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#BREAKING
:
@LASchools
will NOT reopen campuses when classes resume on Aug. 18.
#DistanceLearning
will continue.
With LA's
#coronavirus
numbers headed the wrong way,
#LAUSD
Supt.
@AustinLASchools
says the move will "keep schools from becoming a Petri dish"
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JUST IN: In an abrupt turnaround, the St. Paul City Council has unanimously approved a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to U.S. military aid to Israel
St. Paul joins Minneapolis on a growing list of cities to pass such a resolution
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BREAKING: Minneapolis City Council members voted 10-3 to override
@MayorFrey
's veto and enact a new ordinance significantly increasing pay for rideshare drivers in the city.
@Uber
&
@lyft
had threatened to leave Minneapolis if it becomes law — it now takes effect May 1
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Presser begins:
@LACoSheriff
Alex Villanueva says families of 5 out of 6 students with gunshot wounds do not want their names released today.
One student who died has been ID'd: Gracie Anne Muehlberger
Suspected shooter is still in critical condition.
#saugushighshooting
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#BREAKING
:
#LAUSD
board members vote to slash $25M from
@LASchoolPolice
— a 35% cut — and to take officers off campuses "and out of uniform" until an
@LASchools
task force reports back with recommendations.
The move sets up an immediate layoff of 65 officers
GARCIA: Yes.
GOLDBERG: Yes.
GONEZ: Yes.
MCKENNA: No.
MELVOIN: Yes.
SCHMERELSON: No.
VLADOVIC: No.
The amendment passes.
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With
@CityMinneapolis
now in a snow emergency, Nathaniel Bailey will be pulling long, 12-hour shifts plowing the city's streets.
“I tell my children I’ve got a big boy truck,” he said, beaming, “and I get to play in the snow all day.”
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What a record hockey crowd looks like
@PWHL_Minnesota
v.
@PWHL_Montreal
in Saint Paul. Likely the largest crowd to ever witness a pro women’s game, anywhere, ever.
Lower bowl and club levels are full, with fans spilling into one side of the upper deck.
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In 2020,
@LASDHQ
arrested my colleague
@josie_huang
for doing her job.
The PIO mocked her, alleging Huang "interfered with an arrest." (She didn't.)
LASD said she "did not have proper credentials." (She did.)
LASD just settled with her for $700k >>
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IT’S OFFICIAL:
@PWHL_Minnesota
has announced paid attendance of 13,316, making this the largest crowd to ever watch a women’s professional hockey game
What a record hockey crowd looks like
@PWHL_Minnesota
v.
@PWHL_Montreal
in Saint Paul. Likely the largest crowd to ever witness a pro women’s game, anywhere, ever.
Lower bowl and club levels are full, with fans spilling into one side of the upper deck.
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Six months ago, I came home & started a new job as
@MinnPost
's metro reporter.
I knew a lot about Minneapolis & St. Paul, but my assignment was to learn the Twin Cities the way a reporter needs to: *What matters? *Who matters? & *Why?
Here's what I've learned about so far: 🧵
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In leaked audio recording reviewed by
@latimes
, LA City Council members said
@mikebonin
wielded his Black son like an “accessory” in public.
“Su negrito,”
@CD6Nury
said, responding to comments by
@kdeleon
, w/
@cmgilcedillo
&
@LALabor
’s chair present
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.
@LASDHQ
*does not have a monopoly* on what “proper press credentials” means. Nor does
@LAPDHQ
.
Under the 1st Amendment, the idea of a government agency deciding who’s a journalist is as absurd as the idea of the government deciding what constitutes a church.
(3/3) The female adult, who was later identified as a member of the press, did not identify herself as press and later admitted she did not have proper press credentials on her person. Both individuals have been arrested for 148 P.C.
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JUST IN:
@cityofsaintpaul
City Council votes 6-1 to adopt Summit Avenue redesign plan, which will narrow driving lanes and eliminate some parking in favor of elevated bike lanes along the iconic corridor.
@janeprinceW7
was the lone vote against.
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JUST IN:
@LASchools
has decided to ALL students and employees — **whether they're vaccinated or not** — must get a
#COVID19
test between Aug. 2 and the start of school on Aug. 16.
During the year, all staff and students will get tested weekly — again, regardless of vax status.
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BREAKING:
@LASchools
and San Diego Unified have both decided to close effective Monday due to concerns about the
#coronavirus
, per a statement from
#LAUSD
.
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INBOX: NY-based
@TheDriversCoop
plans to start operating in Minneapolis “before May 1,” the date
@uber
and
@lyft
have said they’ll stop serving Minneapolis
Looks like
@TheMulda
is partnering with the co-op to sign up drivers
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.
@ScottBaio
is the final intro speaker for
@larryelder
, bounding on stage in a Reagan shirt.
“This used to the Golden State. Now it’s the shit state … Here’s
@GavinNewsom
’s plan to deal with this: he doesn’t have one. It’s up to us … It doesn’t need to be like this anymore.”
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BREAKING: Minneapolis' rent stabilization ballot measure just unceremoniously died. The council only mustered 4 votes to advance to committee.
Chughtai & Osman still not here, along with fellow Muslim CM
@jeremiah4north
, who's at Eid.
@JChavezMpls
is livid. "This is shocking."
The Minneapolis City Council this morning will decide whether to advance a rent control proposal to committee
But three council members aren't here right now, including the rent control motion's two authors —
@aishaforward10
&
@JamalOsmanMN
. They're Muslim, and today is Eid
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Advocates have released a new report that pitches the total removal of Interstate 94 between Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The project wouldn't be easy, and would need to overcome objections that the freeway's removal would strangle commerce in the region
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Today's my first day at
@MinnPost
reporting on
#Minneapolis
,
#StPaul
& local gov in the
#TwinCities
What stories should I cover?
📨 kstokes
@minnpost
.com
🗨️ Signal +1 612.234.2611
🐦🐘📸 DMs open
Pssst city/county staff: Best time to leak me stuff is NOW! No one will suspect us!
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"Gov.
@GavinNewsom
has once again let politics, not science, dictate pandemic policies for children," reads a statement from
@CAParentPower
criticizing today's announcement that the state's K-12 mask mandate will get a lengthy sunset period
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JUST IN:
@sdschools
will *also* begin the year in
#distancelearning
mode, according to a joint statement with
#LAUSD
.
This means California's two largest school districts, representing some 700,000 kids, have decided NOT to reopen campuses this fall.
#COVID19
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A little✨personal news✨
@Axios
has hired me to report for the Twin Cities newsletter!!
Fan that I am of
@toreyvanoot
,
@nickhaltermpls
&
@_AudreyKennedy
's work, this is a big honor!!
If you aren't already following them, SUBSCRIBE NOW (it's free!!) ⤵️⤵️
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BREAKING:
@UTLAnow
’s board of directors has voted 35-2 to advocate for taking money out of
@LASchoolPolice
budget and funding more social services in schools, union president Alex Caputo-Pearl announces.
#lausd
NOW:
@UTLAnow
,
@SEIULocal99
,
@afscmelocal
labor unions call for “divestment” from police at joint press conference with
@BLMLA
.
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The most common reply to this thread has been surprise that
@MinneapolisPD
actually investigates property crime. So I pulled the numbers.
MPD's property crime "clearance rate" is just under 6%
Statewide, the clearance rate is just under 17%
Staffing shortages may mean Minneapolis Police "might soon be in a situation where we’re just not going to investigate property crimes anymore," MPD Chief
@_BrianOHara
told
@Harpers
— and he acknowledged the Northside would suffer most from that ⤵️⤵️
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BREAKING: FINALLY — WE HAVE A DEAL.
.
@MayorOfLA
announces a tentative agreement between
@UTLAnow
&
@LASchools
aimed at ending the six-day
#UTLAstrike
. Membership still must vote before the strike can officially end.
#lausdstrike
#utla
#lausd
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They’re dancing in the streets on Sunset Blvd. in
#SilverLake
, Los Angeles.
This area voted ~90% for
@JoeBiden
&
@KamalaHarris
. I’ve seen quite a few open bottles of champagne.
#Election2020
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“The men who make these decisions … tell their daughters you can do whatever you want — be a doctor, be a teacher — but you don’t have the right to make a choice for yourself and your body.”
—Temma Kirshbaum, 15, at an
#abortionrights
rally in DTLA
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JUST IN: Minneapolis will likely become the latest city to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. The full City Council passed a resolution out of markup 9-3 today, setting up a final vote on passage Thursday.
Nine votes is a veto-proof majority.
RIGHT NOW: The Minneapolis City Council is debating a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza & end to U.S. aid to Israel — with a huge crowd on hand, filling both the chamber and an overflow room.
The language here is incredibly sensitive, and they're making amendments now.
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Staffing shortages may mean Minneapolis Police "might soon be in a situation where we’re just not going to investigate property crimes anymore," MPD Chief
@_BrianOHara
told
@Harpers
— and he acknowledged the Northside would suffer most from that ⤵️⤵️
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94-year-old ***Minneapolis native*** James Hong just won an
#Oscar
for some movie I guess people liked a lot.
#localangle
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#BREAKING
: Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan will face a second-degree murder charge for shooting and killing Ricky Cobb during a traffic stop last July,
@Hennepin
County Atty.
@MaryMoriarty
has announced.
Press conference beginning now.
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INBOX:
@LACity
is closing the
#COVID19
testing site at Dodger Stadium tomorrow and converting it to a mass vaccination center.
While a “temporary” hit to
@CountyofLA
’s testing capacity, the move “will more than triple the number of daily vaccines available,” city says.
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Michelle Levin, a striking
@UTLAnow
member & science teacher at
@LASchools
’ Daniel Webster Middle School, doesn’t just have a picket sign…
“This is my picket umbrella,” covered all over in Supt. Austin Beutner’s phone number. Everyone prepped for rain.
#UTLAStrike
#LAUSDStrike
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JUST NOW: Roof Depot news!!
In conference committee,
@RepAishaGomez
says tax bill includes a $2 million downpayment that will allow
@CityMinneapolis
to abandon the Roof Depot site and make way for
@epni_urbanfarm
to acquire the property.
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I have basically one talent. That talent is freehand drawing a (semi-***)accurate map of the Lower 48 U.S. states.
Outside of this, I'm very boring. So when your new job asks you to share a "fun fact," this is really all I got.
New
@axios
colleagues, I present you my receipts.
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RIGHT NOW: A HennCo judge has temporarily blocked demolition of the Roof Depot warehouse pending appeal, a momentary victory for
@epni_urbanfarm
in a long-running saga.
The same judge previously ruled for
@CityMinneapolis
on all substantive points—incl. that demolition is safe…
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HISTORY: St. Paul women sweep all seven City Council seats, “making it the youngest, most progressive and most diverse in Saint Paul’s history.”
@mitrajunjalali
,
@NelsieYang
,
@RebeccaNoecker
,
@AnikaBowieSTP
,
@sauraforward3
,
@cheniquajohnson
&
@HJKforWard5
all in this statement:
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NEW: Minneapolis City Council members just voted 12-1 to rule out rebuilding the burned-out husk of the Third Precinct for use as a police headquarters in the future. (Council VP Linea Palmisano was the only 'no.')
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"It wasn't the pandemic that widened [achievement] gaps; it was school closures that widened gaps." —Thomas Kane,
@HarvardCEPR
And California's high-poverty schools stayed closed longer than most.
#lausd
#covid19
#ewa22
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.
@larryelder
takes the stage to chants of his name. “Thank you for coming out here on such a hot day to hear what I have to say … We have a state to save.”
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Earlier, after the initial vote, someone in the audience said, "This is Islamophobic."
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The Minneapolis City Council has overrode
@MayorFrey
's veto, passing a resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza & end to U.S. aid to Israel
"The defense of humanity is a shared project," say
@ElliottForWard1
&
@aishaforward10
in a statement
< background
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BREAKING: Incumbent Minneapolis City Council president
@Andrea4Ward8
wins re-election, besting
@sorenmpls
by just *38 votes*
Win for the ALL OF MPLS slate in an otherwise-triumphal election for a coalition of left-wing groups & critics of
@MayorFrey
FINAL CITYWIDE RESULTS >>
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At a coffee shop in St. Paul. Pretty sure I'm witnessing a first date between two 70-somethings. I think my heart's going to burst from the sweetness.
"Now that I'm old, it's easy to live into my reputation of being a little bit odd."
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NOW:
@UTLAnow
,
@SEIULocal99
,
@afscmelocal
labor unions call for “divestment” from police at joint press conference with
@BLMLA
.
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BREAKING: Katie Cashman (
@cashmanforward7
) wins the Ward 7 seat on the Minneapolis City Council.
@mplsforthemany
-endorsed candidates now have a council majority
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Nursing student Angie Gomez, 20, of Riverside, died in the
#LasVegasShooting
. Her friend shared this brief remembrance with
@KPCC
.
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Council progressives are livid.
"The City of Minneapolis voted for us to do our job — bring forward a policy,"
@ElliottForWard1
said. "We deferred it to a work group. When that work group brought forward a policy, we deferred it to a date uncertain."
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First, climate change. Then, COVID. Now
#LAHeatwave
— which sent temps in one un-air-conditioned
#LAUSD
school kitchen over 121ºF 🌡️
Each crisis has highlighted CA's neglect of school HVAC systems. Schools now face a long, expensive slog to update them.
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TIL what is now the U.S. Bank Plaza building arrived in downtown Minneapolis in 1981 via space
When the craft landed, skyways also spontaneously appeared
Source: this TV commercial
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INBOX:
@USDOT
has awarded a $2 million planning grant to the
@ReConnect_Rondo
project in St. Paul.
Proponents hope to build a lid over I-94 in St. Paul with park space and buildings that would tie together the historically Black neighborhood the freeway split in two
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The new (all-woman) St. Paul City Council is meeting for the first time.
@mitrajunjalali
just won the council presidency by unanimous vote
Cassaundra Adler, a
@RamseyCounty
worker — whom Jalali appointed as the occasion's "joy coordinator" — celebrated with a "bubble gun" parade
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Meet Juan. He's 17 & an apprentice locksmith.
He considered dropping out of his
#LAUSD
school to work. Money's tight at home because of
#coronavirus
.
Juan didn't drop out. Experts say there are students like him who might.
#longreads
#tellewa
#caedchat
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JUST IN:
#LAUSD
will require all students and staff — regardless of vaccination status — to take
#COVID
tests this week ahead of next week's return to campus.
Los Angeles Unified Families: The first day of the Spring semester for all K-12 students will now be on Tuesday, January 11, 2022.
For more information about our Spring 2022 policies, please visit .
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If approved next Tuesday, "the settlement would be one of the largest in the nation to an individual reporter whose rights were violated while covering the 2020 protests,"
@StoltzeFrankly
reports.
The largest so far? $600,000 — to
@KillerMartinis
, a freelancer injured by Mpls PD
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Five Minneapolis City Council members are here at a
@CAIRMN
+
@TakeActionMN
presser to announce a resolution supporting a ceasefire in Gaza:
@aishaforward10
,
@Andrea4Ward8
,
@ElliottForWard1
,
@JChavezMpls
,
@aurinmpls
. A staffer for author
@robin4mpls
is also here (she’s ill)
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@MinneapolisPD
"A large problem, in Minneapolis, is West Coast–style police training" — meaning: it's highly "tactical," focused on countering threats to officers' personal safety, O'Hara says.
"They’re not learning how to engage with people, especially people who are different from them."
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Another update: Joint statement from
@aishaforward10
,
@jeremiah4north
&
@JamalOsmanMN
:
The date of Eid al-Adha was confirmed "early last week," but "unfortunately, council leadership decided against using their authority to reschedule this meeting," they said.
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NEW: Two members of the left coalition that secured a narrow Minneapolis City Council majority in November's elections have elected leaders:
@ElliottForWard1
is now council president.
@aishaforward10
is vice president.
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#BREAKING
:
@CAgovernor
mandates that K-12 schools in most of the state CANNOT REOPEN CAMPUSES until their counties see declining
#COVID19
rates.
The guidelines apply to schools in all 32 counties on CA's monitoring list — which includes LA, OC, the IE & Ventura counties.
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Both
@kdeleon
and Jason Reedy have officially reported the other to
@LAPDHQ
for an altercation at a charity event.
We also learn here that LAPD apparently writes its press releases either in MS Paint or on a 1997 Macintosh
LAPD News: LAPD Investigates Altercation Involving Los Angeles City Councilmember
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St. Paul City Council member
@mitrajunjalali
was on-hand for what I can only assume was the semi-annual and customary re-enactment of the
#mntwins
logo.
Or maybe to just wish Payne well. She did that too.
(Jalali has been nominated to be president of the St. Paul Council too.)
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HERE THEY ARE: St. Paul’s soon-to-be-inaugurated City Council — the first all-woman council ever — introduced to applause at the Ordway.
L-R,
@mitrajunjalali
@AnikaBowieSTP
@RebeccaNoecker
@sauraforward3
@hwajeongkimSTP
@NelsieYang
@cheniquajohnson
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Capt. Theodore Lumpkin is a 99-year-old fmr. intel officer of the famed Tuskegee Airmen — black pilots who served in WWII in spite of intense discrimination.
At his left: the first black woman to hold the Air Force tank of Lt. General, Stayce Harris.
#VeteransDay
#veteransdayLA
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JUST IN:
@SEIULocal99
, the union for 30,000 non-teaching
#LAUSD
employees, announces it plans to hold a strike authorization vote — a very early step toward an actual work stoppage. They’ll be rallying in front of
@LASchools
HQ tomorrow.
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It's well-known in
#LAUSD
: some schools get fundraising help 💰 from parents (PTAs/booster clubs)
But *how much* help? That's been treated as a mystery…
Until now. ➡️ Explore a NEW database of the MILLIONS parents raise for
@LASchools
#caedchat
#caleg
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California schools will NOT be required to give benchmark standardized tests this year, State Supt.
@TonyThurmond
said.
"It's not even feasible to expect students to assemble in a way to take the test," he said, reiterating
@CAgovernor
's pledge yesterday.
#caedchat
#lausd
#sbac
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FULL STORY:
@Uber
says it will leave the entire Twin Cities metro after the Minneapolis City Council overruled
@MayorFrey
to pass a new driver pay ordinance
Many drivers doubt these threats — and say it’s now possible to earn a living wage ⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️
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JUST IN: On a 4-3 vote,
@LASchools
board passes resolution that will phase out random searches in
#lausd
by 2020, a victory for
#StudentsNotSuspects
coalition that has advocated for the 26-year policy to end
SOON:
#LAUSD
’s board will consider ending the district’s longstanding “random search” policy, which mandated daily searches on
@LASchools
middle- and high school campuses
Background:
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Interesting
@LMUstudyLA
survey finds 80 percent "somewhat-" or "strongly support"
#UTLAStrike
. Majority support for
@UTLAnow
members crosses racial and income lines, regardless of whether respondents had kids at home.
#lausdstrike
Full report:
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JUST NOW: By 7-0 vote,
@LASchools
board members approve
@Kelly4LASchools
’ resolution calling for a plan to make Ethnic Studies a high school grad requirement by 2023-24.
The board motion also directs
#LAUSD
admins to ensure every school has an Ethnic Studies course by 2022-23.
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School choice:
“The most powerful in the state: teachers union. The most powerful funders of my opponent: teachers unions,” says Elder.
“They’re afraid that
@larryelder
, from the hood, can make the case to Black and Brown people that you are being betrayed, manipulated.”
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The Mitch Englander indictment refers to a "City Staffer B" who allegedly joined a Vegas trip. The indictment calls him/her a "high-ranking" Englander aide until June '17.
I don't know who City Staffer B is—but John Lee was Englander's COS until June '17.
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“I grew up up in Chicago rooting for the Chicago Cubs. People say, ‘You must hate the White Sox,’” says
@StPaulSaints
minority owner Bill Murray.
“No, I don’t hate the White Sox. It’s the same way I feel about… Minneapolis.
“But I LOVE ST. PAUL.”
💙💙💙
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#LAUSD
’s enrollment decline may be accelerating — and officials are even more pessimistic about the numbers than they were just 3 months ago
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This is bananas: Last month, everyone reported MN's high school graduation rate DROPPED slightly
But
@MPRnews
&
@APMResearch
worked in **corrected data** and found out the rate actually ROSE slightly
@MnDeptEd
hasn't issued a correction
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.
@aurinmpls
embraced
@RepAishaGomez
at her election night victory party. On a night other toss-up races went to 2nd choice ballots, she won decisively on 1st-choices
“Being pragmatic doesn't mean saying no, it's an eagerness to find common ground and a solution,” Chowdhury said.
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I got a letter from an
#LAUSD
fourth grader that would grab any reporter’s attention: a complaint about “gross, horrible water” at an
@LASchools
campus.
I looked into it. I found:
-good news about the water
-I really enjoy getting snail mail! [fixed link]
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BREAKING/EXCLUSIVE: Next week
@LACityCouncil
will consider *not only* creating a new independent redistricting panel for
#LAUSD
…
@MitchOFarrell
will also propose giving
#LAUSD
candidates access to MATCHING FUNDS.
Would be a huge, huge deal if enacted:
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