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Kamala Harris lashes out at DeSantis about US history ahead of Florida visit
Friday, July 21st, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)Vice President Kamala Harris attacked presidential contender and Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) administration on Thursday night about Florida's United States history standards, one day before she made a…
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Harris heads to Florida ready to forcefully condemn state’s new Black history standards
Friday, July 21st, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)The first Black female vice president is also expected to speak in the LaVilla neighborhood
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The Shawn Carter Foundation & Robert Kraft’s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism Collaborate On Initial $2 Million Fund To Stop The Spread of Book Bans
Friday, July 21st, 2023
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Black lawmakers group hosting town hall meeting in Gary
Friday, July 21st, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)Members of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus are hosting a town hall meeting Aug. 5 in Gary to discuss the work of the 2023 General Assembly.
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New Central Rivers chief administrator focused on building relationships across AEA
Friday, July 21st, 2023
via Waterloo Courier Inc (Iowa)Cultivating relationships has been the focus throughout Joel Pedersen's entire career.
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Flirts Gentlemen’s Club denied liquor license by Waterloo council
Friday, July 21st, 2023
via Waterloo Courier Inc (Iowa)A strip club that has caused contention at past City Council meetings in Waterloo now has to fight to keep its liquor license.
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Harris hits DeSantis over U.S. history standards
Friday, July 21st, 2023
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Chris Christie slams culture wars, says government is not ‘a better parent than parents’
Friday, July 21st, 2023
via North Jersey Media Group (New Jersey)Chris Christie criticizes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy over the education culture wars.
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Indiana appeals court affirms 70-year sentence in child torture death
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)The Indiana Court of Appeals will not shorten the 70-year prison term of a rural LaPorte County man convicted last year of torturing to death his four-year-old son.
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Chris Christie, ready to take down Donald Trump, talks Hunter Biden, ‘woke’ Dems, more
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via Press-Citizen.com (Iowa)New Jersey's former governor is blunt about the GOP primary being a referendum on the former president.
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‘The 57 Bus’ and ‘The Kite Runner’ shouldn’t be banned from West Bend high schools, committee says following complaints
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via Journal Sentinel, Inc. (Wisconsin)The person who filed the complaint has 30 days to appeal the decision to keep the books that some have called
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Barack Obama appears in library TikTok video to put focus on book bans
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via Chicago Tribune (Illinois)Barack Obama turned to the Kankakee, Illinois, librarians when he kicked off an effort to push back against book bans earlier this week to support their belief that among their
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Part of Kimball Avenue closed starting Monday
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via Waterloo Courier Inc (Iowa)Beginning July 24, Kimball Avenue from Mitchell Avenue to Williston Avenue will be closed to thru traffic for asphalt overlay.
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What Iowans Want: New teacher from Davenport targets Illinois schools instead of Iowa
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via Quad City Times (Iowa)Editor's Note: This is part of a larger series "What do Iowans want" that asks 20 Iowans across the state about their lives and how state government impacts them.
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Cedar Falls businesses, organizations adjust to Main Street construction
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via Waterloo Courier Inc (Iowa)Work is expected to continue into 2025.
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Public schools banned from sheltering migrants under bill passed by U.S. House
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via home - georgia recorder (Georgia)The U.S. House on Wednesday night passed a bill to bar the use of public K-12 schools to provide shelter for migrants seeking asylum.
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School board outrage over LGBTQ lessons pushes California governor to rush new textbook law
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via PENNLive (Pennsylvania)During the nine-hour Temecula Valley Unified meeting, which ran past midnight, some angry parents spoke in support of the conservative majority on the school board and its bucking of state standards for inclusive and diverse education.
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Temecula school board outrage over LGBTQ lessons motivates Newsom to rush new textbook law
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two San Francisco Democrats were at the center of a chaotic school board meeting in Southern California on Tuesday: Gov. Gavin Newsom and slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk.
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Book ban opponents outside Palm Beach County School District HQ
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via Palm Beach Post (Florida)A few dozen book ban opponents waved signs at traffic outside school district headquarters
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