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Bond Measures Could Raise Megabucks for Schools — and Taxes

October 18, 2019

Clovis Unified and Central Unified trustees will vote next week on whether to put multimillion-dollar school bond measures on the March 3 ballot, the same ballot that will contain a $15 billion state facilities bond measure for California's K-12 schools and pu...

California Schools May Allow Medical Cannabis on Campuses

AP News

October 10, 2019

SACRAMENTO — California schools will get to decide if parents can administer medical marijuana to their children on school campuses. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday he signed the legislation that rever...

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Walters: Holding Schools Accountable

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

October 9, 2019

Educational accountability is attracting a lot of political attention — or perhaps lip service — these days in California. Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two bills touted as bringing more accountability to edu...

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AP Exclusive: Colleges Got $60M From OxyContin Family

AP News

October 5, 2019

BOSTON — Prestigious universities around the world have accepted at least $60 million over the past five years from the family that owns the maker of OxyContin, even as the company became embroiled in lawsuits related to the opioid epidemic, financial records ...

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Fresno Unified to Voters: How About a $500M Bond Measure?

Nancy Price

October 3, 2019

After hearing about overwhelming support from voters surveyed about a potential $240 million bond measure, Fresno Unified trustees want to see if voters would be willing to double down — even though the distric...

US Universities See Decline in Students From China

AP News

September 23, 2019

BURLINGTON, Vt. — After a decade of booming enrollment by students from China, American universities are starting to see steep declines as political tensions between the two countries cut into a major source of...

NCAA Urges Gov. Newsom Not to Sign ‘Fair Pay’ Bill

AP News

September 11, 2019

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Board of Governors wants Gov. Gavin Newsom to reject a new attempt to pay college athletes. "We've explored how it might impact the association and what it might do. We believe it would inappropriately affect interstate commerce. It ...

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Report: Clovis, Sanger Districts Among Best at Closing ‘Achievement Gap’

Nancy Price

September 10, 2019

Clovis and Sanger unified school districts are among seven in California that are making the most progress in closing the so-called "achievement gap" for students of color and those in poverty, according to a n...

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Survey Says: Huge Support for Central Unified’s Potential $120 Million Bond Measure

Nancy Price

September 9, 2019

It looks like Central Unified School District voters would be willing to hike their own property taxes if it means improving the quality of their Fresno-area schools, including replacing portable classrooms wit...

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Feds Blast Juul Over Claims E-Cigs Safer Than Smoking

AP News

September 9, 2019

WASHINGTON — Federal health authorities on Monday blasted vaping company Juul for illegally pitching its electronic cigarettes as a safer alternative to smoking and ordered the company to stop making unproven claims for its products. The Food and Drug Admin...

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Walters: The SF-LA Economic Gap Is Growing Wider

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LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

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Bond Measures Could Raise Megabucks for Schools — and Taxes

California Schools May Allow Medical Cannabis on Campuses

Walters: Holding Schools Accountable

AP Exclusive: Colleges Got $60M From OxyContin Family

Fresno Unified to Voters: How About a $500M Bond Measure?

US Universities See Decline in Students From China

NCAA Urges Gov. Newsom Not to Sign ‘Fair Pay’ Bill

Report: Clovis, Sanger Districts Among Best at Closing ‘Achievement Gap’

Survey Says: Huge Support for Central Unified’s Potential $120 Million Bond Measure

Feds Blast Juul Over Claims E-Cigs Safer Than Smoking

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