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Medicaid expansion back on glidepath to enactment in North Carolina as final budget heads to votes
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Passing North Carolina's budget will remain the last hurdle for the state to expand Medicaid to potentially cover 600,000 adults who don't qualify or make enough for health insurance now that an effort to link it to authorizing more casinos is off the table. ...
Wisconsin Legislature rejects governor's special session on child care, worker shortages
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Republican-controlled Legislature on Wednesday ignored Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' call for a special session to pass a $1 billion package that would keep a pandemic-era child care program running, send more money to the University of Wisconsin and create a paid...
England's National Health Service operates on holiday-level staffing as doctors' strike escalates
LONDON (AP) — Britain's state-owned health service is operating on holiday-level staffing in England on Wednesday as doctors in the early stages of their careers joined their more senior colleagues in their first-ever joint strike action. Tens of thousands of so-called junior...
Maryland's schools superintendent withdraws his request to extend his contract
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland's superintendent of schools is withdrawing his request for a second term, he and the state school board announced Friday. The announcement came as renewal of Mohammed Choudhury's contract, which expires in June 2024, faced mounting scrutiny because of...
GOP candidate's wife portrays rival's proposed pay raise for school personnel as unfeasible
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Makenze Cameron, the wife of Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron, dismissed the Democratic governor's proposal for an 11% pay raise for public school personnel as unfeasible as she promoted her husband's education plan during a campaign appearance Thursday. ...
Wave of teacher absences forcing Vegas-area school closures deemed an illegal strike, judge finds
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge on Wednesday ordered a teachers union to put an end to teacher absences that have forced Las Vegas-area school closures and that she said are “very clearly a strike,” amid a contract battle in a state where it is illegal for public employees to walk off the job. ...
California school district to pay $2.25M to settle suit involving teacher who had student's baby
REDLANDS, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California school district will pay $2.25 million to settle the latest lawsuit involving a teacher who became pregnant by one of at least two students she was accused of sexually abusing. The settlement brings to $8.25 million the amount paid by...
Teacher shortage closes Vegas schools and forces combined classes during union contract battle
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Staffing issues in Las Vegas-area schools reached a critical point this month, with classes being canceled or combined across the nation's fifth-largest school district during bitter contract negotiations. The Clark County School District and the teachers union,...
Education secretary praises Springfield after-school program during visit
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona visited Springfield Wednesday to tout the Biden administration's education plan to accelerate learning, eliminate a teacher shortage, ensure students have a proper path to college or career and more. Accompanied by...
Editorial Roundup: West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail. August 27, 2023. Editorial: The latest salvo in the anti-education movement West Virginia Senate Finance Committee Chairman Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, recently lashed out at the American Federation of Teachers, calling its members “socialists”...
