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Appeals court upholds 155-year prison term in Porter County child molest case
Wednesday, July 5th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed the 155-year prison term issued to a Griffith man convicted of 9 felonies for his repeated sexual abuse of two teenage girls.
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McCallie, GPS drama over school plays is nationwide phenomenon
Wednesday, July 5th, 2023
via Times Free Press (Tennessee)Stevie Ray Dallimore, an actor and teacher, had been running the theater program for Chattanooga's McCallie School for a decade, but he never faced a school year like this one.
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New name for Indiana veterinarian oversight board
Wednesday, July 5th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)The new name is the Indiana Board of Veterinary Medicine, or VetBoard. It previously was known as the Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
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LGBTQ+ authors hit back as US school book bans
Tuesday, July 4th, 2023
via Union Leader Corporation (New Hampshire)SEATTLE -- When Maia Kobabe proudly put the finishing touches to the graphic novel "Gender Queer" in 2019, the American author had no idea of the storm that lay ahead.
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It’s Getting Hard to Stage a School Play Without Political Drama
Tuesday, July 4th, 2023
via The New York Times (Pennsylvania)At a time when lawmakers and parents are seeking to restrict what can and cannot be taught in classrooms, many teachers are seeing efforts to limit what can be staged in their auditoriums.
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Orange schools target classics, popular novels to keep sex out of class
Monday, July 3rd, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)'A Room With a View,' 'Madame Bovary' and 'Paradise Lost' have been at least temporarily rejected by Orange schools for sexual content as the district seeks to comply with a new state law.…
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The fascist roots of book bans
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
via The Day (Connecticut)Anyone following the Republican Party's sudden obsession with banning books across the nation knows very well that the entire thing is a farce. Consider that when the Washington Post analyzed 1,000…
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‘We’re here for moms’: Parents’ rights activists bristle at SPLC branding them a ‘hate’ group
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)Parent activists at the Moms for Liberty annual summit roared at the leftwing Southern Poverty Law Center for putting them on the 'hate map' and calling them an 'extremist group.'
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The Readers’ Forum: Some books do need to be banned
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
via Winston-Salem Journal (North Carolina)Headlines, sound bites and memes are not the whole picture, but these days there are enough to start a riot (verbal or kinetic) without context or background.
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From soccer moms to parent activists: Moms for Liberty harness a powerful political movement
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)Moms for Liberty flexed its newfound political muscle when a series of top Republican presidential contenders made the pilgrimage to woo support at the national summit of the seedling activist group focused on parental rights.
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Another winning Powerball ticket, worth $150,000, goes unclaimed in Region
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)A winning Powerball lottery ticket purchased on or before New Year's Eve in Northwest Indiana expired Thursday with no one claiming the $150,000 prize.
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Indiana abortion tally grew 13% last year, spurred by restrictions elsewhere
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)A new report shows 9,529 women had an abortion in Indiana last year, up from 8,414 in 2021, a total of 1,115 more abortions, or an 13.25% increase.
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Heat, High Water, Hurricanes: Schools Are Not Ready for Climate Change
Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
via The New York Times (New York)A storm can last a day. But the disruption to learning can last years. As natural disasters become more common, school districts are grappling with how to adapt.
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Town Crier: Grownup Stuff
Monday, October 9th, 2023
via Casper Star-Tribune (Wyoming)Wyoming Counseling Association 2023 awards
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In an Expensive City, Who Should Get Free Preschool?
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
via The New York Times (New York)Cutbacks in free preschool for 3-year-olds in New York City raise a question: As even middle-class families struggle to get by, should everyone have access to the program?
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Faith-based groups are now targeting St. Tammany public schools in book ban battle
Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
via NOLA.com (Louisiana)For more than a year, activists in the parish have called for restrictions on books in the parish's public library. Now, books in public schools are coming under scrutiny.
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Stay in the know with this For AR People news roundup
Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)The last few months have been a whirlwind for Arkansas news.
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Colorado libraries face increasing requests to remove or limit access to books and programming
Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
via The Denver Post (Colorado)Colorado's public libraries face a rising number of requests to ban or restrict access to books, programs or displays, mirroring trends across the country as conservative movements target books and programming with LGBTQ and race-related themes.
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U.S. book bans are taking a toll on a beloved tradition: Scholastic Book Fairs
Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
via Delaware First Media (Delaware)Scholastic created a separate fair category for diverse books, which it says is to help schools navigate the complexities of book bans. Librarians accused the company of caving to censorship.
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