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Does your Palm Beach County school carry copies of the Bible, Quran and Torah? Here’s a list
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via Palm Beach Post (Florida)A parent's challenge of the Bible at Olympic Heights High brings up a question. Which schools have the Bible, Quran, Torah on their library shelves?
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Palm Beach County school leaders vote to keep Bible in libraries after parent challenge
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via Palm Beach Post (Florida)Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General
U.S. education secretary on ‘attacking public education’ as Georgia schools prepare to open
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via GPB Media (Georgia)With Georgia schools opening in the coming weeks, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona spent two days in Atlanta and Augusta discussing classroom issues, including what he called the "toxic…
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Waterloo schools earns national awards for communications
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via Waterloo Courier Inc (Iowa)Projects, spearheaded by School and Community Relations Director Akwi Nji, amassed a total of 14 awards is NSPRA's annual Publications and Electronic Media Awards competition.
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School funding questions will be on Hammond, Whiting general election ballots
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)The Lake County Election Board unanimously agreed to place the referenda requested by the School City of Hammond and the School City of Whiting on the Nov. 7 ballot.
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Casey and Fetterman have a high percentage of LGBTQ staffers. We talked to some about why that matters.
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)Sen. Bob Casey's Senate office has the highest percentage of LGBTQ staffers, according to a diversity survey by Senate Democrats. Sen. John Fetterman's office ranks third.
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Melvin Wulf, legal crusader for ACLU, dies at 95
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via Press Herald (Maine)He helped transform the ACLU from an organization that mostly wrote briefs on major cases to one that represented individual clients before the high court.
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Winning Powerball tickets worth $50,000 each sold in Winfield, Michigan City
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)No one overcame the 1 in 292 million odds of matching all five white balls and the Powerball. That pushed the estimated jackpot for Wednesday's drawing to $1 billion.
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Melvin Wulf, legal crusader for the ACLU, dies at 95
Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)He oversaw hundreds of legal cases for the American Civil Liberties Union, arguing some of them in front of the Supreme Court.
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Top Indiana court declines to review scope of sheriffs’ authority over county jails
Monday, July 17th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)The Indiana Supreme Court is declining to address the question of whether a county sheriff enjoys near-unlimited authority to operate the jail as the sheriff sees fit.
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Obama gives shout-out to librarians while blasting book censorship
Monday, July 17th, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)Former President Obama on Monday praised the nation's librarians for standing 'on the front lines' as book bans spread around the nation. In a letter to the 'hardworking librarians of America,' Obama denounced recent attempts to ban books that touch on topics like gender, sexuality and race. Many of these books and their authors shaped...
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Obama takes to TikTok to support libraries’ fight against book bans
Monday, July 17th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)The former president has filmed clips with libraries across the country to increase awareness of their services and promote access to books.
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Book removals and bans are on the rise: Here are the books targeted in Tennessee
Monday, July 17th, 2023
via The Tennessean (Tennessee)According to PEN America, an organization that promotes free expression in literature, book bans are on the rise.
Parent Involvement, Book Bans
Cedar Falls student representing Iowa in D.C. at Boys Nation
Monday, July 17th, 2023
via Waterloo Courier Inc (Iowa)Incoming Cedar Falls High School senior Param Sampat was selected to attend Boys Nation, starting July 21 in Washington D.C., after a thorough nomination and interview process.
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Waterloo council to hold hearing over new senior housing facility
Sunday, July 16th, 2023
via Waterloo Courier Inc (Iowa)The proposed complex would be three stories with 110 units, located off of Tower Park Drive.
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Iowa’s public libraries ‘next grounds for the oncoming civil rights movement’
Sunday, July 16th, 2023
via The Gazette (Iowa)Amid legislation targeting the information sector, public librarians speak on their growing role as a force in the political realm. From representative literature to creating inclusive environments, libraries are offering more to the community than books.
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Police respond to three shots fired calls Saturday on Logan Avenue
Sunday, July 16th, 2023
via Waterloo Courier Inc (Iowa)Book Bans
What do Iowans want?
Sunday, July 16th, 2023
via Quad City Times (Iowa)Growing up on a farm in rural Clinton, Illinois, Leslie DuPree's early interest in writing and the environment would grow to influence her career endeavors and politics.
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