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The bill's author explains that having military veterans serving as school resource officers (SROs) not only addresses the shortage in SROs but also puts more police officers back on the streets to fight crime.
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Over the years, vouchers have often been marketed as providing quality choices for public school students. Yet a growing number of researchers say this educational experiment has evolved largely into middle-class subsidies.
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This is not a statewide ban. But the law does stipulate that only donated posters, or posters bought through voluntary contributions, may be posted if such community efforts take place at other school districts.
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Lawmakers must walk a financial tightrope not to jeopardize three-quarters of a billion dollars in federal funding, while attempting to rein in artificial intelligence systems from becoming too invasive to our everyday lives.
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More than 160,000 students have applied thus far, with officials saying priority is given to students with disabilities and those in low and middle-income families. Yet critics contend vouchers inevitably become a subsidy for the wealthy.
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Controversy now surrounds the violence which broke out immediately after the Erika Kirk event between supporters and protesters outside the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion on Wednesday, with a trooper injured, and several arrests made.
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Current law says custodial parents cannot relocate more than 75 miles away from the other parent without their permission. But how the mileage is calculated is left to a judge’s discretion.
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University of Arkansas Professor Shirin Saeidi, Ph.D., was suspended for social media posts about Israel, Gaza and Iran, and recommended for firing in December.
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Gov. Jeff Landry cites successes and urges cooperation to approve his $47 billion budget in a mostly 'standstill' budget, as lawmakers consider 1,300 bills.
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Texas Democrats cast about 2.3 million votes in this year's primary election — far higher than the roughly one million ballots cast in the party’s 2022 and 2024 primaries.
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Friday UPDATE & New Audio: USGS research scientist Dr. Robert Skoumal explains we may never know exactly what caused Thursday's 4.9 magnitude earthquake. But he and others say many quakes in the region have been linked to saltwater disposal wells.
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Louisiana Senate President Cameron Henry cautions that data centers are no panacea to the myriad issues which plague the state, but also wants to be clear he is not attacking the power companies or the industry, only providing consumers with valuable information to better navigate the issue.