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Texas’ debate over school chaplains escalates school board culture wars

Friday, December 15th, 2023

via The Texas Tribune (Texas)

A new law lets schools use safety funds to pay for unlicensed chaplains working in mental health roles. Supporters say it helps address student mental health while critics blast it as a Christian…

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Frederick Douglass Academy For Young Men, the latest educational tenant at the Historic Northern High School Building on Detroit’s North End

Friday, December 15th, 2023

via Michigan Chronicle (Michigan)

Frederick Douglass Academy For Young Men, the latest educational tenant at the Historic Northern High School Building on Detroit's North End

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Colorado educators call for change of a system ‘on the brink of crisis’

Friday, December 15th, 2023

via Durango Herald (Colorado)

Years of school underfunding, an accountability system that erodes trust in educators, rising mental health issues in youth, and school violence are all playing into critical staffing shortages in…

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$886 billion defense bill includes money for StratCom nukes, Offutt rebuild

Friday, December 15th, 2023

via Omaha World-Herald (Nebraska)

The $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act includes the biggest military pay hike in 20 years as well as upgrades to Offutt's RC-135 jet fleet and more money to rebuild

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Congress passes annual defense bill in bipartisan vote that split Colorado delegation

Friday, December 15th, 2023

via Durango Herald (Colorado)

Congress passed the annual defense policy bill Thursday morning with strong bipartisan votes in both chambers. The compromise measure left out many divisive culture war issues pushed by hard right…

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Shipbuilding, bombers, military pay raise: Congress sends massive defense bill to Biden ⋆ Michigan Advance

Thursday, December 14th, 2023

via Michigan Advance (Michigan)

The massive annual defense policy package cleared Congress ahead of the holiday recess, despite protests about attaching a foreign surveillance extension and criticism that the bill did not block a…

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Shipbuilding, bombers, military pay raise: Congress sends massive defense bill to Biden

Thursday, December 14th, 2023

via lailluminator.com (Louisiana)

The massive annual defense policy package cleared Congress ahead of the holiday recess, despite criticism it did not block Pentagon abortion policy.

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Utah delegation divided as Congress passes annual defense spending bill

Thursday, December 14th, 2023

via Deseret News (Utah)

One senator and two reps supported the bill, while the other half of the delegation opposed the inclusion of a controversial government surveillance tool

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U.S. Rep. Gallagher: Congress should celebrate NDAA passage by staying in DC and passing defense approps

Thursday, December 14th, 2023

via WisPolitics.com (Wisconsin)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation, secured major wins in the FY2024…

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What Republicans really want from colleges

Thursday, December 14th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Florida)

The 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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The House and Senate have approved an $886 billion defense bill. Here’s what’s in it

Thursday, December 14th, 2023

via The Buffalo News (New York)

The bill would provide the largest raise for service members in more than two decades and temporarily extend a controversial surveillance program. It also includes multiple measures aimed at 'ending…

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Johnson Advances Key Louisiana Defense Priorities in FY24 NDAA

Thursday, December 14th, 2023

via Bossier Press Tribune (Louisiana)

U.S. Representative Mike Johnson Uni

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New defense budget ‘huge’ for Alabama and blocks Space Command move

Thursday, December 14th, 2023

via al.com (Alabama)

Alabama congressional representatives are praising a federal defense budget sent to President Biden that provides money for Alabama military installations and blocks the move of SPACECOM headquarters…

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Shipbuilding, bombers, military pay raise: Congress sends massive defense bill to Biden – Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Thursday, December 14th, 2023

via Pennsylvania Capital-Star (Pennsylvania)

WASHINGTON — The massive annual defense policy package cleared Congress ahead of the holiday recess, despite protests about attaching a foreign surveillance extension and criticism that the bill did…

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House sends annual defense policy bill to Biden’s desk

Thursday, December 14th, 2023

via KXAN (Texas)

The House on Thursday passed the annual defense authorization bill, sending the $886 billion Pentagon policy and funding package to President Biden's desk. The vote was 310-118, with 45 Democrats a…

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House conservatives mount last-ditch push to sink defense authorization bill

Thursday, December 14th, 2023

via The Kansas City Star (Missouri)

Hard-line conservative Republicans in the House are mounting a last-ditch effort against the annual defense authorization bill that is set for a final vote this week. They object to its exclusion of culture war measures and inclusion of a short-term extension of controversial warrantless surveillance powers in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). 'To be...

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CT adding $33 million for housing developments in six communities. These are the projects.

Thursday, December 14th, 2023

via Hartford Courant (Connecticut)

The agencies noted that the 'total development cost' for the six housing developments is $135 million.

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Senate passes mammoth annual defense policy bill

Thursday, December 14th, 2023

via The Kansas City Star (Missouri)

The Senate on Wednesday passed the annual defense policy bill, a compromise $886 billion package that lays out how the Pentagon will be funded through the next fiscal year. The vote to approve the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)was 87-13. House lawmakers will next take up the legislation. The bill faces resistance in the...

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5 NDAA topics causing a stir as defense bill heads toward final vote

Wednesday, December 13th, 2023

via The Kansas City Star (Missouri)

Republicans have agreed to strip several partisan culture war provisions from the annual defense spending bill, but there are still a handful of fights on the horizon as negotiations near the finish line. Congressional negotiators last week came to a compromise on the behemoth National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), an $886 billion measure for fiscal 2024 that includes a...

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