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'Frozen in time.' Kamala Harris tours bloodstained building where 2018 Parkland massacre happened

Mar. 23, 2024 20:47 PM EDT

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris toured on Saturday the bloodstained classroom building where the 2018 Parkland high school massacre happened, then announced a program to assist states that have laws allowing police to temporarily seize guns from people judges have found to be...

Wisconsin governor promises to veto transgender athlete ban passed by Republican Legislature

Mar. 12, 2024 16:05 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers renewed his promise Tuesday to veto a bill passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature that would ban high school transgender athletes competing on girls teams, saying he will be “damn proud to do it.” Evers, a Democrat,...

School shootings prompt more states to fund digital maps for first responders

Mar. 08, 2024 11:18 AM EST

When a motion detector went off overnight at Kromrey Middle School, a police dispatcher called up a digital map of the building, pinpointed the detector, clicked on a live feed from the nearest camera and relayed the intruder's location to responding police. Within moments, they...

Kentucky Senate passes bill to allow local districts to hire armed 'guardians' in schools

Mar. 05, 2024 20:14 PM EST

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill meant to bolster school safety by allowing school districts to hire retired law officers or military veterans to work as armed guardians won passage in the Kentucky Senate on Tuesday. The measure is the latest attempt by Kentucky lawmakers to augment...

Utah governor mulls measure that would fund firearms training for teachers

Mar. 04, 2024 18:21 PM EST

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gun violence prevention advocates who gathered Monday at the Utah State Capitol called on Gov. Spencer Cox to veto legislation that they said could place children in harm's way by training more teachers to carry firearms on campus. The bill funding tactical...

Editorial Roundup: Michigan

Mar. 04, 2024 07:11 AM EST

Traverse City Record-Eagle. March 3, 2024. Editorial: Court action needed to break through no-fault no-fix logjam We wonder how the members of our Michigan House of Representatives can sleep at night. Thanks to their inaction, Senate Bills 530, 531 and...

Kentucky Senate committee advances bill proposing use of armed 'guardians' in schools

Feb. 29, 2024 16:29 PM EST

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky school districts could hire retired law officers or military veterans to serve as armed guardians offering security at schools under a bill advanced by a state Senate committee on Thursday. The proposal cleared the Senate Education Committee and heads...

A bill that would allow armed teachers in Nebraska schools prompts emotional testimony

Feb. 06, 2024 19:30 PM EST

A bill that would allow teachers and other staff in schools to be armed in the hopes of deterring school shootings drew dozens of people and some emotional testimony to the Nebraska Legislature’s Education Committee on Tuesday. State Sen. Tom Brewer's bill is among the latest in...

Iowa promised $75 million for school safety. Two shootings later, the money is largely unspent

Jan. 26, 2024 20:11 PM EST

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The June 2022 announcement was addressed to parents horrified by the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas: Iowa would spend $75 million in federal pandemic relief funds to improve school building security. Citing an urgent need to act after...

West Virginia GOP majority pushes contentious bills arming teachers, restricting bathrooms, books

Jan. 24, 2024 21:28 PM EST

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's Republican-dominated Legislature pushed forward a slate of contentious bills Wednesday that would arm teachers, allow people to sue libraries over books that offend them and restrict where transgender kids can use the bathroom at school. ...