Virginia may be first state with vegetarian license plate
True. Long story short, from veggieplates.org: "Time is getting short, though — we need to have 350 prepaid applications by the end of November 2009 to submit (along with our plate design [above]) to the General Assembly, then to the... read the full story
Gov. Quinn leads campus rally for grant funding
The MAP Grant program is for university and college students in the state of Illinois, which has helped fund tuition for 138,000 students across the state over the past year. The program granted $200 million dollars first semester, but the General Assembly did not... read the full story
Quinn holding rally to save college scholarships
The rally is scheduled to start at noon on Wednesday and will begin at the south side of the Union. After the demonstration there will be a question and answer session with Quinn at the Illini Union Pine Lodge. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) and... read the full story
General assembly scholarship assumptions demean students, family
The September 30th Daily Illini editorial addressed the General Assembly college scholarship. While it is my belief that the editorial board is trying to educate students on the possibility of further corruption in our political and educational system, the broad... read the full story
Abu Mazen’s legitimacy plunging
Just two months ago, Abu Mazen's western backers (and bank-rollers) were lauding the non-trivial achievement he racked up by being able to convene a selected list of invitees to the Fateh General Conference. In the weeks since then, his political standing in the... read the full story
DPS plans policy revisions for suspensions, magnet schools
Durham Public Schools posted their planned revisions to the district's suspension and magnet policies on their website after the last school board meeting in September. There was still some debate over the changes, which were further discussed at a DPS committee... read the full story
Fed Ruling Puts Conn. Candidates in Limbo
The state's elections commission is asking the General Assembly to reconvene and fix the state's public financing law so candidates for the 2010 elections won't remain in limbo. READ MORE>> read the full story
Schools focus on finding funds
Although charter schools, school accountability, budget cuts and elections were all part of the legislative advocacy agenda of the S.C. School Boards Association Thursday, education finance reform emerged as the major issue. The association on Thursday broadcast the... read the full story
Progress Energy on fast-track to build clean-burning natural gas power plan
State regulators said today that Progress Energy can build a natural gas-fired power plant as part of a plan that will allow Progress to shut down three older coal-burning power plants near Goldsboro. The N.C. Utilities Commission approved the clean-burning gas plant... read the full story
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