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The education of a true believer
Sunday, March 17th, 2024
via The Washington Post (Washington)Linda Wenhold absorbed the Patriot Academy's message that America is falling apart as it drifts from its biblical roots. Then she won a local school board seat.
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Maryland lawmakers work to push legislation ahead of important deadline
Saturday, March 16th, 2024
via Capital Gazette (Maryland)In a rush to meet Monday's deadline for bills to 'crossover' to the opposite legislative chamber, members of the Maryland House of Delegates and state Senate have endured marathon floor…
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3 Anchorage School Board members face challengers in upcoming election
Saturday, March 16th, 2024
via Anchorage Daily News (Alaska)The election comes at a time when the district faces significant challenges, and pits incumbents against candidates who say they want to see fundamental changes to how the board operates.
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Florida picks Moms for Liberty members for group to advise librarians on book removals
Friday, March 15th, 2024
via The Palm Beach Post (Florida)Moms for Liberty members make up half of a group to advise Florida school districts on how to select titles and when to pull them off of shelves.
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Book ban attempts reached historic high last year, library association says
Thursday, March 14th, 2024
via NBC Chicago (Illinois)The association says that 4,240 individual book titles were targeted for removal from schools and public libraries — a sharp increase from the previous high of 2,571 in 2022.
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‘Keep the kids reading.’ New Overtown exhibition combines Black history, banned books
Thursday, March 14th, 2024
via Miami Herald (Florida)Exhibit in Overtown highlights banned books with installations created by 10 different artists.
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MN lawmakers look to block book bans at schools
Thursday, March 14th, 2024
via FOX59 News (Minnesota)If a book is age-appropriate, it shouldn't be banned based on the messages and ideas it conveys. That's the argument some lawmakers made at the Capitol Wednesday.
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In Our View: Another chapter in book ban political debate
Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
via The Columbian (Washington)The close of the 2024 legislative session in Olympia is unlikely to be the last we will hear about bills related to education. By working to promote inclusion and protect academic integrity, the Democ
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Building a life after prison, one scoop at a time
Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
via Tennessean (Tennessee)News to educate, engage and entertain as you start your day.
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7 cars damaged in arson incident, UCF police say
Monday, March 11th, 2024
via WESH (Florida)The incident happened at the Pointe at Central Apartments
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What happened and what’s to come: A First Amendment recap of Florida’s legislative session
Monday, March 11th, 2024
via The Palm Beach Post (Florida)The USA TODAY NETWORK-Florida's First Amendment reporter writes about what readers need to know about what passed and failed this session.
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6 takeaways from the 2024 Oregon Legislature
Monday, March 11th, 2024
via The Oregonian (Oregon)The 24 days of at-times intensive public lawmaking were at times highly remarkable and, at others, intensely predictable.
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What did Oregon lawmakers do to help young people in 2024? Here are 9 education bills you’ll want to know about
Monday, March 11th, 2024
via Oregon Public Broadcasting (Oregon)From increased child care funding to protections for student-athletes and kiddos riding the bus, Oregon's short legislative session ended last week with a mixed bag for the state's youngest.
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Daily Minute: Homeowners insurance spikes; proposed book ban fails; city seeks to lower lifeguard age rule
Monday, March 11th, 2024
via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)Homeowners insurance spikes; proposed book ban fails; city seeks to lower lifeguard age rule
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101-year-old woman who went viral for protesting book banning is headed to the Oscars
Saturday, March 9th, 2024
via WESH (Florida)A 101-year-old Florida woman, who showed up on TikTok after protesting book bans, is heading to the Oscars. Here's why.
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Youngkin vetoes eight bills as Va. assembly wraps up without arena
Saturday, March 9th, 2024
via The Washington Post (Washington)The vetoes targeted bills related to firearms, book banning, marijuana, voter rolls, surrogacy, railroad safety and cybersecurity.
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Texas Republicans voted for orthodoxy and oligarchy — and, no, that’s not what most Texans want
Friday, March 8th, 2024
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)Billionaires Tim Dunn and Jeff Yass financed Gov. Greg Abbott's and Attorney General Ken Paxton's revenge plots against reasonable Republicans.
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Oregon’s 2024 legislative session comes to an end
Friday, March 8th, 2024
via The Register-Guard (Oregon)Lawmakers passed bills around Oregon's addiction crisis, housing and campaign finance in five weeks. The Oregon House also elected its next Speaker.
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Oregon Legislature adjourns after drug law changes, a housing boost and limits to campaign spending
Friday, March 8th, 2024
via Oregon Public Broadcasting (Oregon)Oregon lawmakers wrapped up the 2024 short legislative session on Thursday night after muscling through a remarkable number of high-profile policies in a little more than one month.
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