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‘Mama bears’ may be 2024 race’s soccer moms. Where GOP seeks votes, some see extremism
Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
via PENNLive (Pennsylvania)In many election cycles, there's a snappy shorthand used to describe the type of voters who may help decide the winner. Think soccer moms or security moms. Even NASCAR dads. And now, the 'mama bears.'
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, School Board – General
‘Mama bears’ may be the 2024 race’s soccer moms. But where the GOP seeks votes, some see extremism
Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)In many election cycles, there's a snappy shorthand used to describe the type of voters who may help decide the winner.
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, School Board – General
Will Betke-Brunswick drew on small moments for story of unconditional love
Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
via The Colorado Sun (Colorado)His graphic memoir "A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings" juxtaposes his mother's humor amid an ultimately fatal illness.
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Community reacts to ‘grooming’ comment about West Milford High School LGBTQ club
Saturday, July 22nd, 2023
via North Jersey Media Group (New Jersey)West Milford school community reacts to a school board member's 'grooming' comment about the high school's LGBTQ+ club.
LGBTQ+, School Board – General
In Medical Lake, school board candidates differ on LGBTQ rights, guns in school
Friday, July 21st, 2023
via The Spokesman Review (Washington)Incumbent Alexis Alexander and political newcomer Wayne Terry are two of the six candidates running in the primary election for seat 2.
School Safety, LGBTQ+, Racism, School Board – General
Oller’s Second Thoughts: Big Ten continues to fail sex education; Urban Meyer’s weird wall
Friday, July 21st, 2023
via Detroit Free Press (Michigan)LGBTQ+
Black lawmakers group hosting town hall meeting in Gary
Friday, July 21st, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)Members of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus are hosting a town hall meeting Aug. 5 in Gary to discuss the work of the 2023 General Assembly.
LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General
Deanne Danforth: Worry about laws that adversely affect a child’s health
Friday, July 21st, 2023
via Sun Journal (Maine)California, Colorado, Oregon, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Washington State require schools teach about LGBTQ as part of sex education classes. They're forcing society to accept a lifestyle many…
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Signature drive aims to place LEARNS Act on November ballot
Friday, July 21st, 2023
via Texarkana Gazette (Arkansas)A nonpartisan group seeking to pull the plug on Arkansas' education legislation is planning a two-day petition drive around the state starting today.
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Indiana appeals court affirms 70-year sentence in child torture death
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)The Indiana Court of Appeals will not shorten the 70-year prison term of a rural LaPorte County man convicted last year of torturing to death his four-year-old son.
LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General
Volunteering in late life may protect the brain, research finds
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via WBAL-TV 11 (Maryland)When Celia Barberena retired from a decades-long career in higher education in 2012, she was again presented with the dilemma of what she wanted to do with her life.
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Chris Christie, ready to take down Donald Trump, talks Hunter Biden, ‘woke’ Dems, more
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via Press-Citizen.com (Iowa)New Jersey's former governor is blunt about the GOP primary being a referendum on the former president.
LGBTQ+, Book Bans
‘We would have to leave the state’: What it’s like being a transgender student in Ohio as lawmakers push anti-trans bills
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via Cleveland.com (Ohio)Just six transgender females were approved to play girls sports in the Ohio High School Athletic Association this year and Ember Zelch was one of them.
LGBTQ+
Incumbent, teachers’ union voice concerns over Medical Lake School Board Election
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via The Spokesman Review (Washington)Laura Parsons is running for another 4-year term serving in Position 2 on the Medical Lake School Board. Her three opponents in the primary could not be reached for comment.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+
Could Alzheimer’s diagnosis soon be a pin prick away?
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via Deseret News (Utah)Volunteering could serve as a simple intervention in older adults to protect against risk for Alzheimer's. Having bowel movements every three days or less often could worsen cognition.
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CT enacts 4 reproductive rights bills, amid ‘war on women’
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via The Courant (Connecticut)CT's Gov. Ned Lamont signed bills that expand access to contraceptives, protect abortion providers against legal action from other states.
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VOLUNTEERING IN LATE LIFE MAY PROTECT THE BRAIN
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via Hawaii News Now (Hawaii)LGBTQ+
A Year of Upheaval on Abortion’s Front Lines
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via The New York Times (Maryland)A Supreme Court decision created a 50-state patchwork of differing abortion laws. An eclectic network of volunteers and organizations has tried to fill the gaps in health care and support.
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Harm of anti-LGBTQ laws includes economic pain for communities, families ⋆ Michigan Advance
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via Michigan Advance (Michigan)Roberto Che Espinoza had been thinking about leaving Tennessee after the 2024 election, but in June they noticed that the state attorney general was seeking medical records on gender-affirming medical…
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