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Lawmakers pass bills focused on reading skills, state will spend more. New Jersey plans to spend more than $5 million to improve literacy rates among its youngest students, part of a broader effort that includes legislation to boost reading skills. Legislation that has passed both houses and likely to be...

New urgency to boost literacy among youngest NJ students

Denver, CO

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David Heitz

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

This brown paper bag was found in my front yard. It says “MB hates nigger.”. It has a swatstika written on the bag. This is the world that we live in. When I saw the bag laying on the ground, I just thought a piece of trash blew into my yard, but when the landscaper contacted me and sent the pictures my heart dropped.

Opinion – Catrena Bowman: Targeted with hate message, I ask ‘is this the community we want?’

Broward County, FL

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Margate, FL

Edmond Thorne

MARGATE, FL. - A sophisticated lottery scam targeting vulnerable seniors across the United States has been uncovered, with a Margate man at its center. The elaborate scheme defrauded victims of approximately $9.5 million, leaving a trail of financial and emotional devastation in its wake.

Broward Man Arrested by Feds in $9.5 Million Lottery Scam: Targets Seniors Nationwide.

North Carolina State

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Town Talks

Death Disclosure Laws and Property Disclosures in North Carolina. In North Carolina, there is no legal obligation for homeowners or real estate agents to disclose if a death has occurred in a home, whether by natural causes, murder, or suicide. However, if a potential buyer directly inquires about any deaths on the property, the seller is required to provide that information.

If someone dies at your house do you have to tell a potential buyer? What North Carolina law says

The 13-member board now has three members appointed by Gov. Phil Murphy. After being the center of high-profile debates over student performance and the rights of LGBTQ+ students, New Jersey’s State Board of Education is changing for the upcoming school year. The board voted unanimously to reelect Kathy Goldenberg...

A (small) shakeup at State Board of Education

California State

The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – Starting July 1, landlords will only be allowed to collect one month’s rent for the security deposit on a rental property. Assembly Bill 12, signed into law last October, says regardless of whether the residential property is unfurnished or furnished, only one month’s rent can be charged in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

Law limiting security deposits goes into effect July 1

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

Gov. Andy Beshear sent a letter to Anne Milgram, administrator for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Wednesday, expressing his support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendation that the DEA ease restrictions on marijuana.

Gov. Andy Beshear pens letter to DEA in support of easing federal restrictions on marijuana

CALIFORNIA – Plaintiffs, in a case against Wells Fargo alleging that the bank knowingly took part in a marketing scam, asked the court, July 8, not to grant a motion for summary judgment.

Class action lawsuit says Wells Fargo customers lost over $160 Million

Florence, KY

As our community is reeling in the wake of a mass shooting in Florence, we are reminded that such a tragic event has many more ‘victims’ than those directly involved. There are friends and friends of friends, and acquaintances, and relatives and distant relatives, and schoolmates and more who are suffering — and who may need help.

In the wake of the mass shooting, ION Center is ‘always there’ if you need to reach out for help

Kentucky’s medical cannabis program has taken significant steps toward ensuring those with qualifying conditions have access to medical cannabis as soon as possible, said Gov. Andy Beshear this week.

State to open licensing applications for medical cannabis businesses beginning July 1

Bucks County Beacon

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

Defense lawyers point the finger at Sen. Bob Menendez’s wife, Nadine. Defense lawyers began their closing argument Tuesday in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ). Earlier Tuesday, the prosecution wrapped up its closing argument, bringing to a close its nearly two-months’-long presentation of evidence in an...

Closing arguments continue in Menendez trial

Conservatives have done the United States a huge favor by explaining in detail what they’ll try to do if Donald Trump is reelected. Project 2025 , a “presidential transition project” of the Heritage Foundation, helpfully lays out how a group of former Trump officials would like to transform the country into a right-wing dystopia where the rich thrive and the rest of us die aspiring to be rich.

Project 2025’s Plan to Gut Medicare and Medicaid

CALIFORNIA – On Sunday July 21, President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race saying the decision is in the best interest of his party and the country.

Newsom responds to Biden’s withdrawal from 2024 presidential race

Washington State

Timothy A Gruver

The Washington State Board of Nursing has suspended the registered nurse and advanced registered nurse practitioner licenses of Percy Lynchard III, the Washington Department of Health reported on Friday.

Nurse's Licenses Suspended for Improper Rx: Investigation Reveals Substandard Care

Lawyers in Latino Action Network v. New Jersey cite ‘good-faith discussion,’ want more time. Mediation continues in a major school segregation lawsuit with interdistrict school choice, magnet schools and charter schools being discussed as potential solutions to desegregate New Jersey public schools, according to recent court filings. As...

School segregation lawsuit: Both sides ask court to extend mediation deadline

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Big relief for Hispanic Women’s Resource Centers as state funding restored

The Hispanic Women’s Resource Centers faced a drastic cut in state funding that would have forced two locations to close. But with the new state budget...

Big relief for Hispanic Women’s Resource Centers as state funding restored

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