Demonizing Teachers' Unions

Source: Crooks and Liars

If there is any particular Republican framing that grinds my teeth to see the left adopt--other than the term "entitlements" to refer to Medicare and Social Security--it is the pointing the finger at teachers' unions as the obstacle t ...
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Mayor at odds with Caltrans

Source: Lompoc Record

There is a lot of discussion in town about how we were stuck with a residential area roundabout designed for 35 mph traffic on Highway 246. I became involved with the Caltrans roundabout at the first meeting in Lompoc in 2008. At that meeting, Calt ...
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Source: Arkansas Online

THREE RIVERS AREA To submit an item for the Calendar of Events, mail information to Calendar of Events, Three Rivers Edition, P.O. Box 2221, Little Rock, AR, 72203; send faxes to (501) 378-3500; or email trne ...
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Source: Arkansas Online

BISMARCK The Arkansas Board of Education has designated the Bismarck School District as “fiscally distressed” because it is spending more than it takes in and is drawing down its reserves. District Superint ...
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KNBR conversation with Jerry West

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Thearon W. Henderson / Getty Images SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MAY 22: Former San Francisco Mayor and now Lieutenant Governor of California Gavin Newsom (R) and former NBA great Jerry West (L) looks on at a press conference with the ...
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S.F. Department of Building Inspection's conflict

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Wild times have returned to the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, with Director Vivian Day taking a week off because of stress. Her reason: She says the mayor and head of the commission that oversees her agency are trying to force h ...
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Album: Regina Spektor, What We Saw from the Cheap Seats (Sire)

Source: The Independent

Though traditionally and lazily lumped in with other "kooky" female singer-songwriters (Amos, Bush, Newsom), the truth is that the Russian-born, New York-based Spektor has more in common with Rufus Wainwright. There's the propensit ...
Full article at: The Independent  More like this  1 day ago, 6:23pm CDT

What's On Tonight: What's On This Weekend in the North East

Source: ChronicleLive

Are you stuck for something to do this weekend? Fancy a trip to the theatre? How about a gig? Here is the Chronicle's rundown of the top five events in Newcastle and the North East: This is it, the end of the 75th anniversary celebration of the Tynesi ...
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DeSoto has 'best spring game' in five years; Dontre Wilson commits to Oregon

Source: Dallas Morning News

DESOTO -- After DeSoto's spring game ended Friday night, head coach Claude Mathis gathered his team together and told the group that they had just completed the best spring game the program has had since Mathis started coaching the team five years ago ...
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