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Anti-DEI bills in the works for Utah’s upcoming legislative session

Monday, January 8th, 2024

via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)

Here's what we know so far about the three bills being drafted by Republican legislators to hem in DEI efforts across Utah.

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‘We can do better’: Idaho governor announces $2 billion in funding for school buildings

Monday, January 8th, 2024

via The Spokesman-Review (Idaho)

Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Monday announced a $2 billion investment in public schools over the next 10 years, a large contribution aimed at shoring up dilapidated infrastructure at schools across the…

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Gov. Katie Hobbs’ goals, lines in sand as legislative session begins

Monday, January 8th, 2024

via Arizona Daily Star (Arizona)

Arizona's Democratic governor says she's "optimistic'' about working with the GOP-controlled Legislature. She describes the State of the State on Monday.

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4 officer-involved shootings recorded in Valley in 2023

Monday, January 8th, 2024

via The Vindicator (Ohio)

WARREN — Newly released data from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation shows Mahoning Valley law enforcement called on the state agency four times in 2023 when officers had to fire their weapons.…

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Stanford is searching for a new president — a job more political and scrutinized than ever before

Sunday, January 7th, 2024

via San Francisco Chronicle (California)

Stanford University searches for a new president as the role becomes more scrutinized after the departures of Harvard and Penn leaders.

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Lollipop concert, ‘Portrait of Aretha’ and garden planning: Things to do in January 2024

Saturday, January 6th, 2024

via The Virginian-Pilot (Virginia)

Lollipop concert, ‘Portrait of Aretha' and garden planning: Things to do in January 2024

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COLUMNIST: Nikki Haley is the GOP’s best hope

Saturday, January 6th, 2024

via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Arkansas)

Nikki Haley, former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, represents the Republican Party's best hope to vanquish Donald Trump. While many foes and pundits have piled on Haley for her…

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December 27, 2023 CALL TO ORDER Chairper

Saturday, January 6th, 2024

via Mitchell Republic (South Dakota)

December 27, 2023 CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Reider called the regular meeting of the Davison County Board of Commissioners to order at 9:00 a.m. All members of the Board were present. Also present was…

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Jim Kenyon: Windsor’s Hudson Ranney goes to Washington

Saturday, January 6th, 2024

via Valley News (Vermont)

When I met 16-year-old Hudson Ranney at the Boston Dreams coffee shop in Windsor, it was 10 in the morning and he was munching on a Moose Tracks ice cream cone while checking messages on his Apple…

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Sultan: Francis Howell students could teach their school board an important lesson

Friday, January 5th, 2024

via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)

Students in the Francis Howell district could drive home the Streisand effect by signing up en masse for the Black history and literature classes when they are offered again.

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‘Excessive celebration’ and the fall of Claudine Gay

Friday, January 5th, 2024

via Deseret News (Utah)

After Harvard's president resigned, Christopher Rufo listed three ways to wage a successful campaign. But humility matters, too.

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Review: Guthrie’s entertaining ‘Art’ punches hard into men’s feelings

Thursday, January 4th, 2024

via Star Tribune (Minnesota)

Yasmina Reza's 1994 play gets a taut and timely staging in Minneapolis.

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For Harvard’s First Black President, Race Became the Unavoidable Issue

Thursday, January 4th, 2024

via The New York Times (New York)

Claudine Gay celebrated her history making appointment. But after she resigned, she spoke very differently about her experience.

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Chris Doyle: A discomforting anniversary and teaching the Capitol riot in 2024

Thursday, January 4th, 2024

via Hartford Courant (Connecticut)

Students deserve to be shown how recent history contributes to ongoing events

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Boy, 13, Is Believed to Be the First to ‘Beat’ Tetris

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024

via The New York Times (Ohio)

Willis Gibson, a competitive Tetris player prodigy from Oklahoma, advanced so far in the original Nintendo version of the game that it froze. 'I can't feel my fingers,' he said afterward.

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Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism claims, backlash from antisemitism testimony

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024

via Winston-Salem Journal (North Carolina)

Harvard University President Claudine Gay has resigned amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on…

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A ‘pocket of hope’: This California school district made a difference on Black students’ scores

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024

via CalMatters (California)

Teacher pay, creative writing, tutoring and attendance monitors helped a California school district improve test scores for Black students.

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Utah diversity, equity, inclusion: Gov. Spencer Cox’s DEI statements

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024

via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)

Gov. Spencer Cox has championed his diversity and equity efforts in the past, but has more recently asserted such initiatives foster divisiveness instead of inclusivity.

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What changed after a California school district banned teaching critical race theory?

Monday, January 1st, 2024

via Delaware Public Media (Delaware)

More than a year after a Southern California school district banned the teaching of critical race theory, some Temecula Valley Unified students say it's resulted in more racism.

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