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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — This spring will mark the final time that public-school students will have to take tests known as the Florida Standards Assessments, as Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure Tuesday that will revamp the state’s testing system. The overhaul was a priority of DeSantis during the 2022 legislative session that ended Monday, and lawmakers gave final approval to the bill (SB 104...

A huge multi-colored flag flies over Ocean Drive during the Miami Beach Pride Festival in September 2021. (Photo by Giorgio Viera) AFP via Getty Images For Disney CEO Bob Chapek, last week may have felt like running a gauntlet through a minefield. His initial refusal to publicly criticize the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill passed by Florida’s legislature drew swift and intense backlash from...

Hogs in a livestock production facility. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Iowa’s second attempt to criminalize unauthorized surveillance inside agricultural facilities has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge. “Iowa seeks to protect private property rights by singling out for punishment, at least in part, trespassers based on their disfavored viewpoint of agriculture,” U.S. Distr...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is working with the NYPD and DEA to get guns off the streets. Officials held a news conference at John F. Kennedy International Airport this morning to discuss combined efforts in stopping the flow of illegal firearms and keeping them out of our neighborhoods. “Our communities increasingly live in fear. Fear of the next shot, fear of the next stray bullet. L...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is working with the NYPD and DEA to get guns off the streets. Officials held a news conference at John F. Kennedy International Airport this morning to discuss combined efforts in stopping the flow of illegal firearms and keeping them out of our neighborhoods. “Our communities increasingly live in fear. Fear of the next shot, fear of the next stray bullet. L...

Image from iOS (72) Since December, school districts in Texas have been operating under Senate Bill 3, an anti-critical race theory law that brings new requirements and prohibitions to teachers discussing race and history in the classroom. Most of the new restrictions prevent educators from teaching that one race is superior to another, or that members of one race are inherently racist, ideas...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a new law that stops one of the most prestigious U.S. universities from being forced to turn away thousands of students from its incoming freshman class. Just 11 days ago, the state Supreme Court ordered the University of California, Berkeley, to reduce its enrollment. The court sided with a neighborhood group that had sued the...

The Great Reshuffle is becoming a battleground for companies and firms to compete and fight over who’s giving more employee flexibility, better perks (not just bonuses and salary increases), and a continuation of remote-work opportunities or hybrid-work environments. As a result, stay interviews are becoming increasingly popular in the workplace to retain talent and help organizations improve...

Russian metals and petroleum magnate Roman Abramovich's superyacht Solaris is anchored in Tivat, Montenegro. | Risto Bozovic/AP Photo By Janaki Chadha 03/15/2022 12:35 PM EDT NEW YORK — In 2008, federal prosecutors brought a case against the owners of a 36-story midtown Manhattan office building they alleged was linked to the Iranian government, in violation of economic sanctions on the count...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Edited News Release) – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed suit against the Missouri School Boards Association for alleged violations of the Sunshine Law. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office previously requested records from the Missouri School Boards Association (MSBA) related to its role in the October 4, 2021 memo from the Biden Administration and National ...