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North Carolina Gov. Cooper vetoes 2 more bills, but budget still on track to become law Tuesday
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed on Monday both an energy bill and the legislature's annual regulatory reform measure, while allowing legislation directing more state government oversight of high school athletics to become law. The measures were among...
Part of Ohio's GOP-backed K-12 education overhaul will take effect despite court order
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — At least part of a Republican-backed overhaul of the Ohio's K-12 education system will take effect as planned, despite a court order Monday delaying the changes after a lawsuit said they violate the constitution. The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce...
Texas Football magazine Week 7 high school rankings
The Week 7 high school rankings from Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine and TexasFootball.com, distributed by The Associated Press. CLASS 6A Rank School (Record) Week 6 Prv rank 1 Duncanville (4-0) Idle 1 2 Galena Park North Shore...
Few Americans say conservatives can speak freely on college campuses, an AP-NORC/UChicago poll shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans view college campuses as far friendlier to liberals than to conservatives when it comes to free speech, with adults across the political spectrum seeing less tolerance for those on the right, according to a new poll. Overall, 47% of adults say liberals...
Attorneys for college taken over by DeSantis allies threaten to sue 'alternate' school
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for New College of Florida, the traditionally progressive public liberal arts college that was taken over by allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis as part of his “war on woke,” last week threatened to sue a group of former faculty members and students who have formed an...
Dad who won appeal in college admissions bribery case gets 6 months home confinement for tax offense
BOSTON (AP) — A former Staples Inc. executive whose fraud and bribery convictions in the sprawling college admissions cheating scandal were thrown out by an appeals court was sentenced on Friday to six months of home confinement for a tax offense. John Wilson, 64, of Lynnfield,...
Northern Arizona University plans to launch a medical school amid a statewide doctor shortage
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Northern Arizona University plans to build a new medical school as part of a greater effort to address an ongoing shortage of health care workers in the state, the Arizona Board of Regents announced Friday. The medical school would be the first in the...
Kentucky agriculture commissioner chosen to lead state's community and technical college system
State Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles was selected Friday as the next president of the vast Kentucky Community and Technical College System, as the Republican charts a new career path after his unsuccessful bid for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. “As a former community...
Looming shutdown rattles families who rely on Head Start program for disadvantaged children
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — As Monette Ferguson braces for the looming government shutdown to strip funding from her Head Start program for disadvantaged children in Connecticut, she harkens back to a decade ago when another congressional budget fight forced her to close preschools. ...
Missouri high school teacher is put on leave after school officials discover her page on porn site
ST. CLAIR, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri high school teacher says she has been placed on leave after officials discovered that she was performing on a pornography website to supplement her salary. Brianna Coppage, 28, who taught English at St. Clair High School, says her teaching days are...
