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The future is now: 16- and 17-year-olds win the right to vote in local elections in a Vermont town
Thursday, February 29th, 2024
via The Associated PressSixteen and 17-year-olds in one Vermont town will get to vote in the local elections next week. And those who turn 18 by the November general election will be permitted to vote in the state's presidential primaries on Super Tuesday.
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What is Super Tuesday? Why it matters and what to watch
Thursday, February 29th, 2024
via The Associated PressThe biggest day of this year's primary campaign is approaching. Fifteen states — plus American Samoa — vote in contests known as Super Tuesday.
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Georgia bills in doubt at deadline include immigration crackdown, religious liberty protections
Thursday, February 29th, 2024
via The Associated PressGeorgia lawmakers are facing a key deadline Thursday with much work remaining. It's crossover day in the General Assembly, when bills and other measures have to pass the House or Senate in order to be considered by the other legislative chamber before the end of this year.
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Virginia school board member arrested on Jan. 6 riot charges
Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
via The Washington PostMiles Adkins, who prosecutors say bragged about drinking a beer inside the Capitol, was accused earlier in his term of drunk driving and public intoxication.
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An Ohio city is marking 30 years since the swearing-in of former US Treasurer Mary Ellen Withrow
Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
via The Associated PressMARION, Ohio (AP) — A history-making, record-setting former U.S. treasurer is being celebrated in her Ohio city this week as she marks the 30th anniversary of her swearing-in ceremony.
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Washington state lawmakers consider police pursuit and parents’ rights initiatives
Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
via The Associated PressWashington state lawmakers are considering two conservative-backed initiatives that would give police greater ability to pursue people in vehicles and declare a series of rights for parents of public-school students.
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Don Scott was a fiery partisan; as Va. speaker, he’s top negotiator
Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
via The Washington PostIn an interview, Don L. Scott Jr. (D-Portsmouth) - Virginia's first Black House speaker - reflects on his relationship with Republicans and legislative goals.
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People in mental health crisis deserve care, not handcuffs
Monday, February 26th, 2024
via The Washington PostLast week, the DOJ in a statement said D.C. police response to 911 calls may violate rights of people with mental illness.
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Should the Voting Age Be Lowered to 16?
Monday, February 26th, 2024
via The New York TimesNew Jersey's largest city will allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in school board elections. Would expanding voting rights empower young people and improve our political system?
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Fears of witch hunts over Utah ban on trans athletes in girls’ sports
Monday, February 26th, 2024
via The Washington PostA state board of education member targeted a high school student on social media, alarming the transgender community and infuriating many Utahns.
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Supreme Court offers possible road map for schools to diversify top programs
Sunday, February 25th, 2024
via The Washington PostThe Supreme Court gave schools looking to diversify something of a roadmap: Taking race into account is verboten, but socioeconomics factors may be all right.
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Police videos posted in investigation into Okla. nonbinary teen’s death
Saturday, February 24th, 2024
via The Washington PostTenth-grader Nex Benedict collapsed and died in early February, a day after being involved in an altercation in a high school bathroom.
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How ‘Libs of TikTok’ became a powerful presence in Oklahoma schools
Saturday, February 24th, 2024
via The Washington PostFar right activist Chaya Raichik splits her time between California and Florida. But its Oklahoma where she's arguably had the biggest impact.
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Embattled superintendent overseeing Las Vegas-area public schools steps down
Friday, February 23rd, 2024
via The Associated PressThe embattled superintendent overseeing public schools in the Las Vegas area will step down Friday after more than five years at the helm of the nation's fifth-largest school district.
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Florida surgeon general defies science amid measles outbreak
Friday, February 23rd, 2024
via The Washington PostFlorida surgeon general Joseph A. Ladapo failed to urge parents to vaccinate their children or keep unvaccinated students home from school as a precaution.
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Some Republicans are voicing doubt over Alabama IVF ruling. Democrats see an opportunity
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
via The Associated PressDemocrats and reproductive rights groups are seizing on a ruling this week by the Alabama Supreme Court that plunges the future of access to in vitro fertilization, commonly known as IVF, into uncertainty.
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Vermont governor signs school funding bill but says it won’t solve property tax problem
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
via The Associated PressVermont schools can now postpone their March school budget votes and rewrite their spending plans after Republican Gov.
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Georgia board upholds firing of teacher for reading a book to students about gender identity
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
via The Associated PressThe firing of a suburban Atlanta teacher who read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class has been upheld by the Georgia Board of Education.
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Former Black schools leader radio interview brings focus on race issues in Green Bay
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
via The Associated PressMembers of Green Bay's African American community say the city's first Black schools superintendent could have had a better approach to an interview where his comments ultimately prompted his resignation.
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