New York May Weaken Its Oversight Over Religious Schools
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New York May Weaken Its Oversight Over Religious Schools

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines New York lawmakers are considering a deal that would dramatically weaken their oversight over religious schools, potentially a major victory for the state’s Hasidic Jewish community. The proposal, which could become part of a state budget deal, has raised profound concern among education…

N.Y. Budget Deal Includes School Cellphone Ban and Public Safety Changes
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N.Y. Budget Deal Includes School Cellphone Ban and Public Safety Changes

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced the framework of a roughly $254 billion state budget agreement, ending a monthlong stalemate over public safety issues that the governor had insisted on including in the fiscal plan. The budget deal, which will now go to…

A ‘Life-Changing’ Child Care Program in New York Could Soon Collapse
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A ‘Life-Changing’ Child Care Program in New York Could Soon Collapse

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For tens of thousands of New York City families, vouchers for free or discounted child care from the city’s Administration for Children’s Services have offered a lifeline as the cost of day care for infants and toddlers has skyrocketed. Those vouchers could start…

How the G.O.P. Went From Championing Campus Free Speech to Fighting It
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How the G.O.P. Went From Championing Campus Free Speech to Fighting It

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As conservatives fought against cancel culture on college campuses, they developed a particular fondness for the First Amendment. It was un-American, they argued, to punish someone for exercising their right to speak freely. Today, however, many of those same conservatives, now in power…

How the G.O.P. Went From Championing Campus Free Speech to Fighting It
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Republicans Once Championed Free Speech on Campus. Now, Not So Much.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As conservatives fought against cancel culture on college campuses, they developed a particular fondness for the First Amendment. It was un-American, they argued, to punish someone for exercising their right to speak freely. Today, however, many of those same conservatives, now in power…

Sylvester Turner, Sworn In as U.S. Representative in January, Dies at 70
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Sylvester Turner, Sworn In as U.S. Representative in January, Dies at 70

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Sylvester Turner, a former mayor of Houston who was sworn in as a U.S. representative in January, died on Tuesday night in Washington. He was 70 and had been in attendance at the president’s speech on Capitol Hill. His death was announced on…

Iowa Lawmakers Pass Bill to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections
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Iowa Lawmakers Pass Bill to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Iowa lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill on Thursday that would end state civil rights protections for transgender people. Advocates for L.G.B.T.Q. rights said that Iowa would become the first state to remove such broad and explicit protections for trans people if the Republican-backed…

Kansas Lawmakers Override Veto of Ban on Transition Care for Minors
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Kansas Lawmakers Override Veto of Ban on Transition Care for Minors

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature on Tuesday overrode the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill that bans gender-transition treatments for minors, fulfilling a longtime goal of conservative lawmakers and joining about half of the country’s states in enacting bans or sharp limits on those…

Thousands Gather on Presidents’ Day to Call Trump a Tyrant
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Thousands Gather on Presidents’ Day to Call Trump a Tyrant

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Thousands of protesters opposing broad swaths of President Trump’s agenda took to the streets on Monday across the United States, calling Mr. Trump a “king” on Presidents’ Day for his efforts to terminate thousands of federal workers and to fire prosecutors and independent…

Idaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision
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Idaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Since 1793, when the U.S. Supreme Court declined a request by President George Washington to offer legal guidance on foreign relations, the court’s justices have steered away from weighing in outside the context of a formal lawsuit. That has not deterred lawmakers in…