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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - On Tuesday evening, New Mexico state Rep. Georgene Louis (Acoma Pueblo) was not selected as the Democratic nominee to go to bat to fill the 1st congressional district seat vacated by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. The New Mexico Democratic Party announced it would hold a runoff on Wednesday after no candidate garnered a majority vote to proceed to the special election that will be held June 1. New Mexico state Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez and state Rep. Melanie Stansbury...
EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. — The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe has taken down the coronavirus checkpoints that were a point of contention between the tribe and Republican Gov. Kristi Noem and the Donald Trump administration. Cheyenne River spokesman Remi Bald Eagle said the tribal council made the decision to remove the nine checkpoints because of declining infection rates and the arrival of coronavirus vaccines on the reservation. Bald Eagle said the approximately 175 workers who staffed the checkpoints around the clock, seven days a week will be o...
Emily Roeder sprang into action when former Richfield fire chief had second heart attack in 2 months Wayne Kewitsch and his wife, Ruth, were headed north on Highway 169 last Aug. 21, expecting to enjoy a relaxing weekend at a friend’s cabin. Emily and Matt Roeder, of Ramsey, were doing the same that day, but were running later than they had anticipated. https://www.messagemedia.co/millelacs/community/features/heroic-actions-recognized-for-an-accident-in-mille-lacs-area/article_a02e6dd4-8bee-11eb-9995-ef18b463c445.html...
A growing number of the nation’s school districts are experimenting with a Covid-19 testing regime they hope will get millions of children back into their classroom — if they can keep up with the price tag. The Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief law is steering $10 billion toward developing a national school coronavirus testing strategy as its latest bid to reopen schools. That plan is still in flux but some attention has turned to the practice of “pooled” testing that uses a collection of swabs from a fixed group of kids atte...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to Weekly Education: Coronavirus special edition. Each week, we will explore how the pandemic is reshaping and upending education as we know it across the country, from pre-K through grad school. We will explore the debates of the day, new challenges and talk to movers and shakers about whether changes ushered in now are here to stay. This newsletter is a weekly version of POLITICO Pro’s daily Education policy newsletter, Morning Education. POLITICO Pro is a policy intelligence platform that combines the news you nee...
(Reuters) - Like millions of American children, Brody Cotton has not seen the inside of a classroom in more than a year. As the COVID-19 pandemic left him navigating 7th grade from his couch in Carlsbad, California, Brody’s grades dropped from As and Bs to a D and two Fs last semester. One of the Fs was in a “design and modeling” elective that would have entailed hands-on 3D printing projects in the classroom but became popsicle stick models at home. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-students-insig/an...
St. Paul – Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Commissioner Steve Grove and Launch Minnesota Executive Director Neela Mollgaard were joined by entrepreneurs and support organizations Friday for a discussion about what startups need to be successful and how Minnesota can encourage more investment in entrepreneurship and innovation. This roundtable was part of a broader series of discussions the agency is hosting called “The Next Minnesota Economy,” focusing on inclusive economic growth, reskilling our labor marke...
St. Paul, MN: A new study by the Minnesota State Agricultural Centers of Excellence shows that farmers enrolled in the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program (MAWQCP) had higher profits than non-certified farms. This marks the second year of data highlighting improved financial outcomes. The “Influence of Intensified Environmental Practices on Farm Profitability” study examined financial and crop production information from farmers enrolled in the Minnesota State Farm Business Management education program. The 64 MAWQCP far...
Denver, Colo.-March 30, 2021–A law degree is foundational to creating strong future Native leaders who understand the complex issues facing Indigenous people and how to safeguard the rights of Native Nations and individuals. Thanks to a gift of $1 million from an anonymous donor, the American Indian College Fund awarded its second three-year American Indian Law School Scholarship to Samantha Maltais, an enrolled member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah located on Martha's Vineyard, Mas...
