DeSantis’s $13.5m police program lures officers with violent records to Florida
Governor’s incentive scheme recruits officers with history of excessive violence or who have been arrested since signing up
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America’s rent burden is growing
Rent is growing faster than incomes around the country, putting additional pressure on inflation-burdened households.
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New York homeless men say they were offered money to pose as military veterans and falsely claim they were pushed out of a hotel to make room for migrants
Claims that homeless veterans were pushed out of a Newburgh, New York, hotel to make room for migrants are false, according to two homeless men who told CNN they were part of a group of 15 who were offered money to pose as veterans.
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The short life of Baby Milo
Milo Evan Dorbert, whose mother’s pregnancy tested the interpretation of Florida’s new abortion law, was born with a fatal abnormality. He lived 99 minutes.
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Are you a doctor who hates treating gay people? Come to Florida, where Ron DeSantis has legalised bigotry
The sunshine state’s healthcare professionals will soon be able to deny treatment on religious or moral grounds. Thanks a bunch, governor, writes Arwa Mahdawi
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Chaplains could be in Texas public schools this fall under new bill
The bill permits school districts to hire chaplains. Unlike school counselors, the chaplains are not required to be certified by the state board.
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I’m a psychologist for transgender kids. Why I have to leave Texas to keep doing my job.
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How Florida’s expansion of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law will hurt students and teachers across US
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Fight over religion and politics roils a Texas school-board election: “It’s gotten ugly”
The bitter division in the Grapevine-Colleyville school district is emblematic of a nationwide battle over LGBTQ inclusion in education and the role of public schools in imparting religious values.
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