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A bill filed in the U.S. Senate would guarantee all public schoolteachers across the U.S. a minimum salary of at least $60,000 dollars a year. The Pay Teachers Act, sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., would also triple funding allocated to schools for children from low-income families to more than...
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Massachusetts educators are praising federal legislation to ensure public schoolteachers make a minimum of $60,000 a year. Supporters say the Pay Teachers Act would help fill the more than 4,000 teacher vacancies statewide and ensure fully certified teachers are staffing schools. Cory O’Hayer, a social studies teacher for Boston...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk El paquete legislativo y económico impulsado por los republicanos y aprobado recientemente ha desatado una intensa reacción entre los ecologistas, que argumentan que su contenido supone un paso atrás para la protección del medio ambiente y la lucha contra el cambio climático. A...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk The recently passed Republican-driven legislative and economic package has sparked intense backlash among environmentalists, who argue that its contents represent a step backward for environmental protection and climate action. Despite its sunny name, critics have quickly rebranded it the “Big Betrayal Bill,” pointing...
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Selen Ozturk American Community Media Un mes después de ser esposado en una conferencia de prensa del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS), el senador Alex Padilla presentó un nuevo proyecto de ley sobre transparencia en la aplicación de la ley de inmigración. El senador demócrata estadounidense, uno de los...
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Selen Ozturk American Community Media One month after being handcuffed at a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) press conference, Senator Alex Padilla has introduced a new immigration enforcement transparency bill. The Democratic U.S. senator, one of two representing California, recounted the June 12 incident at a Monday, July 14...
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California lawmakers are considering a bill to ease regulations on birth centers at a time when maternity wards are closing in many counties. Assembly Bill 55 would streamline the licensure process, which allows a birth center to accept Medi-Cal, making midwifery care available to low-income families. Sandra Poole, health...
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Los partidarios de las artes se reunieron el miércoles en Sacramento para el Día de Defensa de las Artes con el fin de presionar a los legisladores sobre una variedad de temas. Los educadores están llamando la atención sobre los problemas con la implementación de la Proposición 28, que...
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April 22 was Earth Day, and more than 50 elected officials have signed a letter this week urging lawmakers to make oil and gas companies bear the cost of climate change. The California Polluters Pay Superfund, which went before the state Senate Judiciary Committee on April 22, would assess...
A bill filed in the U.S. Senate would guarantee all public schoolteachers across the U.S. a minimum salary of at least $60,000 dollars a year. The Pay Teachers Act, sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., would also triple funding allocated to schools for children from low-income families to more than...
Massachusetts educators are praising federal legislation to ensure public schoolteachers make a minimum of $60,000 a year. Supporters say the Pay Teachers Act would help fill the more than 4,000 teacher vacancies statewide and ensure fully certified teachers are staffing schools. Cory O’Hayer, a social studies teacher for Boston...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk El paquete legislativo y económico impulsado por los republicanos y aprobado recientemente ha desatado una intensa reacción entre los ecologistas, que argumentan que su contenido supone un paso atrás para la protección del medio ambiente y la lucha contra el cambio climático. A...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk The recently passed Republican-driven legislative and economic package has sparked intense backlash among environmentalists, who argue that its contents represent a step backward for environmental protection and climate action. Despite its sunny name, critics have quickly rebranded it the “Big Betrayal Bill,” pointing...
Selen Ozturk American Community Media Un mes después de ser esposado en una conferencia de prensa del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS), el senador Alex Padilla presentó un nuevo proyecto de ley sobre transparencia en la aplicación de la ley de inmigración. El senador demócrata estadounidense, uno de los...
Selen Ozturk American Community Media One month after being handcuffed at a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) press conference, Senator Alex Padilla has introduced a new immigration enforcement transparency bill. The Democratic U.S. senator, one of two representing California, recounted the June 12 incident at a Monday, July 14...
California lawmakers are considering a bill to ease regulations on birth centers at a time when maternity wards are closing in many counties. Assembly Bill 55 would streamline the licensure process, which allows a birth center to accept Medi-Cal, making midwifery care available to low-income families. Sandra Poole, health...
Los partidarios de las artes se reunieron el miércoles en Sacramento para el Día de Defensa de las Artes con el fin de presionar a los legisladores sobre una variedad de temas. Los educadores están llamando la atención sobre los problemas con la implementación de la Proposición 28, que...
April 22 was Earth Day, and more than 50 elected officials have signed a letter this week urging lawmakers to make oil and gas companies bear the cost of climate change. The California Polluters Pay Superfund, which went before the state Senate Judiciary Committee on April 22, would assess...