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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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With federal protections for immigrant students threatened, California has a lifeline: the California Dream Act Application (CADAA). Last spring, the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) — the state agency responsible for distributing over $3 billion in financial aid — reported a 38% drop in CADAA applications and a 14%...
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El pánico se ha apoderado de los distritos escolares de todo el Estado Dorado a medida que la administración Trump continúa reteniendo fondos federales. Tony Thurmond, superintendente de Instrucción Pública del Estado, dijo que los distritos escolares de California perderán cerca de 1.000 millones de dólares. Luis Valentino, superintendente...
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Panic has set in at school districts across the Golden State as the Trump administration continues to withhold federal funds. Tony Thurmond, state superintendent of public instruction, said California school districts stand to immediately lose close to $1 billion. Luis Valentino, retired superintendent of Coachella Valley Unified School District...
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Las empresas californianas que fabrican materiales de embalaje compostables afirman que sus productos podrían contribuir significativamente al problema de la contaminación por plástico, pero solo con cambios en las políticas estatales y federales. California aprobó el Proyecto de Ley 54 del Senado en 2022. Este exige que los envases...
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California companies making compostable packaging materials said their products could make a huge dent in the problem of plastic pollution but only with changes to state and federal policy. California passed Senate Bill 54 in 2022. It requires single-use packaging and plastic foodware to be either recyclable or compostable...
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Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., has introduced a bill to remove gray wolves from the list of endangered and threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The measure would also prohibit any challenges to the law in court. Jewel Tomasula, national policy director for the Endangered Species Coalition, said H.R. 845 is...
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When a rare tornado swept through the north side of Minneapolis, Michelle Neal scrambled for cover at a fast-food restaurant. “It was unreal-we could have died,” she told Minnesota Public Radio. “McDonald’s saved me.” It’s the kind of scenario that Julia Nerbonne, executive director of Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light,...
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Los precios de los alimentos siguen altos en todo el país. Un nuevo informe de la Comisión Federal de Comercio dice que las empresas de comestibles más grandes del país están estafando a los consumidores al mantener los precios artificialmente altos. Muchos tenderos, minoristas y mayoristas se han consolidado...
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...
With federal protections for immigrant students threatened, California has a lifeline: the California Dream Act Application (CADAA). Last spring, the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) — the state agency responsible for distributing over $3 billion in financial aid — reported a 38% drop in CADAA applications and a 14%...
El pánico se ha apoderado de los distritos escolares de todo el Estado Dorado a medida que la administración Trump continúa reteniendo fondos federales. Tony Thurmond, superintendente de Instrucción Pública del Estado, dijo que los distritos escolares de California perderán cerca de 1.000 millones de dólares. Luis Valentino, superintendente...
Panic has set in at school districts across the Golden State as the Trump administration continues to withhold federal funds. Tony Thurmond, state superintendent of public instruction, said California school districts stand to immediately lose close to $1 billion. Luis Valentino, retired superintendent of Coachella Valley Unified School District...
Las empresas californianas que fabrican materiales de embalaje compostables afirman que sus productos podrían contribuir significativamente al problema de la contaminación por plástico, pero solo con cambios en las políticas estatales y federales. California aprobó el Proyecto de Ley 54 del Senado en 2022. Este exige que los envases...
California companies making compostable packaging materials said their products could make a huge dent in the problem of plastic pollution but only with changes to state and federal policy. California passed Senate Bill 54 in 2022. It requires single-use packaging and plastic foodware to be either recyclable or compostable...
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., has introduced a bill to remove gray wolves from the list of endangered and threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The measure would also prohibit any challenges to the law in court. Jewel Tomasula, national policy director for the Endangered Species Coalition, said H.R. 845 is...
When a rare tornado swept through the north side of Minneapolis, Michelle Neal scrambled for cover at a fast-food restaurant. “It was unreal-we could have died,” she told Minnesota Public Radio. “McDonald’s saved me.” It’s the kind of scenario that Julia Nerbonne, executive director of Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light,...
Los precios de los alimentos siguen altos en todo el país. Un nuevo informe de la Comisión Federal de Comercio dice que las empresas de comestibles más grandes del país están estafando a los consumidores al mantener los precios artificialmente altos. Muchos tenderos, minoristas y mayoristas se han consolidado...