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Children’s Home Society of West Virginia gets go-ahead to apply for grant

Tuesday, October 7th, 2025

via Parkersburg News and Sentinel (West Virginia)

PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Commission is providing support to the Children's Home Society of West Virginia to apply for a grant to help with foster care programs as well as providing some financial…

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VPA, VLNP voter guide: Republican nominee for lieutenant governor John Reid

Monday, October 6th, 2025

via Fredericksburg.com (Virginia)

The lieutenant governor of Virginia presides over the state Senate and is first in line to succeed the governor.

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Uthmeier asks US Supreme Court to review school gender case

Monday, October 6th, 2025

via The Florida Times-Union (Florida)

Florida's attorney general has joined with 21 other states in siding with a Tallahassee couple in a case about parental rights.

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Mikie Sherrill Flew to California as Government Shutdown Loomed to Interview with Hollywood Podcaster

Monday, October 6th, 2025

via Shore News Network (New Jersey)

Los Angeles, CA – As Washington braced for a full federal shutdown last week, Rep. Mikie Sherrill was apparently three time zones away — seated in a Los

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Governor still deliberating on vaccine bill passed by legislature

Monday, October 6th, 2025

via NM Political Report (New Mexico)

By Alex Ross, NM Political Report — Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is still contemplating what action to take on a bill passed during last week's special legislative session that would temporarily…

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Texas school district yanks YA Holocaust novel ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ after using AI to detect ‘DEI content’

Monday, October 6th, 2025

via Sun Sentinel (Florida)

The novel was one of dozens to be removed after Leander Independent School District, in a suburb of Austin, undertook its review in part by using artificial intelligence.

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Pueblo D70’s 7 candidates shared their visions for the district. Here’s what they said

Monday, October 6th, 2025

via The Pueblo Chieftain (Colorado)

Candidates running for the Pueblo D70 Board of Education in 2025 spoke to voters on the first night of candidate debates at PCC's Hoag Theater.

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Restore school libraries to aid reading freedom

Monday, October 6th, 2025

via New York Daily News (New York)

It's Banned Book Week, and New York City is not immune from ever-increasing attempts to curtail freedom of speech and ban books. Recognizing this threat, in June the Legislature passed The Freedom …

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Hinson puts a target on Linn-Mar again

Sunday, October 5th, 2025

via The Gazette (Iowa)

Linn-Mar High School students attend a student-led walkout at Linn-Mar High School in Marion, Iowa, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. …

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Steen launches ‘99 Strong’ tour in Marion with focus on faith, families and local control

Saturday, October 4th, 2025

via The Gazette (Iowa)

Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Steen launched his "99 Strong" statewide tour in Marion on Saturday, pledging to champion skilled trades, parental rights, property tax reform and local control. Steen also vowed to oppose eminent domain for pipelines and defend "Iowa's culture and values."

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Judge dismisses West Michigan school critic’s free-speech lawsuit

Saturday, October 4th, 2025

via MLive (Michigan)

A judge rejected Stefanie Boone's contention that Lowell Area Schools violated her free-speech rights.

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Republicans double down on trans issues as a wedge with independent voters

Friday, October 3rd, 2025

via WTOP (District of Columbia)

It's early on a Thursday evening and Winsome Earle-Sears, Virginia's Republican candidate for governor, is in a familiar place. She's standing outside of a school board meeting to call attention to…

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KXAN Voter Guide: What to know for the November 2025 elections

Friday, October 3rd, 2025

via KXAN (Texas)

From state constitutional amendments to school district propositions, voters across Central Texas will be deciding important races on the November 2025 ballot.

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Largest NJ teachers’ union is sued over alleged misuse of dues to fund governor run

Friday, October 3rd, 2025

via NorthJersey (New Jersey)

Two public school teachers have sued the NJEA for allegedly channeling member dues into funding former President Sean Spiller's run for NJ governor.

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School District 49 candidates discuss parental rights, mental health and recent actions at student-led forum

Thursday, October 2nd, 2025

via The Gazette (Colorado)

Two fresh faces and a familiar one are challenging two incumbents for seats on the School District 49 Board of Education in November. The five candidates came together for a forum at the school district's Creekside Success Center to field questions from the community on Wednesday night. Board President Lori Thompson and Chris Harrell are […]

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GOP bill would force Michigan school board candidates to state their party affiliation • Michigan Advance

Thursday, October 2nd, 2025

via Michigan Advance (Michigan)

This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Michigan's free newsletter here. A proposed bill from House Republicans would make Michigan's school board candidates declare a party affiliation, a change that's drawing criticism from local election officials and school board members. Under […]

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Northumberland County is considering an appointed school board. Could Virginia see more?

Thursday, October 2nd, 2025

via Inside NoVa (Virginia)

Over 1,200 Northumberland County voters are trying to change how their school board is determined by shifting from an elected to an appointed system, continuing a trend of Virginians challenging the status quo of local school system oversight. State law…

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‘The Librarians’ Review: What Should Children Read?

Thursday, October 2nd, 2025

via The New York Times (Louisiana)

Nine librarians are profiled in Kim A. Snyder's gripping documentary about censorship in public schools.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom issues first vetoes since legislative session ended

Wednesday, October 1st, 2025

via The Fresno Bee (California)

Gov. Gavin Newsom issued his first vetoes since the legislative session ended last month, striking down 21 bills on Wednesday including one that Republican lawmakers had urged him to dismiss because they said it would 'promote gender ideology.'

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