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PNS Daily Newscast - January 21, 2020
As the Biden presidency begins, voter suppression remains a pressing issue; faith leaders see an opportunity to reduce extremism.
2020Talks - January 21, 2021
Inauguration yields swift action: Joe Biden becomes 46th president and Kamala Harris vice president -- the first woman, African-American, and person of South Indian descent in this role. Harris seats new senators; Biden signs slew of executive actions and gets first Cabinet confirmation through the Senate.
Public News Service - WI: Education
Click to downloadIt's Dr. Seuss' birthday Friday and, to mark the event, schools are celebrating "Read Across America." Stan Johnson, head of teacher's union WEAC, says schools around the state will bring in athletes, business leaders, and community members as special guest readers - to have a little fun while send
Higher fees, fewer course offerings, and potential school closings and consolidations are the findings in a new survey of Wisconsin's school district superintendents. The survey found a majority of districts cutting services due to tight budgets, and one out of four schools considering shutting down
It's up to state lawmakers to fix Wisconsin's troubled school funding system -- and apparently, it's going to take a deadline to do it. So Assembly Representative Sondy Pope-Roberts (D-Verona) has authored a resolution that would set a hard-and-fast deadline to overhaul school funding. "Since the
Milwaukee, WI - A Wisconsin school program targeting low-income students marks its tenth year, just as the state's school budget is set to be a top priority for the new legislature. The SAGE program provides smaller class sizes in 480 schools for kindergarten through third grade. With the next scho
