Uvalde’s “back-the-blue” values collide with outrage over police response to Texas’ worst school shooting
By JASON BEEFERMAN
As in many small Texas towns, law enforcement officers here eat free at local taquerias on some days and get complimentary haircuts at neighborhood salons...
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Texas Senate Democrats call for special session to raise the age to purchase guns, require universal background checks
By KATE MCGEE
The Texas Senate Democratic Caucus is urging Gov. Greg Abbott to call an emergency special legislative session to consider a variety of gun restrictions and...
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Why 18-year-olds can buy AR-15s in Texas but not handguns
By KIAH COLLIER
The fact that the gunman responsible for this week’s massacre in Uvalde was able to buy two AR-15s days after his 18th birthday highlights how...
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Alabama voters approve $85 million bond issue to fund public historical sites and state parks
By Jackie Mitchell
Alabama voters approved Amendment 1, a constitutional amendment, on May 24. Amendment 1 authorized the state to issue up to $85 million in bonds for...
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Philadelphia mayor names two new school board members
By Dale Mezzacappa .Chalkbeat
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney appointed two new members to the city’s Board of Education on Tuesday: Sarah-Ashley Andrews, a family therapist who founded a suicide-prevention...
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Illinois will spend another $140 million to stabilize its daycares

Illinois will spend another $140 million to stabilize its daycares

By Cassie Walker Burke Chalkbeat on April 16, 2021

After setting aside nearly $300 million last year for direct grants for child care centers, Illinois will spend another $140 million to help stabilize a…

Under pressure from pandemic, Chicago lays out changes to competitive high school admissions process

Under pressure from pandemic, Chicago lays out changes to competitive high school admissions process

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Colorado House advances 2022 budget with extra money for special ed, chief equity officer

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Jeffco board approves a three-year contract for new superintendent Tracy Dorland

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Union and district reach tentative agreement to reopen Chicago high schools after weeks of tense negotiations

Union and district reach tentative agreement to reopen Chicago high schools after weeks of tense negotiations

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Read the tentative agreement that could govern Chicago’s high school reopening

Read the tentative agreement that could govern Chicago’s high school reopening

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Maine lawmakers consider minimum wage hike

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American Rescue Plan gives sates money, but ties their hands

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