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K-12 Threatened as State Spending Slumps
The first drop in program expenditures in a quarter-century bodes ill for states’ economic future, a new report warns. by Michele McNeil In a trend not seen since the deep recession of the early 1980s, state spending on government programs is declining this budget year—a…
Author: Education Week
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Voting goes to court; Registration lawsuits could shape election
by Tim Jones In a furious, multistate campaign raging far from television cameras and cable TV chatter, scores of lawyers are arguing over the voting rights of perhaps millions of Americans who plan to cast ballots in the presidential election. This is the courtroom campaign…
Author: Chicago Tribune
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Statue of liberty?
By Juliet Lyon It took the US prison population less than 40 years to rise from 300,000 in 1972 to 2.3 million people. America has become the undisputed global leader in the rate at which it imprisons its citizens, easily outdistancing other high incarcerators such…
Author: The Guardian