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How the Trump Administration Might Target D.E.I. in Public Schools
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via The New York Times (New York)A letter from the administration promised to withdraw funding from schools that allow certain D.E.I. programs. But what counts as D.E.I. may prove murky.
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House Education Committee signs off on bill banning diversity, equity, inclusion initiatives
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via WV MetroNews (West Virginia)Gov. Patrick Morrisey has called for ending DEI initiatives across state government. The acronym stands for diversity, equity and inclusion.
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West Ada said ‘Everyone is welcome’ sign violated policy. Will the policy be reviewed?
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via Idaho Statesman (Idaho)The district has so far stood firm that the sign in a Meridian teacher's classroom violated policy requiring displays be 'content neutral.'
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Georgetown must end its race obsession
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)Georgetown Law School is defending its embrace of DEI as consistent with its Catholic and Jesuit mission, but there's nothing Catholic about it.
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Naval Academy removes 400 books after defense leaders’ DEI orders
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
via The Washington Post (Washington)Defense Department leaders ordered the academy to remove books that promote diversity, equity and inclusion in response to Trump orders, a U.S. official said.
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Faith leader: bill outlawing diversity, equity and inclusion will actually result in exclusion
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
via WV MetroNews (West Virginia)Gov. Patrick Morrisey has called for ending DEI initiatives across state government.
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A Texas school leader says material about diversity in state-approved textbooks violated the law.
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
via The Texas Tribune (Texas)The decision to strip chapters from books that had already won the approval of the state's Republican-controlled board of education represents an escalation in how local school boards run by…
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Trump ally and rising California GOP star Essayli named top federal prosecutor in L.A.
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
via Los Angeles Times (California)The attorney general has selected Riverside County Assemblymember Bill Essayli — a rising and controversial Republican voice — to serve as interim U.S. attorney for L.A. and surrounding areas.
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Prospect Park’s Jackson family inspires generations of neighbors
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
via Minnesota Daily (Minnesota)Amy and Madison Woods Jackson built their home in Minneapolis' Prospect Park neighborhood in 1908 with their three daughters. In return, the neighborhood met the family with racist protests and...
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Village of Grafton election results: Voters choosing village president, trustees
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)Village Board President Dan Delorit faces a challenge from Trustee Lisa Uribe Harbeck. There are also five candidates vying for two trustee seats.
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House budget writers reject, then adopt ban on DEI in govt. contracts
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
via The Union Leader (New Hampshire)After House budget writers narrowly bucked their own leadership, rejecting in the state budget a sweeping ban on all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) language in government contracts, the House
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CAPITOL NOTEBOOK: Proposed change to Iowa anti-bullying law advances in Senate
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
via Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa)The definition that public schools use to identify bullying would change under legislation advanced Monday by Republicans on the Iowa Senate Education Committee.
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Capitol Notebook: Proposed change to Iowa anti-bullying law advances
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
via Globe Gazette (Iowa)The definition that public schools use to identify bullying would change under legislation advanced Monday by Republicans on the Iowa Senate Education Committee.
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Fastest-growing careers in healthcare that require the least amount of education
Monday, March 31st, 2025
via WPXI (Pennsylvania)Vivian Health provides insights into the expected growth of jobs in healthcare over the next several years and how to get working in the field without a lengthy classroom commitment.
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He’s Dead, but He’s Everybody’s Weapon of Choice
Saturday, March 29th, 2025
via The New York Times (Nebraska)George Orwell is easy to quote, but what would the iconoclastic British socialist really have thought about politics today?
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Reno’s Biggest Little Spring Cleaning events beginning in April
Friday, March 28th, 2025
via KRNV (Nevada)The City of Reno announced the dates for this year's Biggest Little Spring Cleaning events. The city is partnering with HERO Environmental Services and Waste Ma
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Civil rights group says IUSB discriminated, violated federal civil rights laws
Thursday, March 27th, 2025
via South Bend Tribune (Indiana)The Equal Protection Project alleges five scholarships at Indiana University South Bend violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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DC Wrap: Dems criticize Trump administration for group chat including journalist on airstrike plans
Thursday, March 27th, 2025
via WisPolitics.com (Wisconsin)In this week's DC Wrap: Wisconsin Dems criticize Trump administration officials for a group chat about airstrikes, which included a member of the media, and U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du…
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How COVID changed Florida in 5 years
Thursday, March 27th, 2025
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)The lasting effects of the pandemic are felt in life in Tampa Bay and beyond.
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