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Review of ex-North Carolina treasurer’s use of state cars ends with no charges filed
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
via The Associated PressA district attorney says an investigation into how then-North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell used state government vehicles is ending with no charges filed.
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Richmond talk-show host John Reid joins race for Va. lieutenant governor
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via The Washington PostReid joins a large field of Republicans and Democrats seeking Virginia's lieutenant governorship.
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Georgians voted to limit property taxes on homes. Many school districts are opting out
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via The Associated PressGeorgians voted in November to limit how much of a home's increasing value can be taxed, but many school districts across the state are opting out of the cap.
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Free speech organizations denounce Education Department’s calling book bans a ‘hoax’
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via The Associated PressOrganizations that track the removal of books from schools and libraries are denouncing last week's Department of Education announcement that calls bans a 'hoax' and dismisses 11 complaints that had been filed during the Biden administration.
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Kristi Noem Is Confirmed as Homeland Security Secretary
Saturday, January 25th, 2025
via The New York TimesThe former South Dakota governor now leads the agency that runs the nation's immigration system.
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Va. lawmakers tackle Confederate bills on day of honor for Black pioneers
Saturday, January 25th, 2025
via The Washington PostLeaders of both parties honored 100 Black lawmakers from the Reconstruction era, then turned to modern battles over Confederate heritage.
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Goodbye, ‘Resistance.’ The Era of Hyperpolitics Is Over.
Saturday, January 25th, 2025
via The New York TimesWhere has the anti-Trump energy gone?
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Education Dept. Ends Book Ban Investigations
Friday, January 24th, 2025
via The New York TimesThe department said it would relinquish its role investigating schools that had received civil rights complaints after removing books dealing with sexual and racial identity.
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Thomas Gaither, Who Chose Jail After Civil Rights Sit-ins, Dies at 86
Friday, January 24th, 2025
via The New York TimesWhen he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — 'Jail No Bail' — and energized a movement.
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Supreme Court to weigh whether states can allow religious public schools
Friday, January 24th, 2025
via The Washington PostThe Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider whether the state of Oklahoma may fund a proposed religious charter school, the first of its kind in the country
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Supreme Court will weigh approval for US’ 1st publicly funded religious charter school, in Oklahoma
Friday, January 24th, 2025
via The Associated PressThe Supreme Court has agreed to take on a new culture war dispute: whether the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed to open in Oklahoma.
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Schools brace for immigration arrests, try to reassure terrified parents
Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
via The Washington PostSchools try to calm parents' fears and keep their kids in school after Trump eases the way for immigration enforcement at schools.
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Clemency for Oath Keepers, Proud Boys fuels extremism threat, experts say
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
via The Washington Post'The return of battle-hardened leaders ... will further radicalize and fuel recruitment platforms,' said Jacob Ware, a Council on Foreign Relations research fellow.
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Cecile Richards, Former Planned Parenthood President, Dies at 67
Monday, January 20th, 2025
via The New York TimesMs. Richards oversaw the United States' largest provider of reproductive health care and sex education from 2006 to 2018.
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North Carolina school board member gets prison time after obstruction, extortion convictions
Sunday, January 19th, 2025
via The Associated PressA North Carolina local school board member has been sentenced to active prison time after being convicted of extortion and other crimes.
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The Trump Resistance Won’t Be Putting on ‘Pussy Hats’ This Time
Sunday, January 19th, 2025
via The New York TimesThe Democrats who mobilized against Donald J. Trump in 2017 feel differently about protesting his return.
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In State Capitals, Republicans Propose New Limits on Transgender Identity
Saturday, January 18th, 2025
via The New York TimesThe new lawmaking sessions open after a campaign year in which Republicans leaned on messaging that tapped into fears about transgender issues.
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Supreme Court to Hear Case on Religious Objections to L.G.B.T.Q. Storybooks
Friday, January 17th, 2025
via The New York TimesParents in Maryland said a school board's refusal to notify them and to excuse their children from discussions of the storybooks violated the First Amendment.
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Supreme Court to hear case on opting out of lessons with LGBTQ+ books
Friday, January 17th, 2025
via The Washington PostParents in Montgomery Count, Maryland, want to be able to opt out of instruction on gender and sexuality that they say goes against their religious convictions.
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