Laura Meckler, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former president Donald Trump’s controversial and sometimes puzzling agenda to reshape schools is framing this year’s education debate, as Vice President Kamala Harris talks more about Trump’s ideas than her own. Trump’s proposals sometimes contradict one another. He wants to close the Education Department and send education “back […]
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Trump drives the education debate with big, contradictory ideas
Laura Meckler, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former president Donald Trump’s controversial and sometimes puzzling agenda to reshape schools is framing this year’s education debate, as Vice President Kamala Harris talks more about Trump’s ideas than her own. Trump’s proposals sometimes contradict one another. He wants to close the Education Department and send education “back […]
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Lawmakers spending even more in 2024 under receipt-free expense program
By Jacqueline Alemany, Clara Ence Morse, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives expensed at least $2.5 million under a program that allows them to be reimbursed for their spending without submitting receipts through the first five months of 2024, over $120,000 more than they expensed during the same period last […]
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Lawmakers spending even more in 2024 under receipt-free expense program
By Jacqueline Alemany, Clara Ence Morse, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives expensed at least $2.5 million under a program that allows them to be reimbursed for their spending without submitting receipts through the first five months of 2024, over $120,000 more than they expensed during the same period last […]
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Residents push commission to deny new cannabis grows
There are often more staff than public speakers at regular Wednesday morning meetings of the Torrance County Commission. But on Oct. 9, more than three dozen residents made the trek to the commission chambers in Estancia to plead for commissioners to put a pause on the explosive growth of cannabis greenhouse projects quickly replacing the […]
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Kick Back, Save Lives
For those looking for some fun and also looking out for their health this fall, Roosevelt Middle School, A. Montoya Elementary School and San Antonio STEM Elementary School are hosting the East Mountain Extravaganza Oct. 19 in Tijeras. Santana Torrez, the school nurse at Roosevelt Middle School has experience working in the ER, and said […]
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Kick Back, Save Lives
For those looking for some fun and also looking out for their health this fall, Roosevelt Middle School, A. Montoya Elementary School and San Antonio STEM Elementary School are hosting the East Mountain Extravaganza Oct. 19 in Tijeras. Santana Torrez, the school nurse at Roosevelt Middle School has experience working in the ER, and said […]
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Youngkin stokes fear of vast noncitizen voting in Virginia. Records don’t show it.
By Gregory S. Schneider, Laura Vozzella, The Washington Post (c) 2024 RICHMOND – Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has been warning that illegal immigration poses a threat to democracy as he campaigns this fall for former president Donald Trump, boasting about purging 6,303 noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls during his first 2½ years in office. […]
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Youngkin stokes fear of vast noncitizen voting in Virginia. Records don’t show it.
By Gregory S. Schneider, Laura Vozzella, The Washington Post (c) 2024 RICHMOND – Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has been warning that illegal immigration poses a threat to democracy as he campaigns this fall for former president Donald Trump, boasting about purging 6,303 noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls during his first 2½ years in office. […]
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The fight for the House and Senate: Where things stand
By Marianna Sotomayor, Liz Goodwin, Paul Kane, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Congress may be headed for an Election Day double flip. With less than four weeks to go, Republicans appear poised to win the Senate, which is currently controlled by the Democrats. The Democrats, meanwhile, seem to have a slight edge in the race for the […]