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On a sweltering Arizona evening under a park pavilion, math teacher Heather LaBelle handed out petitions for a ballot initiative that would increase taxes on wealthy residents to get funding for schools. Later that night, her school board voted to give her and her fellow teachers an average raise of 15.5 percent.
All eyes are on Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller's re-election bid,... A pair of Democratic U.S. House seats that will be up for grabs in Nevada in November could be key to the party's effort to cut into GOP majorities in Congress. A pair of Democratic U.S. House seats that will be up for grabs in Nevada in November could be key to the party's effort to cut into GOP majorities in Congress.
A United States senator tried to enter a federal facility in Texas where immigrant children are being held, but police were summoned and he was told to leave. Sen. Jeff Merkley's attempt late Sunday to enter the facility, and his request to speak to a manager, comes amid a national debate over the practice of separating families caught crossing the border illegally.
A United States senator trying to gain access to a federal facility housing immigrant children in Texas near the Mexico border and talk to a supervisor has been turned away after police were summoned. U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat from Oregon, told one of the police officers in Brownsville that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' team and the Office of Refugee Resettlement are trying to hide what's happening behind the doors of the former Walmart.
Twenty-one candidates are vying to replace U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen, who represents Nevada's 3rd Congressional District and is leaving the House to run for the Senate. Twenty-one candidates are vying to replace U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen, who represents Nevada's 3rd Congressional District and is leaving the House to run for the Senate.
But a new study , published last week, has cast the whole concept into doubt. The researchers-NYU's Tyler Watts and UC Irvine's Greg Duncan and Hoanan Quan-restaged the classic marshmallow test, which was developed by the Stanford psychologist Walter Mischel in the 1960s.
Getting lunch at the library might seem a bit unusual, but the historic building in downtown Liberty is now part of USDA's summer feeding program. Union County to offer free lunches for kids at schools, library Getting lunch at the library might seem a bit unusual, but the historic building in downtown Liberty is now part of USDA's summer feeding program.
AUSTIN - Laurie Felker Jones immediately thought of her two kids when she learned about the Trump administration's family separation policy. "When I heard about what was happening, it was very easy to look at my children and understand what It's like when they're afraid and understand what it's like to be there for them or when we can't be there for them for some reason," she said.
There are essentially three policy issues that have become conflated: unaccompanied minors at the border, separating children from their parents at the border and families seeking asylum. We break down what those issues are and what it all means.
Since the government acknowledged last month that the Trump administration had lost track of nearly 1,500 immigrant children, the debate over what that means and who is to blame has roiled Twitter. Here's a look at the partisan claims and a reality check behind the latest immigration fight: -"Speechless.
The kids, who arrived without guardians at the country's southern border, were turned over to caretakers, who in late 2016 stopped responding to 30-day follow-up calls from the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which was trying to make sure they did not need more government aid, the Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement . The calls were a new, extra step for HHS, and when the number of those who did not answer them was revealed in an April Senate subcommittee hearing, media outlets reported the children as lost.
Former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau appeared on Sunday to criticize the Trump administration's new policy of prosecuting immigrants who cross the southern US border illegally - an action that would inevitably separate children from their families. Favreau tweeted a picture of immigrant children being held in what looked like a cage at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Arizona.
The 1,500 immigrant children whom critics claim were lost while in U.S. custody were instead turned over caretakers who didn't respond to the government's follow-up contacts, the Department of Health and Human Services said Monday. The Office of Refugee Resettlement, which is part of the department, began voluntarily making 30-day follow-up calls in late 2016 to sponsors who had taken the unaccompanied minors, and figures on those who couldn't be reached were disclosed during a Congressional hearing in April.
President Trump's latest attempts to blame Democrats for separating migrant families at the Mexican border is renewing a political uproar over immigration. The issue has challenged Trump throughout his presidency and threatens to grow more heated as he imposes more restrictions to stem the flow of illegal immigration.
I wrote about this story two days ago when CNN first reported that the government had "lost" 1500 illegal alien children. Wagner is the acting assistant secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services.
As Ohioans welcome the beginning of the summer season, a new report highlights the dangers of swimming in open water. The research released Tuesday by the group Safe Kids Worldwide shows about 1,000 children die in drowning accidents each year in the U.S. and another 7,000 are taken to emergency rooms.
The Senate committee that oversees the U.S. military ordered an independent investigation of how the Defense Department handles sexual violence among children on bases as part of legislation that would overhaul how the Pentagon must respond when assaults are reported. Military officials had quietly resisted an outside review of problems documented in an Associated Press investigation , which showed broad failures of justice when military kids sexually assault each other on bases worldwide.
Schools have shifted where students can come for a free lunch this summer with the goal of getting more children fed. Franklin and Clark-Pleasant schools have removed summer lunch locations that didn't draw as many children and added new spots that they expect will be more accessible to parents in need of a free meal for their kids.
When it comes to working with her young clients, Maryellen Cuthbert is a force to be reckoned with in and out of the courtroom. An attorney of 35 years, Cuthbert has found her niche in defending juveniles and youthful offenders charged as adults, helping them to turn their lives around.
Elected officials from Washington, D.C., to Boston reacted to the deadly school shooting in Texas yesterday with a combination of sorrow and outrage. "We grieve for the terrible loss of life and send our support and love to everyone affected by this horrible attack in Texas," President Trump said in a tweet yesterday.