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West Virginia lawmakers approve funding to support students due to FAFSA delays
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia students struggling to figure out how to pay for college in one of the nation's poorest states after the botched rollout of a new federal student aid application...
May 21, 2024
Saskatchewan teachers reviewing tentative contract agreement
Teachers are getting their first look at the details of a tentative agreement this week after the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation and province reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. The un...
May 21, 2024
Teachers criticize Newsom's budget proposal, say it would 'wreak havoc on funding for our schools'
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's largest teachers union on Friday turned up the pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom, announcing a public campaign aimed at blocking part of his plan to balance the budg...
May 17, 2024
Saskatchewan teachers and government say they've reached tentative agreement
REGINA - Saskatchewan's teachers and the provincial government say they've reached a tentative agreement on a new contract after months of sparring. Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Samanth...
May 17, 2024
Government, STF reach 'tentative agreement' at bargaining table
On Friday, the provincial government announced that this week's bargaining has resulted in a "tentative agreement" with the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation. Both sides returned to the bargaining tab...
May 17, 2024
President tells Gaza protesters that University of B.C. must remain neutral
VANCOUVER - The president of the University of British Columbia has told pro-Palestinian protesters that the school must remain neutral on the Gaza conflict. Benoit-Antoine Bacon says in response to d...
May 17, 2024
Prime minister promotes school nutrition program at Winnipeg school
WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a stop at a Winnipeg school to promote his government's school nutrition program. He says the plan would provide meals to 400,000 more children across...
May 17, 2024
Latinos found jobs and cheap housing in a Pennsylvania city but political power has proven elusive
HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) - Latinos seeking jobs and affordable housing have transformed Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in recent decades, but a federal lawsuit argues the way representatives are elected to their l...
May 16, 2024
Repeal of a dead law to use public funds for private school tuition won't be on Nebraska's ballot
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A measure to repeal a now-defunct law passed last year that would use public money to fund private school tuition has been pulled from Nebraska's November ballot, the secretary of s...
May 16, 2024
Former Connecticut budget official arrested, pleads not guilty to bribery and extortion charges
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A former top official in Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's budget office allegedly extorted private contractors into paying him thousands of dollars in bribes as he oversaw large bl...
May 16, 2024
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