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Ken Paxton’s affair will be focus of impeachment trial

Monday, September 4th, 2023

via Texas Tribune (Texas)

In interviews with House impeachment managers, Paxton's former top deputies — as well as his former personal aide — said his affair was common knowledge. Paxton's impeachment trial is set to begin…

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Historic impeachment trial of Texas A.G. Ken Paxton begins Tuesday

Monday, September 4th, 2023

via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)

The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton starts Tuesday and is expected to center on his marital infidelity, potentially airing the sordid details of the staunch conservative's personal misdeeds.

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Culture Club’s Boy George: ‘I’m not anti-anyone. I’m not even anti-normal people’

Saturday, September 2nd, 2023

via The Day (Connecticut)

Forty-one years after they hit No. 1 in their native U.K. with "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," Boy George and Culture Club are on tour. In some ways, of course, the flamboyant pop-soul group — on the...

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Canada’s latest ‘woke’ attack on the US is genuinely absurd

Saturday, September 2nd, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

Our neighbors up north are a good reminder of what an unpleasant fate awaits us if we let the most extreme liberal ideas here win the day. The latest absurdity out of Canada is a bizarre warning from its government that LGBT Canadians should take caution when visiting the United States due to our…

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Bob Neal: The Countryman: Schools need to find their new normal

Saturday, September 2nd, 2023

via Sun Journal (Maine)

Schools have moved past the idea of teaching 'The Three Rs, readin', writin' and ‘rithmetic.' Parents have abdicated many of their duties, such as fixing the kids' breakfast, overseeing their…

Social Emotional Learning, LGBTQ+, School Board – General

A PAC vilifying Central Bucks Dems is warning voters about sexually explicit images by mailing out explicit images

Friday, September 1st, 2023

via The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)

The images came from two books banned by the Central Bucks school board following a controversial policy passed last year by the Republican-led school board: "Gender Queer" and "This Book is Gay."

LGBTQ+, School Board – General

What can Florida school vouchers pay for? New lists are raising eyebrows.

Friday, September 1st, 2023

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

A roundup of Florida education news from around the state

Social Emotional Learning, LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General

Kansas reporter files federal lawsuit against police chief who raided her newspaper’s office

Friday, September 1st, 2023

via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Illinois)

One of the reporters who works at the small Kansas newspaper that was raided by authorities last month filed a federal lawsuit against the police chief Wednesday.

LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General, Racism

Broward Schools asking for parents input ahead of sex education classes

Thursday, August 31st, 2023

via Local 10 (Florida)

Sex education will be back in Broward County schools this spring, but before then, parents are being asked for their input about the proposed curriculum.

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After rejecting it last year, Miami-Dade School Board considers LGBTQ History Month

Thursday, August 31st, 2023

via Miami Herald (Florida)

The school board supported the recognition in 2021 but rejected it last year citing concerns that it would violate state law.

LGBTQ+, School Board – General

There’s another special election happening this year. What to know about Senate District 1

Thursday, August 31st, 2023

via The Providence Journal (Rhode Island)

Five candidates — many of them first-generation immigrants — are seeking to represent Smith Hill and the north end of Providence.

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For John Green, the Battle Over Access to Books has Gotten Personal

Thursday, August 31st, 2023

via The New York Times (Texas)

A fight over Green's books in his home state of Indiana reflects a broader cultural debate over what books are appropriate for young readers, and who gets to decide.

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Trump launched an ambitious effort to end HIV. House Republicans want to defund it.

Thursday, August 31st, 2023

via KNPR (Nevada)

Republicans in Congress back substantial cuts to the budget of the CDC, taking aim at one of former President Donald Trump's major health programs: a push to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S.

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He delivered a baby at D-Day, but the real thrill came when he …

Wednesday, August 30th, 2023

via INFORUM (North Dakota)

Dr. Blaine Amidon, one of the area's longest-serving OBGYNs, left an indelible mark on the community and not just in the delivery room.

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Colorado’s first abortion clinic is turning 50, celebrating with ‘condom couture’ and expansion of sex education

Wednesday, August 30th, 2023

via The Colorado Sun (Colorado)

The Colorado Sun's Q&A with Boulder Valley Health Center delves into 50 years of abortion care and why it's dropping 'women' from its name

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Shaheen pushes to restore sex ed funding for cut by Executive Council

Tuesday, August 29th, 2023

via WCAX-TV (Vermont)

New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen is working to restore funding for sex education in the Granite State that was cut by the state's Republican-controlled Executive Council.

Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+

Boy George: Decades later and band is on the road

Tuesday, August 29th, 2023

via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)

Forty-one years after they hit No. 1 in their native U.K. with "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," Boy George and Culture Club are back on the road in the U.S.

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Dems respond on LGBTQ rights

Monday, August 28th, 2023

via POLITICO (New York)

Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+