An accreditation agency looking into the Wake County School System after turmoil over how students are assigned to schools will visit on Jan. 12-14, the agency said Wednesday.
The team from Advancing Excellence in Education Worldwide, or AdvancED, will interview school board members, school officials, teachers and community members
An Open Letter Regarding The Washington Independent, The New Mexico Independent and Thanksgiving Wishes.
I am writing to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving and to share some important news.
Last week we closed The Washington Independent and significantly reduced capacity at The New Mexico Independent due to lack of More…
Only about 100 or so oil spill claims had been denied as of the end of September. Given recent comments by oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg about claims’ lack of documentation, it was only a matter of time before claims started being denied en masse.
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A week before the midterm elections, the Sierra Club today released an advertisement touting Rep. Tom Perriello’s (D-Va.) record on clean energy and attempting to tie his Republican opponent, state Sen. Robert Hurt, to the oil industry. It’s the latest effort by outside groups to influence the race. Politico reported More…
New numbers released today by the Center for American Progress show that industry groups, including many associated with the oil and coal industries, spent a total of $68.5 million so far this year on energy-related advertisements, including $17.3 million in the last three months as the midterm elections approached.
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The League of Conservation Voters today added California’s Proposition 23 to its “Dirty Dozen” list, the first time a the environmental group has placed a ballot initiative on the listing of congressional candidates with poor environmental records.
LCV President Gene Karpinski told reporters today that Prop 23 is “the single More…
My colleague Luke Johnson got some reaction from the Sierra Club on Kendrick Meek’s rejection of the environmental group’s endorsement. Meek rejected the endorsement because the Sierra Club also endorsed his opponent for the Senate seat, Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running as an independent.
Mike Mandel posts a useful chart showing where college-educated young folks are getting jobs:
A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows the extent to which the job and benefits loss of the recession has pushed individuals onto Medicaid, the government program to help the poor access health care.
David Axelrod promises it will happen:
White House senior adviser David Axelrod predicted on Monday that Congressional Republicans will ultimately “blink” in the tax cut debate as the deadline approaches for all rates to rise to Clinton-era levels.
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