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10/08/2009 06:01 AM | Via: Charlottesville Blogs

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

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10/07/2009 03:33 PM | Via: Daily Illini

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

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10/07/2009 11:51 AM | Via: Daily Illini

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

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10/06/2009 07:31 PM | Via: Daily Illini

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

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10/06/2009 06:58 PM | Via: Charlottesville Blogs

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

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10/06/2009 11:34 AM | Via: N&O Blogs

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

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10/04/2009 07:15 AM | Via: WCBS

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

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10/01/2009 07:07 PM | Via: Sun News

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

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10/01/2009 01:16 PM | Via: N&O Blogs

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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