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Month: October 2023

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor sues Republican Legislature over blocking basic functions

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers us suing the Republican-controlled Legislature, arguing that it is obstructing basic government functions, including signing off on pay raises for university employees that were previously approved. Evers on Tuesday is asking the liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court to take the case directly,

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Largest Christian university in US faces record fine after federal probe into alleged deception

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The country’s largest Christian university is being fined $37.7 million by the federal government amid accusations that it misled students about the cost of its graduate programs. Grand Canyon University, which has more than 100,000 students, mostly in online programs, faces the largest fine of its

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Trial moved to late 2024 for Indiana man charged in killings of 2 girls slain during hiking trip

DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — The trial for an Indiana man charged in the killings of two teenage girls slain in 2017 during a hiking trip has been moved from January to next October. Special Judge Fran Gull officially removed Allen’s former court-appointed defense attorneys Tuesday after saying previously that they would be withdrawing amid questions

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Antisemitism policies at public city colleges in New York will be reviewed, the governor says

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An independent party will review antisemitism policies at the City University of New York, the nation’s largest urban public university system, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday, as protests about the war between Israel and Hamas roil college campuses across the country. Hochul, a Democrat, said the

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Prosecutors: Supreme Court decision closes door on criminal prosecutions in Flint water scandal

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan attorney general’s office says the state prosecution of former Gov. Rick Snyder and other officials for their roles in the Flint water scandal has ended. Prosecutors said a decision Tuesday by the state Supreme Court to decline to hear appeals of a lower court’s dismissal of misdemeanor charges against

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