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Eschucha Mi Voz says fears of immigration raids loom in eastern Iowa
Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
via Muscatine Journal (Iowa)An immigration reform group is concerned by the sightings of Department of Corrections vehicles in eastern Iowa.
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For accountability
Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Arkansas)Rep. Jim Wooten of Beebe, a Republican, did a remarkable thing recently. He filed a bill that would require private schools that accept Gov. Sarah Sanders' funding for vouchers to report the same information to the state as public schools.
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Legislators presented a choice of school bills
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025
via Lewiston Tribune (Idaho)Horman and Lent introduce distinct views of problem
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Former secretaries dissect Trump plans to abolish Department of Education • Michigan Advance
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025
via Michigan Advance (Michigan)WASHINGTON — Three former secretaries of the U.S. Department of Education took to a Brookings Institution panel on Tuesday to offer more perspective on President Donald Trump's calls to dismantle the…
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Former secretaries dissect Trump plans to abolish Department of Education • Wisconsin Examiner
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025
via Wisconsin Examiner (Wisconsin)Former secretaries of education weighed in on Trump's threats to remake the U.S. educational system and abolish the department
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Former secretaries dissect Trump plans to abolish Department of Education • Georgia Recorder
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
via Georgia Recorder (Georgia)WASHINGTON — Three former secretaries of the U.S. Department of Education took to a Brookings Institution panel on Tuesday to offer more perspective on President Donald Trump's calls to dismantle the…
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Former secretaries dissect Trump plans to abolish Department of Education • Ohio Capital Journal
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
via Ohio Capital Journal (Ohio)Three former secretaries of the U.S. Department of Education took to a Brookings Institution panel on Tuesday to offer more perspective on President Donald Trump's calls to dismantle the federal agency, among other education-related priorities of the new administration.
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Virginia Democrats pass constitutional amendments blasted by Republicans
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
via Fredericksburg.com (Virginia)The Democrat-led Virginia Senate has voted to enshrine the right to an abortion and to vote in the state's constitution. The measures passed Tuesday on two party-line votes. In a
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Former secretaries dissect Trump plans to abolish Department of Education • New Hampshire Bulletin
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
via New Hampshire Bulletin (New Hampshire)Three former secretaries of the U.S. Department of Education took to a Brookings Institution panel on Tuesday to offer more perspective on President Donald Trump's calls to dismantle the federal…
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Penny Schwinn’s Response to Nomination Criticism Ignores Sexually Explicit Books in Tennessee Schools, Statement on ‘Wellbeing Checks’ for Kids
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
via Tennessee Star (Tennessee)Penny Schwinn, the former Tennessee Education Commissioner who was controversially nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as Deputy Secretary of Education, reportedly offered a response to two…
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Dan Haar: For CT Republicans at Trump inauguration, a celebration ahead of reckoning
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
via New Haven Register (Connecticut)A national Republican celebration was not the time for deep thinking by Connecticut revelers, at least publicly.
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Mystery novel features Birmingham social worker
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
via The Tuscaloosa News (Alabama)Claire Conover deals with personal issues as she tries to solve a murder in Jefferson County.
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Indiana bill tracker: Bills on parental rights, social media advanced. Here’s what else.
Tuesday, January 21st, 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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‘The 57 Bus’ author on Knox County Schools book ban: ‘I never get used to it’
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
via Knoxville News Sentinel (Tennessee)Her book is a true crime narrative that explores the intersection of race, gender, the juvenile justice system and income inequality.
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Former Planned Parenthood president, women’s rights activist Cecile Richards has died at 67
Monday, January 20th, 2025
via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)Cecile Richards, a national leader for women's rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was 67.
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Weather sidelines Las Vegas Police Protective Association from Trump inauguration parade
Monday, January 20th, 2025
via Las Vegas Sun (Nevada)The last minute changes sent people who had flown, in some instances thousands of miles, to Washington into a scramble for new ways to celebrate the new administration.
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Gloria Romero: To honor Dr. King, President Trump should declare a national education emergency
Sunday, January 19th, 2025
via Orange County Register (California)Make America Read Again—MARA—should be the rallying call. Let's start with schools named for a King.
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Kootenai County library system approves adult-only room for books with mature content as 140 titles pulled from shelves for review
Sunday, January 19th, 2025
via The Spokesman-Review (Washington)Books with mature themes will soon be relegated to an adults-only room in most public libraries in Kootenai County.
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Steve Bannon says MAGA populism will win — as Trump is surrounded by billionaires
Sunday, January 19th, 2025
via High Plains Public Radio (Texas)Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon says he doesn't believe the president-elect will listen to "tech oligarchs" over the right-wing populist movement that helped him secure another White House term.
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