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Georgia’s governor says the state will pay a $1,000 year-end bonus to public and school employees
Monday, December 18th, 2023
via The Associated PressGeorgia's government will pay a $1,000 year-end bonus to state, university and public school employees. Gov.
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Florida Republican Party censures chairman Christian Ziegler
Sunday, December 17th, 2023
via The Washington PostFlorida Republican Party members, who cut Ziegler's pay to $1, will meet again in January to decide whether to force him out completely because of a sex scandal.
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Florida Republican Party suspends chairman and demands his resignation amid rape investigation
Sunday, December 17th, 2023
via The Associated PressThe Republican Party of Florida has suspended Chairman Christian Ziegler and is demanding his resignation as police investigate a rape allegation against him.
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Florida Republicans Strip Powers of Embattled Party Chairman
Sunday, December 17th, 2023
via The New York TimesThe party on Sunday removed almost all the authority of Christian Ziegler, who faces a criminal investigation and has resisted calls to resign.
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Federal judge rules school board districts illegal in Georgia school system, calls for new map
Sunday, December 17th, 2023
via The Associated PressA federal judge has ruled that school board districts in Georgia's second-largest school system appear to be unconstitutionally discriminatory and must be redrawn ahead of 2024's elections.
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Why Chile’s draft constitution reads like a U.S. conservative wish list
Saturday, December 16th, 2023
via The Washington PostThe new proposed constitution Chileans are voting on this weekend was influenced by, among other things, conservative Catholic legal thinkers at Notre Dame.
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Florida sex scandal tarnishes GOP power couple and party’s credibility
Saturday, December 16th, 2023
via The Washington PostThe controversy has embroiled Christian and Bridget Ziegler and seems far from over. On Sunday, he could lose his job as chair of the state's Republican party.
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Some Fairfax School Board members sworn in on banned books
Friday, December 15th, 2023
via The Washington PostOthers chose the Bible. Democrats now control ever seat on the board.
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Court revives suit by teacher fired for not using trans student’s pronouns
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
via The Washington PostA Virginia teacher fired for refusing to use the preferred pronouns of a transgender student can continue his lawsuit against school officials, a court ruled.
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Embattled Florida GOP chair demands buyout to quit, party members say
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
via The Washington PostChristian Ziegler has refused to step down from his $120,000-a-year post despite a sexual assault allegation against him.
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Virginia court revives lawsuit by teacher fired for refusing to use transgender student’s pronouns
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
via The Associated PressA lawsuit filed by a Virginia high school teacher who was fired after he refused to use a transgender student's pronouns has been reinstated by the state Supreme Court.
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What Republicans really want from colleges
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
via The Washington PostThe now famous Dec. 5 House hearing where three presidents of elite universities gave unsatisfactory answers to a barrage of questions about antisemitism on their campuses wasn't the only thing happening in the room that day.
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White House turns focus to states in latest push to curb gun violence
Wednesday, December 13th, 2023
via The Washington Post'We are fighting just for what is reasonable and, of course, what is right,' Vice President Harris said Wednesday of the plan that focuses on giving states tools to pass gun laws and help those…
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South Carolina’s top education official wants online digital maps as part of $38M school safety ask
Wednesday, December 13th, 2023
via The Associated PressSouth Carolina's top education official plans to ask lawmakers for $5 million next to put a digital map of every school in the state online and make those maps immediately available on police officers' mobile devices as they respond to a shooting or other emergency.
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Bridget Ziegler, caught in sex scandal, refuses to quit Florida school post
Wednesday, December 13th, 2023
via The Washington PostThe Moms for Liberty co-founder remains on the Sarasota school board despite her colleagues' vote for her to resign because of the situation involving her and her husband.
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California’s 2023 in Photos
Wednesday, December 13th, 2023
via The New York TimesA look at a year including atmospheric rivers, tropical storms and labor strikes.
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Michigan prosecutors to outline case against false Trump electors in first hearing
Wednesday, December 13th, 2023
via The Associated PressPreliminary examinations for seven of the 15 Republicans charged by Michigan's attorney general for acting as false electors for then-President Donald Trump in 2020 are set to begin.
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Alluding to Scandal, Florida School Board Urges Member to Resign
Wednesday, December 13th, 2023
via The New York TimesThe resolution against Bridget Ziegler, a co-founder of the activist group Moms for Liberty, is nonbinding. She did not address critics who called her anti-L.G.B.T.Q. policies hypocritical.
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Bill Ackman’s Campaign Against Harvard Followed Years of Resentment
Tuesday, December 12th, 2023
via The New York TimesThe billionaire investor has mounted a high-profile battle against Harvard president Claudine Gay over antisemitism and threats to Jewish students on campus, but long-held personal grudges play a…
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