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Jeff Landry wants to revamp Louisiana’s tax code in November. Here’s why that’s no easy task
Sunday, October 6th, 2024
via The Times-Picayune (Louisiana)Gov. Jeff Landry needs Republican support for his tax overhaul, which keeps a sales tax many conservatives want to let expire.
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SC teacher’s lesson on Ta-Nehisi Coates was stopped, so the author visited and wrote about it
Sunday, October 6th, 2024
via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)Ta-Nehisi Coates' new book The Message includes his time visiting South Carolina after a Columbia-area English teacher was stopped from teaching one of his books.
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Leandra Blades, Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District Trustee Area 3 candidate, 2024 election questionnaire
Friday, October 4th, 2024
via OC Register (California)Ahead of the election, the Orange County Register compiled a list of questions from our readers to pose to the candidates who wish to represent you.
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How the ‘Calgorithm’ helped bring College GameDay to Berkeley
Friday, October 4th, 2024
via The Mercury News (California)Led by lifelong fans and burner accounts, the 'Calgorithm' has taken college football by storm and helped bring ESPN's College GameDay to Berkeley
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Education: Where do Harris and Trump stand? • Wisconsin Examiner
Friday, October 4th, 2024
via Wisconsin Examiner (Wisconsin)While Trump promotes school choice and reducing public school funding, Harris proposes to increase support for public schools.
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Project 2025 lays out an extreme playbook for Trump’s education plan
Friday, October 4th, 2024
via Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)Opinion: A former Georgia Republican elected official warns Project 2025 would influence Donald Trump's education vision, and Georgia schools would suffer.
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Education: Where do Harris and Trump stand? • New Hampshire Bulletin
Friday, October 4th, 2024
via The New Hampshire Bulletin (New Hampshire)As former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris sprint to the November finish line, one sprawling policy area has largely fallen out of the spotlight – education.
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Education: Where do Harris and Trump stand? • Ohio Capital Journal
Friday, October 4th, 2024
via Ohio Capital Journal (Ohio)On education issues, Donald Trump vows to "save American education" with a focus on parental rights, expanding privatization, and "patriotic education" in schools. Kamala Harris has focused on…
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Education: Where do Harris and Trump stand? • Georgia Recorder
Friday, October 4th, 2024
via Georgia Recorder (Georgia)This is one in a series of States Newsroom reports on the major policy issues in the presidential race. By Shauneen Miranda As former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris sprint to…
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Fiore convicted of fraud after using money for fallen officer’s memorial for own gain
Thursday, October 3rd, 2024
via The Nevada Independent (Nevada)A Las Vegas jury convicted Michele Fiore, 54, of six counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Each count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment.
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Kamala Harris Names Anti-Gun Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones as Ideal Leader for New Generation
Thursday, October 3rd, 2024
via Tennessee Star (Tennessee)Vice President Kamala Harris described controversial State Representative Justin Jones (D-Nashville) as a prominent leader for young people during an interview with progressive social media publisher…
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Conservative group asks feds to investigate ‘discriminatory’ UVa mentor program
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024
via The Daily Progress (Virginia)The Legal Insurrection Foundation claims UVa's BIPOC Alumni-Student Mentoring Program openly discriminates on the basis of race and ethnicity.
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How ‘culturally relevant’ course offerings are reaching more Arizona students
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024
via The Arizona Republic (Arizona)'We are prepared to demonstrate why this is necessary and why this is appropriate,
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JD Vance vowed to ‘never forget’ Middletown. Some say he already has.
Tuesday, October 1st, 2024
via The Washington Post (Kentucky)JD Vance repeatedly rebuffed entreaties to work with groups in the hometown he made famous in 'Hillbilly Elegy,' according to dozens of interviews with locals and his private correspondence.
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District B Trustee candidates face unusual election process
Tuesday, October 1st, 2024
via Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada)CCSD trustee election for Katie Williams' seat
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CT town has parking restrictions for 2024 Apple Harvest Festival
Tuesday, October 1st, 2024
via Hartford Courant (Connecticut)Parking will be limited over the next two weekends as the 2024 Apple Harvest Festival gears up for another season
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JD Vance panned infrastructure spending but now embraces it: JD Vance in the news
Monday, September 30th, 2024
via Cleveland.com (Ohio)Before taking office, Ohio Sen. JD Vance panned a bipartisan plan that targeted more than $1 trillion toward infrastructure work. An analysis found the Republican vice presidential nominee now is all in, seeking more than $200 million for Ohio.
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Vance criticized an infrastructure law as a candidate then embraced it as a senator
Monday, September 30th, 2024
via The Associated Press (Washington)JD Vance once criticized a bipartisan 2021 law that invested billions in America's crumbling infrastructure.
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Get them on the shelves and keep them there. Advocates continue to fight against book bans
Sunday, September 29th, 2024
via The San Diego Union-Tribune (California)Censorship doesn't always have to be loud, like a towering plume of smoke from a blazing stack of controversial books. It can be quieter, like technically checking the box of including diverse lite…
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