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Apr 03 2024
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Half a billion in cuts, targeted tax hikes shape Bowser’s D.C. budget plan
To close the gap, Bowser (D) is proposing $500 million in cuts to city programs this year, including entirely eliminating the Circulator bus and the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund, which pays stipends to caregivers and day care teachers — an outcome education advocates had feared. Officials said that move was spurred by Chief Financial Officer Glen Lee’s request for the city to
Washington PostJun 06 2020
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Police Unions and Officer Privileges
On the evening of June 28, 2008, Officer Paul Abel of the Pittsburgh Police Department was celebrating his wife’s birthday. During the celebration, he consumed four beers and two shots of liquor. After leaving the party, Abel claimed to have been sucker punched in his car while stopped at a stoplight. He retrieved his Glock pistol from the trunk of his car and drove in pursuit of his attacker
Independent InstituteAug 18 2023
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Oak Creek allows no points against Union Grove in Wisconsin high school football action
The Oak Creek Knights defeated the Union Grove Broncos 52-0 in a Wisconsin high school football game on Friday. Oak Creek opened with a 7-0 advantage over Union Grove through the first quarter. The Knights opened an enormous 17-0 gap over the Broncos at the intermission. Oak Creek thundered to a 39-0 lead heading into the final quarter. There was no room for doubt as the Knights added to their
Milwaukee Journal SentinelJun 17 2020
Analysis
The Case for Abolishing Police Unions
Cops must be held accountable for their actions.
For my internet video this week, my staff showed me clips of violent cops.
It's not just Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes—it's the other cops who just watch.
It's the Buffalo cops who floored a protester and simply walked by as he lay unconscious, bleeding out of his ear. It's a cop in
John StosselJul 17 2023
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NYC will pay out $1.8 billion to minorities who failed ‘racist’ teacher test
New York City will pay out $1.8 billion dollars to some 5,200 aspiring and former minority teachers who failed a certification exam deemed racially discriminatory. The city is now settling a nearly three-decade-old federal lawsuit that several years ago found the test biased against black and Hispanic former and aspiring public school educators, the New York Post reported Saturday. “As of
The College FixJul 17 2023
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South Dakota teachers embark on first-ever history road trips by Department of Education
It may be summer break, but that hasn’t stopped K-12 teachers from continuing to learn new things they can bring back to their students in almost a month when school starts again. Teachers from across the state convened Monday in Sioux Falls to kick off a week-long east river road trip by the South Dakota Department of Education. A similar road trip also kicked off Monday in Rapid City to tour
Argus LeaderJun 16 2023
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NBA Players’ Union Slams Ja Morant’s 25-Game Suspension As ‘Excessive’
The NBA suspended Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant for 25 games on Friday after video surfaced of the 23-year-old waving a gun in an Instagram Live video, marking Morant’s third suspension this year amid a series of off-court incidents, though the NBA’s Players Association labeled the suspension “excessive.” Morant will miss the first 25 games of the upcoming 2023-2024 NBA season without pay
ForbesApr 07 2024
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️Biz lightning round
The law firm Haynes Boone, which opened its Charlotte practice with three attorneys in 2019, is relocating offices in Uptown to a new, larger space in the Legacy Union SIX50 building "to accommodate regional growth, particularly in its finance practice." (Haynes Boone) Asana Partners, the local commercial real estate investment firm, is moving its offices in South End from the 1616 Center to
AxiosSep 29 2023
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Ex-Loudoun Superintendent Found Guilty of Retaliating against Teacher Who Spoke Out about Sex Assault
National Review (Opinion)Apr 03 2024
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Harford County students, educators honored at Sacco Awards
The William J. Sacco Critical Thinking Foundation honored 13 high school students and nine educators from Harford County at its 13th annual awards ceremony on March 10 at The John Carroll School. Swan Creek had its first scholarship winner. The foundation gave out $12,250 in scholarships and grants. Bel Air math teacher Susan Taylor was named the 2024 Educator of the Year. She became the first
Baltimore Sun