October 16, 2024
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Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletter here.This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuse…
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Korsah Akumfi was officially appointed to his new role as Tompkins County Administrator after a unanimous vote by the County Legislature at its meeting Tuesday evening.
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.Early childhood workers across New York City will see their wages rise under a tentative agreement reached Wednesday between the city and organizations represen…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news.During a sometimes tense City Council hearing Wednesday, Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez asked alderpeople for an additional $325 million in city …
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Shalena Cook Jones filed reports of campaign funding after missing deadline and ethics complaint by a local lawyer. It’s the latest round of partisan attacks in the county’s most-watched local election for Chatham County top prosecutor. The Current is…
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PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter cast his ballot in the 2024 election Wednesday. The former president voted by mail, the Carter Center confirmed in a statement. It happened barely two weeks after Carter celebrated his 100th birthday on Oct. 1…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.In New York City’s cutthroat high school application process, a student’s seventh grade GPA in core classes is the single most important factor for whether they…
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Janet Baker has to say “no” more often than she would like to the aging Kansas Citians her organization serves. Even to a woman newly confined to a wheelchair who called a couple of weeks ago requesting Meals on Wheels, Baker, executive director of KC Shepherd’s Center, had to say “no.” “This makes me sick,”…
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Commissioners were asked to boost salaries for the three judges who issue criminal arrest warrants and hear civil suits to match increases approved earlier in the summer for counterparts who preside over juvenile and probate court. The Current is an i…
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Mayor Eric Adams and his high-priced lawyers have said they intend to fight to clear his name in the federal bribery and campaign finance charges he’s now facing, demanding a speedy trial and already taking pot shots at a key witness against him. How he’s going to pay for all that remains a mystery. On…