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With an election looming, the U.S. is approving citizenship applications at the fastest speed in years
Thursday, September 26th, 2024
via Los Angeles Times (California)Many immigrants want to get citizenship in time to vote in the upcoming election. The Biden administration says the uptick in new citizens is due to efforts to reduce a backlog of applications that…
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Kamala’s Anticipated Coronation
Thursday, September 26th, 2024
via California Globe (California)In 'Kamala demands a life of luxury,' Daniel Greenfield recently wrote, 'Kamala falsely claimed that she was raised in 'a middle-class household', she was actually the 'privileged child of foreign…
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools tells staff not to ‘explicitly’ celebrate Banned Books Week
Wednesday, September 25th, 2024
via The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)CMS claimed neutrality on Banned Books Week. Then, it told librarians not to celebrate it.
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At Moms for Liberty’s national summit, a singular focus on anti-trans issues
Wednesday, September 25th, 2024
via The Daily Gazette (New York)The Hechinger Report covers details about the Moms for Liberty national summit, with anti-trans issues as the focus.
School Board – General, LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement, Social Emotional Learning
Federal appeals court weighs challenge to Florida restrictions on educators’ pronouns
Wednesday, September 25th, 2024
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)Restriction part of series of controversial measures Gov. DeSantis and Republican lawmakers approved in recent years that focus on transgender people.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Meet the candidates for Warren County’s Iowa House District 22 seat
Wednesday, September 25th, 2024
via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)Meet Republican Samantha Fett and Democrat Rory Taylor, the two candidates competing for the open Iowa House District 22 seat in Warren County.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
‘Freedom to Read ‘Em’: Anne Arundel Libraries declare themselves a book sanctuary
Wednesday, September 25th, 2024
via The Baltimore Banner (Maryland)The Anne Arundel County library system announced it has become a Book Sanctuary, dedicated to protecting books from censorship and educating the public about book ban efforts
Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Noel joins County Attorney’s Office for ‘the best interests of the child’
Tuesday, September 24th, 2024
via Clinton Herald (Iowa)Less than three months ago, Victoria Noel became a new Assistant County Attorney in Clinton, filling a role the County Attorney's Office had lacked for about five or six years,
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Images from a Trump campaign bus tour stop at the GOP headquarters in Appleton
Tuesday, September 24th, 2024
via The Post-Crescent (Wisconsin)A Trump campaign bus tour stop at the Outagamie County GOP headquarters in Appleton, Wis. on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. Neither President Trump nor his running mate J.D. Vance will be making an appearance during the 3 day, statewide tour.
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Stumping for Trump in Green Bay during ‘a battle like never before.’ Here are the takeaways
Tuesday, September 24th, 2024
via Green Bay Press-Gazette (Wisconsin)The message: voters are the warriors, the ballot box is the battlefield.
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Fairhope officials: Misinformation fueling panic over unfounded migrant influx
Tuesday, September 24th, 2024
via al (Alabama)City officials Monday debunked social media misinformation about thousands of immigrants migrating to the Baldwin County city.
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Rutkowski: The ballot and my campaign for school board
Tuesday, September 24th, 2024
via Daily Independent (Arizona)It's hard to ignore the lead-up to the November election. Of course, we'll be voting for president, vice president, senator, congressman, sheriff, mayor and council, school board and multiple …
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
‘I fear the country I love is becoming the country I left’ – For Lily Tang Williams, her politics are rooted in lessons from China
Monday, September 23rd, 2024
via Concord Monitor (New Hampshire)Lily Tang Williams keeps a bulky, dated photo album at her house in Weare. It creaks when she opens it – the sticky plastic protectors holding the photos to the pages don't do their job well anymore. Inside are dozens upon dozens of black-and-white...
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Louisiana improves to fourth in educational freedom report
Monday, September 23rd, 2024
via New Orleans CityBusiness (Louisiana)Louisiana's rise in the rankings was largely driven by its advancements in school choice.
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NH House speaker backing new ‘parental bill of rights’
Monday, September 23rd, 2024
via Valley News (New Hampshire)N.H. House Speaker Sherman Packard is backing an effort to create 'a parental bill of rights,' the third time over the past two years that this kind of legislation has been proposed.The Londonderry…
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Four candidates compete for two seats on Ramona Unified’s school board
Monday, September 23rd, 2024
via The San Diego Union-Tribune (California)Incumbents in Trustee Area 3 and Trustee Area 4 both face a challenger in the race
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Trump campaign is holding a Wisconsin bus tour and town hall this week. Here are the stops
Monday, September 23rd, 2024
via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)Trump himself is not listed to attend any stops along the bus tour in Wisconsin. Surrogates will end the tour with a town hall in Waukesha.
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Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down
Monday, September 23rd, 2024
via The Associated Press (Utah)Two new reports provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide.
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Meet the candidates running for Wisconsin’s 86th Assembly District seat
Monday, September 23rd, 2024
via Wausau Daily Herald (Wisconsin)Incumbent Republican John Spiros will face challenger Democrat John Small in the Nov. 5 general election for Wisconsin's 86th Assembly District.
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