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With the chants of hundreds of teachers ringing in their ears, Kentucky lawmakers voted Friday to override the Republican governor's veto of a two-year state budget that increases public education spending with the help of a more than $480 million tax increase. The votes came as thousands of teachers rallied inside and outside the Capitol, forcing more than 30 school districts to close as Kentucky continued the chorus of teacher protests across the country.
With the chants of hundreds of teachers ringing in their ears, Kentucky House lawmakers voted Friday to override the Republican governor's veto of a two-year operating budget that increases public education spending with the help of a $480 million tax increase. The vote came as thousands of teachers rallied inside and outside the Capitol, forcing more than 30 school districts to close as Kentucky continued the chorus of teacher protests across the country.
Thousands of Kentucky teachers hoisted signs and chanted "we love our children" on Friday as they called on legislators to reject the Republican governor's vetoes and restore increases in education spending. Classes were canceled around Kentucky as teachers descended on the Capitol, wearing red T-shirts and carrying signs that said "I love my public school."
Never one to obey the rules, Detroit native Kid Rock couldn't help but make jokes about politics during his induction speech into the WWE Hall of Fame Friday night. During his speech, Rock said he was told he asked not to talk about two things: WWE owner Vince McMahon and politics.
It was a generational provocation. De Palma, whose comedies Greetings , Phantom of the Paradise , and Hi, Mom! were obsessed with the JFK assassination, advanced to make a deeply emotional film reenacting a well-known loss of life and national disillusionment.
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Cardi B attends the 2018 GQ All Star Party at Nomad Los Angeles on Feb. 17, 2018 in Los Angeles. Cardi B, for those unaware, is a reality TV star who broke out internationally last year with her hit song "Bodak Yellow."
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In this June 20, 2011 file photo, actress Patricia Heaton poses at the inaugural Critics' Choice Television Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Heaton now stars as the matriarch on the ABC sitcom A'The Middle.A' This weekend, Heaton and actor husband David Hunt are part of the ensemble of the family comedy A'Moms' Night Out," releasing nationwide Friday, May 9, 2014.
Before U2 's performance at this year's Grammy Awards, the Havana-born singer outlining her experience as an immigrant in relation to the importance of DACA, the Obama-era program that protects children of undocumented immigrants from deportation and which is being wound down under the Trump administration. to her parents, BeyoncA and Jay-Z , to stop applauding.
Ministers face a grilling in the Commons this week over the hostile 7.4billion takeover bid for engineering giant GKN. Theresa May is under pressure to intervene amid mounting concern about the impact the buyout could have on industry and national security.
The David Geffen Medical College Scholarship fund offers full tuition to the school's best applicants who attend the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Under Geffen's tenure, Geffen Records was home to popular artists such as Cher, Donna Summer, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Elton John, and Guns 'N' Roses.
Musician Lana Del Rey poses for photographers upon arrival at the MTV European Music Awards 2017 in London, Sunday, Nov. 12th, 2017. ( Orlando police say they arrested a Florida man who was stalking singer Lana Del Rey and attempted to kidnap her.
Tea Party activists hold a rally on Capitol Hill in 2010. That grassroots movement, with backing from the Koch political network, helped Republicans win back the House in the 2010 midterms.
This week Salon recaps the Grammy Awards and Donald Trump's State of the Union and sits down with editor and publisher of "The Nation" Katrina vanden Heuvel. Wafia and Big Head Todd and the Monsters also perform live.
Just as the Hollywood award shows this year have been dominated by the Time's Up movement, the 60th annual Grammy Awards became a platform for artists to address sexual harassment and abuse, but also President Donald Trump, immigration and gun violence. Artists arrived on the red carpet with white roses to show support for female equality, but others skewered Trump or criticized his administration's treatment of immigrants with the Statue of Liberty serving as a backdrop.