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California cities, counties, school boards act to defend immigrants
February 9, 2017Oakland, California, could become the first in the nation to boycott firms helping to build the wall President Trump plans along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education would privatize public schools
February 1, 2017“DeVos fought for the failed education policies that siphoned money away from strengthening public schools for all students."
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School administrators, AFL-CIO, AFSCME oppose DeVos
January 19, 2017The unions’ opposition, plus that of more than 100 Detroit parents and students who crowded into the Senate hearing room, apparently did not derail the panel’s GOP majority.
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Oregon corporate tax advocates take their campaign to the legislature
December 15, 2016Measure 97 would have raised $3 billion a year with a 2.5 percent tax on corporate sales over $25 million.
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School funding slashed by $750 million in last four years
July 20, 2016"Rahm wants to buy you a drink. Ask him if he can buy you an assistant principal and a special-education teacher instead."
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