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‘Digital content refresh’: Hill AFB removes posts about DEI
Thursday, March 6th, 2025
via KSL NewsRadio (Utah)Hill Air Force Base complied with the federal government's calls to remove digital content relating to diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Senators move to ban diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from West Virginia government
Thursday, March 6th, 2025
via WV MetroNews (West Virginia)Senators debate whether state's minority affairs office would be affected and whether legislation requires neutral position on 'antiracism.'
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Trump slashed teacher training, citing DEI. Educators say the grants fought staff shortages
Thursday, March 6th, 2025
via The Associated Press (South Carolina)In an overhaul of an agency President Donald Trump has described as being infiltrated by 'radicals, zealots and Marxists,' the Education Department cut $600 million in grants to teacher training programs, which it characterized as supporting divisive ideologies.
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Va. education department still has not released all history teaching materials
Thursday, March 6th, 2025
via Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia)The state education department says it is "continuing the review of the instructional guides to ensure compliance with recent federal executive actions and will release at the completion of that
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Trump wants to dismantle the Education Department. Here’s what it does
Thursday, March 6th, 2025
via The Associated Press (Florida)President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to 'put herself out of a job' and close the Education Department.
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In response to national challenges, Rochester Public Schools superintendent defends district’s approach
Thursday, March 6th, 2025
via Post Bulletin (Minnesota)'We have not been ideologically driven on either side of the equation,' RPS Superintendent Kent Pekel said. 'We have been about the academic success of kids.'
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Indiana National Guard deletes posts celebrating Black history and women due to federal order
Thursday, March 6th, 2025
via The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)The Indiana National Guard says it's complying with an order from the Trump administration to cease DEI efforts.
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Clyburn, Moulton Reintroduce Legislation To Provide Black WWII Veterans And Their Descendants With Long Overdue G.I. Bill Benefits
Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressmen James E. Clyburn (SC-06) and Seth Moulton (MA-06) introduced the Sgt. Issac Woodard, Jr. and Sgt. Joseph H. Maddox G.I. Bill Restoration Act. President Franklin D.
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How some of Maryland’s congressional delegation reacted to Trump’s speech
Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
via The Baltimore Banner (Maryland)Democratic members of Maryland's majority-blue federal delegation silently protested, rejected or outright skipped President Donald Trump's remarks Tuesday.
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House bill eliminating DEI funding heard in Senate
Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
via News Tribune (Missouri)The Senate Committee on Government Efficiency heard a bill Monday that would ban state funding for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
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Transcript of President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress
Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
via The Associated Press (Indiana)WASHINGTON (AP) — A transcript of President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, May 4, 2025, as transcribed by The Associated Press:
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Read NPR’s annotated fact check of President Trump’s address to Congress
Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
via Nevada Public Radio (Nevada)As President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress tonight, reporters from across NPR's newsroom fact-checked his speech and offered context.
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Are California public schools promoting Jew hatred?
Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
via OC Register (California)The state has gradually lowered standards for decades, and has replaced them with radical activist causes, among which being pro-Hamas and anti-Israel is apparently on the list.
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Conditioning disaster relief on state changes is unprecedented
Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
via The San Diego Union-Tribune (California)I've read that Gov. Newsom is asking for $16.8 billion from Congress in additional funds being allocated by FEMA to respond to the January fires in the Los Angeles area. I've also read that the Tru…
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House bill eliminating DEI funding in Missouri debated by Senate committee • Missouri Independent
Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
via Missouri Independent (Missouri)The Senate Committee on Government Efficiency heard a bill Monday that would ban state funding for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Sponsored by state Rep. Ben Baker, a Republican from Neosho, the bill would also bar state departments from mandating a DEI program in contracts with private organizations. 'The bottom line is we as a […]
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Nevada’s Nellis and Creech Air Force bases ordered to remove DEI content
Monday, March 3rd, 2025
via Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada)The Pentagon press secretary directed all military services to remove diversity, equity and inclusion content in accordance with President Donald Trump's executive orders.
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In Charleston, teaching Black history was always hard. Now it’s even harder.
Monday, March 3rd, 2025
via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)As political pushback against race discussions and diversity, equity, and inclusion ramp up, teachers unsure about topics they can safely broach with students.
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Wheeling Police To Buy Vehicles, Radios for Crisis Response Unit Using Opioid Funding
Sunday, March 2nd, 2025
via The Intelligencer (West Virginia)Wheeling officials are preparing to use a sizable chunk of the state's opioid settlement grant money from West Virginia First Foundation to purchase vehicles and radios for the Wheeling Police…
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Tulsa historian’s Black History Saturdays program celebrates third year, new funding
Sunday, March 2nd, 2025
via The Oklahoman (Oklahoma)Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols — Tulsa's first Black mayor ― showed up to help kick off the program, now in its third season.
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