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Unofficial results: Democrat Mike Zimmer wins Iowa Senate District 35 special election
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
via Quad-City Times (Iowa)Unofficial results as of 9:40 p.m. with all counties and precincts reporting show Zimmer leading with 4,812, or 51.72%, to Whittington's 4,473 votes, or 48.08%.
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Americans for Prosperity: Celebrates school choice week
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
via WisPolitics.com (Wisconsin)Madison, WI – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) released the following statement celebrating National School Choice Week. AFP-WI State Director Megan Novak released the following statement:…
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Trump’s executive orders and what they mean for Michigan
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
via MLive.com (Michigan)Does Michigan have to follow President Donald Trump's executive orders? Legal experts explain.
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‘They’re all damaged.’ Despite progress, West Virginia is still failing to get foster kids the mental health help they need
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
via The Register-Herald (West Virginia)By the time Sadie Kendall turned 18 and aged out of West Virginia's foster care system, she had lived in more than two dozen places. There was her mother's house
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Should DCS, schools be able to keep information from parents? Indiana Senate bill says no
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
via The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)The bill had broad support in the Senate, passing 44-5. But opposition also was bipartisan, as lawmakers raised concerns about unintended consequences.
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Longer school year, higher teacher pay on Senate Education Committee agenda
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
via The Oklahoman (Oklahoma)Bills that would increase teacher pay and extend the length of the school year by a week are top of mind for leaders of the Senate Education Committee
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Iowa lawmakers advance proposals affecting home schooling
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via The Gazette (Iowa)Increased tax credits for home schooling, exemptions for blood lead testing for home-schooled children and implementing gender-neutral term requirements for world language instruction for all students were among the education-related proposals in a bill considered Monday.
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Free speech organizations denounce Education Department’s calling book bans a ‘hoax’
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via WESH (Florida)Organizations that track the removal of books from schools and libraries are denouncing a Department of Education announcement that called bans a "hoax."
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Iowa lawmakers consider homeschool tax credit increase, waiving student blood lead test disclosure
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via Quad-City Times (Iowa)Educators, homeschool parents and lobbyists crowded into a subcommittee meeting for House File 88 containing a slate of proposals, most of which focused on independent and competent private education, or
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What Arizona families considering fostering or adopting a child need to know
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via Daily Independent (Arizona)Foster care versus adoption can be so confusing! While both involve opening your heart and home to a child in need, the processes, goals and legal implications behind foster care and adoption are …
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Louisiana lawmakers urge NFL for a ‘family-friendly’ Super Bowl halftime show
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via BRProud (Louisiana)Louisiana lawmakers are urging the NFL to deliver a "family-friendly" Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans. Past performances, they argue, have been inappropriate for children. Do you agree?
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Free speech organizations denounce DEO calling book bans a ‘hoax’
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via Oneida Dispatch (New York)The American Library Association called the department's announcement part of a 'cruel and headlong effort to terminate protections from discrimination for LGBTQIA+ students and students of color.'
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Free speech organizations denounce Education Department’s calling book bans a ‘hoax’
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via The Associated Press (Iowa)Organizations that track the removal of books from schools and libraries are denouncing last week's Department of Education announcement that calls bans a 'hoax' and dismisses 11 complaints that had been filed during the Biden administration.
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Indiana bill tracker: Bills on immigration, anti-DEI advanced last week. Here’s what else.
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)There's about 1,200 bills filed but only some of them will become law. Here, we're tracking the bills that actually progress in the legislature.
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She created a thriving recovery center. Why reconnecting with her daughter has been harder
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via Tennessean (Tennessee)Three decades ago, Mending Hearts founder Trina Frierson spent several years dealing and smoking crack — and her oldest child paid the biggest price.
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Proposals on gender identity, parental rights enter Connecticut schools debate
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via New Haven Register (Connecticut)More than a dozen 'culture war' bills have been introduced in Connecticut's legislature this session.
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Here’s what 7 Hamilton County lawmakers have said about private school tuition grants
Sunday, January 26th, 2025
via Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee)Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's special session begins Monday, during which state lawmakers will consider his effort to expand Tennessee's program to use state money to help families pay for private school…
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DFL of Olmsted County panel focuses on immigration concerns
Saturday, January 25th, 2025
via Post Bulletin (Minnesota)Local Democrats and discussed changes they see coming due to Project 2025 and how they can prepare themselves and the community.
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Tennesssee Republican women’s group cites Hitler in promoting its reading list
Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
via Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee)The Tennessee Federation of Republican Women is coming under fire for providing parents a reading list for children that cites Adolf Hitler as an example of leadership.
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