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Oklahoma court considers whether to allow the US' first publicly funded Catholic school

Apr. 02, 2024 15:30 PM EDT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general urged the state’s highest court on Tuesday to stop the creation of what would be the nation’s first publicly funded Catholic charter school. Attorney General Gentner Drummond argued the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual...

Republican lawmakers are backing dozens of bills targeting diversity efforts on campus and elsewhere

Feb. 10, 2024 13:07 PM EST

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Diversity initiatives would be defunded or banned from universities and other public institutions under a slate of bills pending in Republican-led legislatures, with some lawmakers counting on the issue resonating with voters in this election year. Already...