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Texas schools could train teachers as armed marshals to exchange gunfire with potential attackers under a bill approved by state lawmakers and sent to Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday, while a key lawmaker said attempts to allow concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons into college classrooms is likely ...
SC Senate defeats private school choice proposal
South Carolina senators have defeated an attempt to help parents pay for private school tuition or educate them at home through the state budget. The 23-18 vote Wednesday rejecting the budget amendment followed nearly three hours of discussion. Senators are in their second week of debating their 2013-14 budget plan. ...
Bill allows Newtown families to release records
A bill crafted behind the scenes in Connecticut is requiring the written consent of family members of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims before certain records concerning the shooting, such as photos and videotapes, are publicly released. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office released a working draft of the bill Wednesday. ...
Illinois Senate approves sex education bill
Illinois public schools that teach sex education will have to include information about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases instead of a curriculum focused solely on abstinence, according to a plan that cleared the state Senate on Wednesday. The bill, which senators approved 37-21, was headed to Gov. Pat Quinn's desk. ...
Neb. AG wants to revoke license of abortion nurse
A prominent Nebraska abortion clinic is facing a new legal challenge from state officials who want to revoke the license of the clinic's only nurse because of allegations of questionable care. Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning said Wednesday that he has filed a petition with regulators to revoke Lindsey Creekmore's ...
AP top news in Iowa at 3:58 p.m. CDT
State House approves education policy deal DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The state House has unanimously approved an education policy deal that would provide additional school funding. Lawmakers backed the plan Wednesday in a 95-0 vote. Republican Rep. Ron Jorgensen, of Sioux City, says the compromise plan would provide more ...
Del. budget panel adds $2M for charter schools
Members of the legislature's budget writing committee have approved $2 million in new spending for Delaware charter schools. Wednesday's vote by the Joint Finance Committee is aimed at helping high-performing charter schools with startup costs or funds to expand of programs. While committee members authorized the funding, the proposed charter ...
2 men sentenced in Arkansas election fraud case
Two men who pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in an election fraud case involving a former east Arkansas lawmaker have been sentenced to home confinement and probation. Federal court records show that Phillip Wayne Carter was sentenced Wednesday to five months of home confinement. Sam Malone was sentenced Tuesday ...
School storm protection is spotty in tornado zones
With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago. But a powerful tornado revealed the building's lack of modern safety standards, destroying the school and killing seven students. Unlike several other schools in the Oklahoma ...
Board OKs petition form for abortion proposal
An anti-abortion group seeking to ban Michigan health insurance plans from covering abortions without a supplemental policy cleared an early hurdle Wednesday in its effort to take the proposal to voters, even without Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's approval. Snyder vetoed similar legislation last year, citing concerns about government overreach in ...
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