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Classes were canceled Monday for hundreds of thousands of students across two states as striking teachers rallied at Capitols in Oklahoma and Kentucky to demand improved funding for education. The walkouts come less than a month after teachers in West Virginia ended a nine-day strike that shuttered schools there.
The state Capitol in Kentucky filled with teachers protesting pension changes Monday, and thousands of Oklahoma educators walked out of classrooms in the latest evidence of teacher rebellion in some Republican-led states over education cuts. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed legislation last week granting teachers' pay raises of about $6,100, or 15 to 18 percent.
Classes were canceled Monday for hundreds of thousands of students across two states as striking teachers rallied at Capitols in Oklahoma and Kentucky to demand improved funding for education. The walkouts come less than a month after teachers in West Virginia ended a nine-day strike that shuttered schools there.
The state Capitol in Kentucky filled with teachers protesting pension changes Monday, and thousands of Oklahoma educators walked out of classrooms in the latest evidence of teacher rebellion in some Republican-led states over education cuts. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed legislation last week granting teachers pay raises of about $6,100, or 15 to 18 percent.
Thousands of Oklahoma teachers are expected to descend on the state Capitol Monday to demand lawmakers approve more education funding just days after the Legislature did just that. But some teachers are saying the legislation signed by Gov. Mary Fallin last week was not enough.
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency paid just $50 a night to stay in a Capitol Hill condominium linked to a prominent Washington lobbyist whose firm represents fossil fuel companies, officials acknowledged Friday. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt paid for a single bedroom in the building about a block from the U.S. Capitol, staying for about six months in 2017.
AFTER failing for a year to approve a plan to fund teacher pay raises, Oklahoma lawmakers finally got the legislation to Gov. Mary Fallin's desk last week. So, what happens next? Teachers, who will receive raises averaging about $6,000, plan to follow through Monday with a walkout and rally at the Capitol that has been planned for weeks, to make their case that more funding for common education is needed.
After successful strikes in West Virginia, teachers in Kentucky, Oklahoma and Arizona threaten walk-outs, demanding pay raises and better benefits Teachers are striking all over. What is going on? After successful strikes in West Virginia, teachers in Kentucky, Oklahoma and Arizona threaten walk-outs, demanding pay raises and better benefits Check out this story on jacksonsun.com: https://usat.ly/2Giy1JQ Rebecca Garelli, a seventh grade science teacher at Sevilla West School in Phoenix, speaks during a #RedForEd rally at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix on March 28, 2018.
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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed into law the largest teacher pay raise in the state's history and a massive package of tax hikes to pay for the plan. Flanked by educators and GOP leaders, Fallin on Thursday signed a bill to give public school teachers raises of between 15 and 18 percent, an average boost of about $6,100 a year.
Donald Trump has repeatedly referred to Elizabeth Warren as 'Pocahontas' to try to discredit a potential rival in 2020 by calling into question her claims of heritage US Senator Elizabeth Warren is hoping to defuse an issue that has dogged her for years, her claims of Native American heritage, ahead of a possible run for president in 2020. Last month, Warren addressed the National Congress of American Indians, trying to cast her family's story in the larger context of challenges facing native peoples.
An Oklahoma woman convicted of using a counterfeit check has received a reduced sentence after getting medically sterilized at the suggestion of the judge. The Oklahoman reports that U.S. District Judge Stephen Friot showed leniency to 34-year-old Summer Thyme Creel during her sentencing Thursday because she had surgery to prevent pregnancies.
Oklahoma's attorney general says he was not asked by a convicted soldier or his family to support the soldier's request for a presidential pardon. An Indiana-born federal judge, whose Mexican heritage Donald Trump used to paint him as biased against him in a 2016 court case because of his immigration stance, will hear arguments in a lawsuit that could block... An Indiana-born federal judge, whose Mexican heritage Donald Trump used to paint him as biased against him in a 2016 court case because of his immigration stance, will hear arguments in a lawsuit that could block construction of a border wall with Mexico.
The victory by Mike Revis was the 35th time since Trump was elected that Democrats have flipped a Republican-held state legislative seat. 2. In the Minnesota gubernatorial caucuses - the first step in the state's nominating process - 30,000 Democrats turned up to caucus as compared to just 11,000 Republicans.
Dead men tell no tales, but there's new evidence that somebody aboard the pirate Blackbeard's flagship harbored books among the booty. Dead men tell no tales, but there's new evidence that somebody aboard the pirate Blackbeard's flagship harbored books among the booty.
Chelsea Manning, the former US Army soldier who was jailed for passing thousands of government documents to WikiLeaks exposing American military abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan, has filed to run for the US Senate seat in Maryland, RT reports. Manning, who had her 35-year sentence commuted by former President Barack Obama in May last year, declared her intention to run with the Federal Election Commission on January 5. She will run as a Democrat.
Three days after making her intention known to federal election officials, Manning tweeted "yup, we're running for senate" with an attached campaign video . She sent a subsequent tweet seeking donations to her campaign.
Oklahoma's Republican gubernatorial candidates have mostly avoided taking a clear stance on whether the state should legalize medical marijuana, though both Democratic candidates support the policy change. Gov. Mary Fallin on Friday set a June 26 election for the medical marijuana legalization question, the Tulsa World reported .
A sign marks the entrance to the Faith Based Therapeutic Community Corporation recovery program in Fort Gibson. The program is under investigation for alleged food stamp fraud.
President Donald Trump's biggest religious freedom policy promise to evangelicals - repealing the Johnson Amendment - will no longer take place via Republican tax reform. A Democratic senator announced Thursday night that the repeal included in the House version of the tax bill, which would allow churches and other nonprofits to endorse candidates without losing their tax-exempt status, was removed during the reconciliation process with the Senate version, which did not include a repeal.