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Dozens of parents, students and staff members grilled the Minneapolis school board on Tuesday night about plans to restructure the district’s schools to address race and class disparities. Most of the speakers were critical, with many decrying the major upheaval the proposals could cause and some urging the school board to delay its April vote and come up with new options. Those who spoke most critically of the plans drew the loudest applause from the frustrated crowd. http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-parents-voice-con...
CAYCE, S.C. (AP) — More than 100 police officers, family members and volunteers were searching for a 6-year-old girl last seen shortly after she got off the school bus near her South Carolina home. Faye Marie Swetlik hadn't been seen since shortly before 3:45 p.m. Monday after family members saw her get off the bus in her densely populated neighborhood, Cayce Public Safety Officer Sgt. Evan Antley said. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/south-carolina/articles/2020-02-11/6-year-old-in-sc-disappears-after-getting-off-sc...
Washington, D.C. – In the lull after impeachment, members of the U.S. House are pushing a bill to eradicate entire categories of flavored nicotine products. This sweeping ban would target menthol tobacco, flavored cigars, snus, and vaping products. Yaël Ossowski, Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director, said "The goal is to significantly reduce or eliminate youth use of these products, which is a noble pursuit. But unfortunately, the proposed bill would fall short. "The proposed law comes in the wake of the much-hyped "vaping crisis" that tr...
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (February 12, 2020) – The Front Line Foundation announced today they have started 2020 by paying death benefits to six families of first responders who have died while serving others. Three of the first 2020 benefit payments were made to the families of National Guardsmen who were killed in a helicopter crash in early December of 2019. The families of Chief Warrant Officer 2 James A. Rogers Jr, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Charles P. Nord, and Sgt. Kort M. Plantenberg all received payments in January that will help them cover e...
The Chickasaw Nation is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Dynamic Woman of the Year Award. All nominations and supporting documentation must be turned in to the Chickasaw Nation Arts & Humanities Division by Sunday, March 1 at 11:59 p.m. Women ages 35 and up with Chickasaw citizenship are eligible. Chickasaw Nation employees are not eligible for nomination. As leaders in education, health care, arts, cultural advocacy, legal professions, social services and community development, Chickasaw women have dared to forge new roads that continue...
Lloyd Blankfein is hot and bothered about Bernie again. The ex-Goldman Sachs CEO lashed out at Bernie Sanders after he won Tuesday’s night’s Democratic primary in New Hampshire, predicting that he would “ruin our economy” if elected president. https://nypost.com/2020/02/12/ex-goldman-sachs-ceo-lloyd-blankfein-says-russia-should-back-bernie-sanders/...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, addressed the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) at its 2020 Executive Council Winter Session. During his remarks, Udall focused on his work as vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to advance important legislative priorities for Indian Country. Udall also received a Special Recognition Award for significant lifetime achievement on behalf of Indian Country. “Serving as vice chair of the Senate Indian Aff...
Three women are dead from apparent hypothermia after getting lost in the mountains as they tried to cross the U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego earlier this week, Border Patrol officials said Tuesday. Harsh weather has hindered the recovery of their bodies. Around 7:30 p.m. PT Monday, Chief Patrol Agent Aaron Heitke tweeted that rescue efforts were underway in the Laguna Mountains about 35 miles from the Mexican border for five people "after they got lost trying to cross the border illegally."...
