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Pa. primary candidates, hoagies, barred from polls
The results of Pennsylvania's primary election won't be known for hours, but two things are clear — candidates may not campaign inside polling places or give free hoagies to voters. A Philadelphia judge Tuesday ordered Brett Mandel, a Democratic candidate for city controller, to stop campaigning inside polling places. The ...
Senators reject new school funding formula
Senators on Tuesday killed a $3.5 billion public school funding proposal submitted to lawmakers by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, because of concerns about proposed changes to payments for special education and gifted students. The Senate Education Committee rejected the formula without objection, a move that likely ends ...
Committee delays vote on ACT test requirement
The Legislature's budget committee has delayed taking a vote on whether to have every high school junior in Wisconsin take the ACT college entrance exam. The plan by state superintendent Tony Evers and Gov. Scott Walker was before the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee for a vote Tuesday. But the Republican-controlled ...
Highlights of the new Colorado school finance law
The school finance overhaul signed into law Tuesday by Gov. John Hickenlooper makes big changes to how public schools in Colorado are funded. All the changes depend on voters approving some $1 billion a year in new taxes. Among the changes Colorado schools would see if voters agree are: — ...
Louisiana editorial roundup
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: May 20 The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., on panel nixes accountability: In rejecting a bill to expand public access to the records of the Governor's Office, the House and Governmental Affairs Committee early in this legislative session struck a blow against transparency in state government. ...
North Carolina editorial roundup
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: May 16 The Daily Reflector, Greenville, N.C., on STD bill puts more at risk: If judged only by the stated intent of its sponsors, legislation before the North Carolina General Assembly that would require parental consent for children to have access to a wide ...
Mich. reveals program to prevent school violence
Michigan's attorney general laid out a proposal Tuesday aimed at preventing violence in schools by creating a confidential tipline for parents and students to report potentially dangerous behavior. Bill Schuette announced the OK-2-SAY initiative alongside law enforcement, lawmakers and officials from Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's office five months after the ...
Texas regents nominees clear first Senate hurdle
The Senate Nominations Committee has approved Gov. Rick Perry's three appointments to the University of Texas System board of regents, sending them to the full Senate for consideration. The nominations are being closely watched as state lawmakers have clashed with regents over the performance of Austin campus president Bill Powers. ...
NC House panel hosts public debate on voucher bill
A proposal to let North Carolina students use public money to attend private or religious schools drew fierce debate Tuesday from a state House panel. The House Education Committee heard from both sides of the voucher debate but didn't take a vote on a bill giving $4,200 annual grants to ...
Minn. session '13: What got done, what didn't
Minnesota state lawmakers promised when the legislative session began that their top priority was setting a new state budget. To that end, they produced a $38.3 billion two-year spending plan that hikes taxes on top income earners and on cigarettes, and distributes hefty spending increases to public schools, freezes tuition ...
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