Lawmakers are still defending corporal punishment. Even on disabled kids. What? For a second year in a row, lawmakers are spending time debating the merits of sparing 'the rod' when it comes to disciplining children. 05/3/2024 - 10:07 pm | View Link
Bill banning corporal punishment for students with disabilities hotly debated A bill that bans corporal punishment for children with disabilities is sparking debate across the state - nevertheless, it has passed in both the House and the Senate. That debate is no less ... 04/30/2024 - 6:08 am | View Link
Senate passes bill to ban corporal punishment for Oklahoma students with disabilities The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would ban schools from using corporal punishment on children with disabilities. 04/25/2024 - 3:00 am | View Link
‘No place in our educational system’: OK Senate passes bill prohibiting the use of corporal punishment on students with disabilities Despite a multitude of biblical reasoning to allow the use of corporal punishment on students with disabilities, the Senate has passed a proposal that would prohibit it. 04/24/2024 - 11:02 am | View Link
Oklahoma Senate passes bill to ban corporal punishment for students with disabilities The bill, which now defines corporal punishment as hitting, slapping, paddling or any other means of inflicting physical pain, returns to the House. 04/24/2024 - 7:34 am | View Link
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By STEVE PEOPLES and ZEKE MILLER (Associated Press)
WILMINGTON, N. C. (AP) — This North Carolina voter is nervous.
Will Rikard, a 49-year-old father of two, was among several hundred Democrats who stood and cheered for Joe Biden as the first-term president delivered a fiery speech recently about the billions of dollars he has delivered to protect the state’s drinking water.
But afterward, the Wilmington resident acknowledged he is worried about Biden’s political standing in the looming rematch with former Republican President Donald Trump.
“There’s not enough energy,” Rikard said of Biden’s coalition.
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