 15th, 2025
via News Tribune (Missouri)Missouri lawmakers have rekindled a crusade against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs with a handful of bills seeking to outlaw DEI in state-funded entities.
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Naval Academy faculty told to avoid ‘divisive concepts’ like ‘systemic racism’
Friday, February 14th, 2025
via The Baltimore Banner (Maryland)After President Trump's recent DEI-focused executive order, Naval Academy faculty were told to stop teaching about systematic racism and sexism.
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The Latest: Zelenskyy says Trump is key to ending Russia-Ukraine conflict
Friday, February 14th, 2025
via The Washington Post (California)Federal workers all over the country have responded with anger and confusion Friday toward President Donald Trump's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce
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