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Friday, January 31, 2025

Tennessee legislature puts hundreds of millions toward private-school vouchers

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By Sam Stockard  In one of the most hotly-contested questions in modern Tennessee political history, the legislature narrowly approved a $43...

Trump administration profile: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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By Indy Scholtens President Donald Trump  nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services on Nov. 14, 20...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Trump-Appointed Labor Secretary Halts Anti-Discrimination Enforcement

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By Zane McNeill The Trump administration continues to reverse decades of civil rights and equity work,” a legislative researcher said. Donal...

SC law causes bans on lessons, books about Black history, lawsuit claims

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By Skylar Laird    Legislation that failed last June, would have nullified the most disputed part of the law COLUMBIA — The South Carolina D...

Federal Workers Union Warns Trump Purge 'Will Cause Chaos'

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By Jessica Corbett "Between the flurry of anti-worker executive orders and policies, it is clear that the Trump administration's go...
Monday, January 27, 2025

Police drones are flying over Maryland. Will state lawmakers regulate them?

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 By Capital News Service On an afternoon in mid-January, a Montgomery County police drone tracked a shoplifting suspect as he made his way f...
Friday, January 24, 2025

Trump wants to deport immigrants accused of crimes. California sheriffs could make that easy

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By Nigel Duara and Tomas Apodaca In summary President Donald Trump wants to deport undocumented immigrants arrested on suspicion of various ...

Ohio families who lost loved ones after police incidents criticize new fees for body cam footage

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By Nick Evans  Former Columbus, Ohio police officer Adam Coy shot and killed Andre Hill shortly before Christmas in 2020. Last November Coy ...

Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law undergoes 5th Circuit judges’ scrutiny

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 By Greg LaRose NEW ORLEANS – Three judges on the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals considered arguments Thursday over a state law that requ...
Thursday, January 23, 2025

Trump’s words changed Springfield, Ohio. Its Haitian community is bracing for what’s next.

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By Amanda Becker, The 19th News SPRINGFIELD, OHIO — Several minutes into President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech on Monday, as he began...