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DeSantis allies reveal debate strategy
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)The trove of documents provides an extraordinary glimpse into the thinking of the DeSantis operation about a debate the candidate's advisers see as crucial.
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Defend Trump and ‘Hammer’ Ramaswamy: DeSantis Allies Reveal Debate Strategy
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via The New York Times (New Hampshire)Hundreds of pages of blunt advice, memos and internal polling were posted online by the main super PAC backing the Florida governor, offering an extraordinary glimpse into his operation's thinking.
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Black teachers are burning out of classrooms. Meet the people fighting to keep them there
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via PENNLive (Pennsylvania)Here are a few programs offering professional development, community, and support to Black teachers in the summers and throughout the year
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Banned-book library, book club pop up in Mason City
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via Globe Gazette (Iowa)A local church and book club have responded to book bans at school libraries.
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Florida social-studies curriculum threatens educators
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)Book bans and the politicizing of gender and sexual orientation and African American history have made educators more afraid than ever that just by doing their jobs they could lose their jobs, or p…
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Books banned in other states fuel Vermont lieutenant governor’s …
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via Nashua Telegraph (New Hampshire)WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — On a recent Sunday afternoon, Vermont's lieutenant governor was at a local library, reading a book about two male penguins to a crowd of nearly two dozen. This was not the first stop for Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman nor would it be the last. While officials in some other states are […]
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Bettendorf library (inadvertently) hosts both sides on book-ban issue
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via Quad City Times (Iowa)One attendee said the Iowa and Illinois Quad-Cities are "like a completely different world."
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Convention center set to move forward in Lake County
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)The Lake County Board of Commissioners is preparing to hire a consultant to put together specifications for a potential Lake County convention center.
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Lake County opts in to expanded state funding for local public health services
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)Lake County is opting in to a new state program aimed at improving the health of Hoosiers by significantly increasing state funding for local public health services.
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Books banned in other states fuel Vermont lieutenant governor’s reading tour
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
via 8 News NOW (Nevada)WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — On a recent Sunday afternoon, Vermont's lieutenant governor was at a local library, reading a book about two male penguins to a crowd of nearly two dozen. This was not the first stop for Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman nor would it be the last. While officials in some other states are […]
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Retiring as director of Madison Public Library, Greg Mickells reflects on 11 years of changes big and small
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
via Madison.com (Wisconsin)"Libraries are becoming this center in the communities ... to address a lot of the social issues that communities experience," Mickells said.
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Pushing back on limits elsewhere, Vermont’s lieutenant governor goes on banned books tour
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)As some states ban or restrict certain books in schools and libraries, Vermont's lieutenant governor is on a statewide banned book reading tour, highlighting what he calls the importance of representation, free speech, open dialogue and exchange of ideas.
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Hempfield Area School District approves new book review policy
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)A controversial decision over what some believe are controversial books.
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Republican governor candidates blast legal system following Trump indictment
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)All four candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Indiana governor are condemning the judicial system following the latest criminal indictment of Donald Trump.
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‘Parenting with Pride’ aims to take on conservative Moms for Liberty in Florida schools
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)ORLANDO, Fla. — About a dozen parents and supporters gathered outside Orange County Public Schools' downtown headquarters to announce the start of Parenting with Pride, a new program launched by Equality Florida to combat conservative organizations like Moms for Liberty, which have pushed for new laws and policies that progressive activists fear have already begun to harm LGBTQ and minority students.
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Governor picks new leaders for Indiana commerce agency
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)Gov. Eric Holcomb has selected David Rosenberg, chief operating officer at the Indiana Economic Development Corp., as Indiana's new secretary of commerce.
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‘Parenting with Pride’ aims to take on conservative Moms for Liberty in schools
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)Parenting with Pride, a new program launched by Equality Florida, aims to combat conservative organizations like Moms for Liberty.
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The Jolt: Trump indictment in Fulton County is multistate criminal sweep
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023
via AJC (Georgia)Nineteen defendants. Thirty unindicted co-conspirators. Forty-one charges. Ninety-eight pages. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' yearslong probe into 2020 election interference in Georgia yielded the most sweeping charges yet against Donald Trump.
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14 books added to list of school library removal requests in Carroll County, bringing total to 53
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023
via Capital Gazette (Maryland)Carroll County Public Schools officials are reviewing requests for the removal of 53 books from public school library shelves.
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