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Charter-school fight sinks Missouri education package in final days of session
A wide-ranging education package backed by Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe collapsed in the final days of the legislative session after negotiations over school accountability became a fight over which communities should be opened to charter schools.
Four Kansas school districts plan legal action against state for underfunding public education
Four Johnson County public school districts want to sue the state of Kansas for more than 15 years of inadequate special education funding.
Michigan House Speaker strips Dem of committees after Epstein press conference
Michigan House Speaker and Trump ally Matt Hall (R) stripped state Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou (D-East Lansing) of her committee assignments after she called for Epstein investigation.
Baldwin, other senators join calls to release Salah Sarsour from immigration detention
Democratic U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin, Bernie Sanders, and Chris Van Hollen have sent a joint letter to the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), condemning the arrest and detention of Salah Sarsour, the president of Milwaukee’s Islamic Society, and charging that Sarsour has received inadequate medical care Sarsour at an Indiana immigration detention center where he’s being held.
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Wisconsin GOP Rep. Dean Kaufert to retire following Heartland Signal inquiry into sexual harassment investigation
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Nearly half of Michigan GOP candidate Terri DeBoer’s early funding comes from DeVos family
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Mike Rogers told Michigan not to worry about gas prices. Now they’re nearly $5 a gallon
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Tennessee Speaker Cameron Sexton ousts all Democrats from committees after redistricting protest
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Chedrick Greene wins Michigan special election, Dems retain control of state Senate
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