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Daily Minute: Examining prison overcrowding; NBE considers book ban; senior center sold
Monday, February 5th, 2024
via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)Examining prison overcrowding; NBE considers book ban; senior center sold
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Bristol celebrates weather-delayed Martin Luther King Day
Saturday, February 3rd, 2024
via The Roanoke Times (Virginia)Sunshine and warmer temperatures greeted dozens of participants Saturday during the Twin City's sixth annual Martin Luther King Day celebration, which was delayed last month by snow storms.
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This Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on ‘Woke Kindergarten.’ Test scores fell even further
Saturday, February 3rd, 2024
via San Francisco Chronicle (California)This Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on ‘Woke Kindergarten'. Test scores fell even further
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At Spotlight Tampa Bay forum on education, strong views and a standing ovation
Saturday, February 3rd, 2024
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)The discussion flows when students and thought leaders weigh in on the last two years in Florida schools.
School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Miami historian to give away banned books this weekend at a new garden in Overtown
Friday, February 2nd, 2024
via Miami Herald (Florida)'In banning ideas, the books were banned.'
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Founder of group that opposes book bans files ethics complaint against Iowa lawmaker
Friday, February 2nd, 2024
via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)The founder of a nonprofit that opposes book removals in Iowa has filed an ethics complaint against a state representative alleging defamation.
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Months after Pride flag ban, a conservative school board loses its progressive superintendent
Friday, February 2nd, 2024
via San Francisco Chronicle (California)Sunol Glen Unified School District superintendent's coming resignation creates a possibility for the majority conservative school board to move further right.
School Board – General, Book Bans
Florida schools can still paddle students. Lawmakers look at limits.
Thursday, February 1st, 2024
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
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CT Young Dems hold public hearing to ‘amplify’ Gen Z
Tuesday, January 30th, 2024
via Hartford Courant (Connecticut)The Connecticut Young Democrats held a public hearing on Monday to build its own issue priority list as a way to amplify Generation Z voices ahead of the legislative session.
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Will more outdoor drinking give California economy a buzz?
Tuesday, January 30th, 2024
via CalMatters (California)A bill to let bars and restaurants serve drinks outside is pitched as a way to keep these businesses open and boost local economies.
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Tennessee bill lets residents petition for book bans over ‘community standards’
Tuesday, January 30th, 2024
via Tennessean (Tennessee)Lawmaker proposes a bill to allow residents to file petitions to remove library books deemed to run afoul of "contemporary community standards."
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Several Bills Target Book Bans in School and Public Libraries
Thursday, January 25th, 2024
via Seven Days (Vermont)Hoping to head off national conservative groups that are pushing book bans, several Vermont lawmakers are sponsoring bills that would make it tougher to remove...
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Governor Whitmer’s 2024 State of the State Address: A Visionary Beacon of Hope and Progress in Michigan
Thursday, January 25th, 2024
via Michigan Chronicle (Michigan)Governor Gretchen Whitmer, in her sixth annual State of the State address to the joint session of the Michigan Legislature in Lansing, charted a course of Democratic achievements in 2023 and laid out…
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Schools, Libraries Could Face Charges For Books Deemed Controversial
Thursday, January 25th, 2024
via The Intelligencer (West Virginia)CHARLESTON – Lawmakers could open another front in the culture wars by lifting criminal liability protections for schools and libraries for carrying books some consider obscene. The House Judiciary…
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer State of the State 2024: Read the speech
Wednesday, January 24th, 2024
via Bridge Michigan (Michigan)The Democratic governor gave her sixth State of the State address on Wednesday. It was included about 10 goals, lots of references to 1980s rock anthems and praise for the Detroit Lions. Read the…
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West Virginians speak out at hearing on bill that could lock up librarians
Wednesday, January 24th, 2024
via The Register-Herald (West Virginia)This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. Get stories like this delivered to your email inbox once a week; sign up for the free newsletter at…
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Libs of TikTok creator’s controversial library appointment sparks backlash in Oklahoma
Wednesday, January 24th, 2024
via Tulsa World (Oklahoma)Right-wing Libs of TikTok creator Chaya Raichik lives in New York but has been named to an Oklahoma library panel. Critics want to know why.
School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Globe’s reporting leads to North Attleborough reshelving book previously banned from library
Wednesday, January 24th, 2024
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)The district restored 'Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice" to an elementary school library Tuesday, less than a week after the Globe reported it had been removed.
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Utah lawmaker reading from Sarah J. Maas book cut off during book ban debate
Wednesday, January 24th, 2024
via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)The interaction unfolded as lawmakers debated HB29, which would make it easier to remove titles from Utah schools statewide.
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