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Massachusetts parents of 11-year-old ‘genderqueer’ student who changed name at school lose federal appeals lawsuit
Sunday, February 23rd, 2025
via Boston Herald (Massachusetts)Massachusetts parents of 11-year-old 'genderqueer' student who changed name at school lose federal appeals lawsuit
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New DNC chair Ken Martin visits Wisconsin, calls Supreme Court, DPI races first big test
Saturday, February 22nd, 2025
via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)Ken Martin met with volunteers in Glendale on Saturday, urging them to turn out for important races for the state superintendent, Supreme Court.
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Florida’s Disney World tourism oversight board gets new chair, board members
Friday, February 21st, 2025
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)Alexis Yarbrough, chairwoman of the Broward College District Board of Trustees, has been tapped to lead the five-member Central Florida Tourism Oversight District's Board of Supervisors.
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Second-year lawmakers learning the ways of the General Assembly
Friday, February 21st, 2025
via Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia)Legislators serving their second year in the General Assembly say they apply many lessons from their first year in office.
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Prince William community split on schools transgender student policy
Thursday, February 20th, 2025
via InsideNoVA.com (Virginia)Prince William community members clashed at Wednesday night's School Board meeting over questions surrounding the school division's policy on the treatment of transgender and gender nonconforming students.
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Michigan mom charged with child abuse in case of 3 children who lived in squalor
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
via Detroit Free Press (Michigan)"Obviously, the trauma here is significant," Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said in announcing the charges Wednesday.
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After Pontiac neglect case, schools should better track children, sheriff says
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
via Detroit Free Press (Michigan)How schools failed to find the children abused and abandoned in a Pontiac home for years points to a loophole in the law, Michael Bouchard said.
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Could South Dakota remove defenses for school libraries that distribute ‘harmful’ books?
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
via Argus Leader (South Dakota)The bill would remove defenses for schools, colleges, universities, museums and libraries charged with disseminating material harmful to minors.
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Wake school board member accuses President Trump of trying ‘to destroy democracy’
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
via The News & Observer (North Carolina)The speech went viral after a conservative social media site accused her of going on 'a rant against Trump.'
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Safety, privacy on the line as N.H. House considers bathroom bill, parental bill of rights
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
via Concord Monitor (New Hampshire)Mackenzie West, who moved to New Hampshire last year, is doubting her future in the Granite State because of Republican-led bills surrounding transgender issues.
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Johnson: Bill to raise consent age for mental health counseling could be ‘devastating’
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
via al.com (Alabama)Alabama bill could increase incidents of anxiety, depression and suicidality, psychologist says
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As child labor safety violations spiked in Indiana lawmakers rolled back protections
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
via The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)Indiana's relaxed work rules for minors are part of a national trend aimed at helping businesses boost workforces and bottom lines after pandemic.
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Lawmakers Roll Back Protections Amid Rising Child Labor Safety Violations in Indiana
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
via South Bend Tribune (Indiana)Indiana's relaxed child labor laws are part of a national trend aimed at helping businesses boost workforces and bottom lines after pandemic.
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How Trump Rode a Wave of ‘Reactionary Nihilism’ to the White House
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
via The New York Times (California)A new book by the journalist Katherine Stewart finds a far-right movement seething in resentment, suspicious of reason and determined to dominate at all costs.
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Legislature divided over private school tax credit proposal
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
via Montana Public Radio (Montana)Montana lawmakers generally agree public schools need more money to catch up with rising costs. But, they're deeply divided on whether to extend state support to parents of private school students,…
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What will education look like under the Trump administration? Probably a lot like Florida
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
via Miami Herald (Florida)Trump wants department of education to send funds to states to expand school choice, something that Florida has been doing for over a year.
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Nevada lawmakers introducing bills at a record-setting pace at start of session
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
via The Nevada Independent (Nevada)Through the first three days of this session, a whopping 438 bills were introduced — 170 more than any other session since 2017, according to the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
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Ohio Catholic School Says ‘Unhinged’ Email to Libs of TikTok over DEI Homework Assignment Under Internal Investigation
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
via Tennessee Star (Tennessee)Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio confirmed the authenticity of in a Saturday email to members of its community that a letter sent to Libs of TikTok, a pro-parental rights group who…
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Trans minors in Kansas will no longer have access to care after Legislature overrides veto
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
via The Wichita Eagle (Kansas)Physicians currently administering gender-affirming care to minors will have until Dec. 31 to cease treatment or risk losing their medical licenses.
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