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Two Republicans file for Iowa House District 22 in contested primary for open seat

Wednesday, April 10th, 2024

via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)

Two Republicans, including a former representative and a former school board member, are running in a contested primary for a seat in the Iowa House.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Educators, Students Challenge Sex Education Law

Wednesday, April 10th, 2024

via Flathead Beacon (Montana)

A coalition of Montana teachers, students and school officials on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a 2021 state law that requires parental notification ahead of lessons on human sexuality or gender. Attorneys from the ACLU of Montana, Nixon Peabody, LLP and Kasting, Kauffman & Mersen, P.C. filed the lawsuit on behalf of plaintiffs Empower MT, […]

Parent Involvement, Sex Education

Verbal abuse, locked food, unending chores: WV foster teens need more kind, loving homes

Wednesday, April 10th, 2024

via Charleston Gazette-Mail (West Virginia)

The state's We Foster WV campaign in partnership with Aetna, Mission West Virginia and foster and adoption agencies across the state kicked off a month ago. Hundreds of prospective families have responded with interest. Here, several teens describe the conditions they've been placed in, including emergency shelters, hotels and group homes when there's no foster home available. The state and foster/adoption advocates say the need for foster homes is urgent, especially for those willing to take in older kids and teens and to push for reunification.

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A Nation in Decline that We Must Keep Fighting For

Wednesday, April 10th, 2024

via California Globe (California)

As the 2024 Presidential election gets closer we must start asking ourselves; how do we see our country right now and how do we want to see it in the next 4 years. I know these are the questions I'm…

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Proposed Ohio bill seeks to give parents more control over their child’s medical records • Ohio Capital Journal

Wednesday, April 10th, 2024

via Ohio Capital Journal (Ohio)

A proposed bill in the Ohio House would give parents greater control over their child's medical records and change access rules for Ohio medical facilities. Advocates warn about the potential harm of…

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Judge blocks teacher pronoun restriction, saying Florida once again has a ‘First Amendment problem’

Tuesday, April 9th, 2024

via Sun Sentinel (Florida)

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Florida education officials from enforcing a law requiring a transgender teacher to use pronouns that align with her sex assigned at birth, saying the law violate…

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In the Oxford school shooting: historic punishment, familiar sadness

Tuesday, April 9th, 2024

via The Washington Post (Virginia)

The trials of Jennifer and James Crumbley overflowed with the lies the culture tells itself.

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Librarians fear new penalties, even prison, as activists challenge books

Tuesday, April 9th, 2024

via The Associated Press (Indiana)

Across the country, book bans and attempted bans have soared to the highest levels in decades. Public and school-based libraries have been inundated with complaints from community members and conservative activists.

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How Texas teens lost the one program that allowed birth control without parental consent

Tuesday, April 9th, 2024

via High Plains Public Radio (Texas)

Federal Title X clinics do not require parental consent for birth control — except in Texas, where a lawsuit upended the longstanding program.

Parent Involvement, Sex Education

PA House Primary Preview: NEPA – PoliticsPA

Tuesday, April 9th, 2024

via PoliticsPA (Pennsylvania)

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Three last-minute candidates join race for North Dakota’s U.S. House seat

Monday, April 8th, 2024

via InForum (North Dakota)

Republicans Cara Mund and Sharlet Mohr and Democrat Roland Riemers filed their paperwork right before the Monday, April 8, deadline.

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Californians will elect a trailblazer in this district. Will it be a GOP Latina or an LGBTQ Democrat?

Monday, April 8th, 2024

via CalMatters (California)

In California's 2024 election, will two trailblazers seeking the Inland Empire's Senate seat campaign avoid culture clashes?

Parent Involvement, School Board – General

Maia Kobabe’s ‘Gender Queer’ tops list of most criticized library books for third straight year

Monday, April 8th, 2024

via The Associated Press (Florida)

Maia Kobabe's graphic memoir 'Gender Queer' continues its troubled run as the country's most controversial book, topping the American Library Association's 'challenged books' list for a third straight year.

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Moms for Liberty requests information from Baltimore County schools on LGBTQ+ books, health classes

Monday, April 8th, 2024

via Capital Gazette (Maryland)

Conservative activism group Moms for Liberty has been seeking information about LGBTQ+ books, student health and more in Baltimore County Public Schools.

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Moms for Liberty’s legislative agenda targets politicians on both sides of the aisle

Sunday, April 7th, 2024

via Tulsa World (Oklahoma)

OKLAHOMA CITY — As Moms for Liberty works to grow its influence in Oklahoma, members have raised their voice at the Capitol and built relationships with political leaders who share

School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement

Pornography in school libraries? Moms for Liberty shares Ryan Walters’ cause célèbre

Sunday, April 7th, 2024

via Tulsa World (Oklahoma)

Oklahoma's state superintendent, who's called Moms for Liberty "the most patriotic, pro-American group in the country," has frequently said pornography is "widely available" in schools.

School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement

Thousands of sex offenders’ names and addresses not listed on public registry

Saturday, April 6th, 2024

via ABC15 Arizona (Arizona)

A new bill, if approved, would force the state to publish the names of level 1 sex offenders convicted of dangerous crimes against children.

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Alabama pushes two bills to restrict what’s in the library: ‘It’s creating a nanny state.’

Friday, April 5th, 2024

via al.com (Alabama)

New restrictions on what books children can look at in the library could soon become law in Alabama

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PA House Primary Preview: Lehigh Valley

Friday, April 5th, 2024

via PoliticsPA (Pennsylvania)

In the fourth of our series, we take a look at the contested primaries in the 131st, 136th and 183rd districts.

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