New La Crosse School Board members question $53M building referendum approved for November ballots Two new La Crosse School Board members, Jim Bagniewski and Adam Manka, have expressed reservations about a $53 million building referendum this fall. Bagniewski criticized the referendum for not ... 05/21/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
A closer look at Tuesday's school referendum election results Let’s dive into the results a bit deeper for you Ed News nerds. The unofficial results reported by the Marion County election board show that around 9,222 voted on the Pike referendum, with 58.7% or 5 ... 05/20/2024 - 11:31 am | View Link
3 of 6 school referendums fail in Minnesota special elections Duluth Public Schools, Fergus Falls Public Schools and Pine City Public Schools all had referendums that failed in a special election. 05/15/2024 - 6:41 am | View Link
This Florida school district has two tax referendums in play. Is it too much? The big story: To bolster their resources, school districts across Florida are asking voters to support referendums that would increase local sales or property taxes. In Hillsborough County, officials ... 05/13/2024 - 11:52 pm | View Link
Pinellas school board approves November tax referendum LARGO — The Pinellas County School Board made it official on Tuesday ... noted vice chairperson Carol Cook. When Pinellas first approved its referendum in 2004, it did not face such concerns, Cook ... 05/13/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
It was easy to get distracted by the colorful cast of characters that paraded through the witness stand during 16 days of testimony in Donald Trump’s first criminal trial. There was the former porn star, the tabloid publisher, his disgraced former fixer, the former press aide who broke down in tears on the stand.
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They all spent much of their testimony rehashing a story that’s been public for years.
“Over the past week, Donald Trump rallied alongside two rap artists accused of conspiracy to commit murder. He promised to commute the sentence of a notorious internet drug dealer. And he appeared backstage with another rap artist who has pleaded guilty to assault for punching a female fan,” the New York Times reports.
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“Donald Trump’s attorneys asked a federal judge Monday to reject special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order in the classified documents case and to find the federal prosecutors who wrote the request in contempt,” CNN reports.
“Smith’s office has requested that the Florida judge overseeing the classified documents case, Aileen Cannon, place a gag order on the former president that would limit his ability to publicly talk about law enforcement that searched his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2022.”
“Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, has repeatedly and misleadingly criticized the FBI for having a policy in place around the use of deadly force during the search – as the bureau does with every warrant it executes.”
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