State-by-state look at chronic absenteeism across America
By Jennifer C. Kerr and Meghan Hoyer | AP June 7 at 8:13 PM WASHINGTON — It’s a challenge to teach children who aren’t in class — and new government numbers show more than 6.5 million students were absent for at least three weeks of the school year. The problem was particularly acute in Washington, D.C., where nearly a third of students were absent 15 days or more in a single school year, according to an Associated Press analysis of Education Department data. Washington state and Alaska were..>> view originalHillary Clinton celebrates victory, Sanders fights on
The former secretary of state immediately pivoted from her victory to a full bore assault on the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and made a sweeping effort to reach out to Sanders supporters in an attempt to unify Democrats.But hours after Clinton's euphoric victory rally in Brooklyn, Sanders spoke before a roaring crowd of his own in California to declare "the struggle continues." The Vermont senator pledged to stay in the race through next week's primary in Washington, D.C., and to..>> view originalIs the L.A. County Board of Supervisors Set for a Female Majority?
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 11:06 p.m. EXPAND Janice Hahn Janice Hahn campaign For the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, the future looks female.The five-member body has never had a majority of women members. But come November, the board could have as many as four. Two supervisorial seats were up for grabs tonight, with Mark Ridley-Thomas running unopposed for his final term in office. Women finished in first place in both races. In the election to replace Don Knabe, Congresswoman and form..>> view originalTwo Democrats will face off for US Senate in November
California voters made history on Tuesday in the race for the U.S. Senate, sending two Democrats to a November runoff and denying a Republican a spot on the fall ballot for the first time since the state’s first direct election of senators in 1914.State Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris won the largest share of the vote and the title of winner in the primary. With fewer than a quarter of precincts reporting, Harris led Orange County Rep. Loretta Sanchez by more than 24 percentage points. The Associated ..>> view originalWays and Means Chairman Brady: Our plan to reduce poverty and expand opportunity
House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) writes that past efforts to combat poverty failed and it’s time for a new approach.. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) The Outrage Machine is regular opinion column by voices from the left and right on Washington. Imagine if every resident in 24 states in America lived in poverty. Had for years. With no change in sight. Would that be enough to force a hard look at how Washington tackles poverty in one of the most prosperous nations on earth..>> view originalUS Rep. Bill Johnson calls for an end to violence at and outside Donald Trump rallies
Published: Tue, June 7, 2016 @ 12:05 a.m.By David Skolnickskolnick@vindy.comYOUNGSTOWNU.S. Rep. Bill Johnson called for a stop to “the violence and hate” from protesters at and outside rallies of Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.Johnson, R-6th, of Marietta, added: “To those people carrying the Mexican flag at these protests: If you’re not a citizen of this country, your political opinion doesn’t mean anything to us here.”In a 3-minute-and-27-second video on his campa..>> view originalPolitics|Paul Ryan Calls Donald Trump's Attack on Judge 'Racist,' but Still Backs Him
But Mr. Trump’s more incendiary remarks in other arenas have left many congressional Republicans facing a painful dilemma. Those who are on the ballot defending the party’s majorities this year need Mr. Trump’s voters to win, and risk angering them with any full disavowal of the nominee. But to continue to embrace him as he openly injects race into the campaign poses its own dangers.Even Republicans who have praised his candidacy warned on Tuesday that the party may have to separate itself from..>> view originalOfficial: Truck slams into bicyclists in Michigan, killing 5
Authorities were seeking a pickup truck due to reports that it was driving erratically minutes before it struck a group of bicyclists on a street in western Michigan, killing five, a local prosecutor said.Four other bicyclists suffered serious injuries in the crash early Tuesday evening in Cooper Township and were being treated at area hospitals, Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeffrey Getting said during a news conference Tuesday night."Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims..>> view originalProsecutor backs off Detroit man's 4 murder convictions
FILE - In this June 30, 2010 file photo, Davontae Sanford sits in a Detroit courtroom. On Tuesday, June 7, 2016, a judge ordered the release of Sanford, who is in prison after pleading guilty to killing four people at age 14, a crime for which a professional hit man later took responsibility. The Wayne County prosecutor’s office agreed Davontae Sanford’s second-degree murder conviction should be vacated after state police took another look at the case. (Carlos Osorio, File/Associated Press) ..>> view originalTwin Faces Murder Charge in Death of Sister, SUV Driven off 200 Foot Maui Cliff
Alexandria Duval (Allison Dadow). Photo courtesy Maui police/Maui Now image. One twin is dead and her surviving sister is being charged with murder. Maui Now has obtained information containing new details in the deadly crash reported last week in the remote Puʻuiki area of East Maui, in which a vehicle plunged 200 feet off a cliff from the Hāna Highway. Alexandria Duval (also known as Allison Dadow), 37, was charged with second degree murder in the death of her twin sister, Anastasia Duval (al..>> view original
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