Education
Gov. Snyder, GOP lawmakers agree to budget targets
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and leaders of the GOP majority in the Legislature reached a budget agreement Tuesday for next fiscal year that doesn't include an expansion of government health insurance for low income-adults and puts Michigan's unexpected surplus toward funding roads and K-12 education. Lawmakers have an extra $700 ...
Dem tax plan pulled; Senate debate degenerates
A debate over education funding turned bitter on the Nevada Senate floor Tuesday when Democrats accused Republicans of not wanting to compromise on taxes and the GOP minority leader chastised the majority for failed leadership. The finger pointing during a 90-minute session began when Democratic Majority Leader Mo Denis, D-Las ...
Error kills new district for struggling schools
A technicality on the House floor has killed a bill that would have created special districts operated by turnaround experts to improve struggling schools. The proposal by Dallas Democratic Sen. Royce West cleared the Senate May 1 but went down Tuesday night on a House parliamentary error raised by Houston ...
Teachers credited with saving kids in Oklahoma
The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up. But before all of the youngsters could get there, the tornado alarm sounded. The plan ...
Notes from the Legislature's regular session
The House refused Tuesday to relinquish legislative control over tuition hikes for students at Louisiana's public colleges. A proposal by Rep. Thomas Carmody, R-Shreveport, would have spelled out in the state constitution that tuition increases don't require approval of two-thirds of the House and Senate. Carmody said the campuses need ...
Ohio school shooting victims' families sue charity
Relatives of three teenagers killed in a northeast Ohio school shooting filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a charity that maintains a trust fund set up first to benefit the victims' families and also to support the well-being of students and others in the affected community. The lawsuit against United Way ...
Highlights from around the Capitol
Seeking to help the state's youngest students develop nutritious habits, Texas lawmakers on Tuesday approved banning the sale of sugary drinks in public elementary and junior high schools. In a 24-6 vote, the Senate advanced a bill that would limit beverage choices to water, low-fat milk and pure juice. Its ...
Alaska Pacific University cuts tuition 30 percent
A private liberal arts college in Anchorage is lowering its tuition by more than 30 percent, with a goal of making a college education more affordable for Alaskans and boosting enrollment, the president of Alaska Pacific University said. The school's board last week decided to reduce tuition by nearly $10,000 ...
'Brothers' graduate at top of class at Ga. college
Two Clark Atlanta University students who call themselves brothers despite being from opposite sides of the world have graduated as valedictorian and salutatorian. Lorin Crawford, a California native, and Tam Quach, who emigrated from Vietnam at the age of 10, graduated Monday. Crawford was named valedictorian and Quach was named ...
UC hospitals say patients safe despite strike
Thousands of workers at University of California medical centers began a two-day strike on Tuesday that prompted the postponement of dozens of surgeries amid reassurances that patients were safe. A union representing some 13,000 hospital pharmacists, nursing assistants, operating room scrubs and other health care workers began the walkout at ...
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