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JEFFERSON CITY, MO. (KTVI) – A major new push to change Missouri Nepotism laws that allow School Boards to hire school board member’s relatives. You Paid For It goes to Governor Jay Nixon as well as Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones from Eureka. Both expressed a willingness to tackle the issue. The investigation began when [...]

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The University of Tulsa College of Law and Concord Law School of Kaplan University recently established an online Master of Jurisprudence in Energy Law (MJEL) degree program. The program was designed to meet the expressed desire of energy professionals to gain a sophisticated knowledge of the laws and regulations that govern the [...]

But Judge James E. Boasberg raised concerns about that argument. Minutes after the hearing began, he referred to a sheaf of statistics demonstrating that most of the children affected by closures are slated to transfer to schools with higher test scores and more racial diversity than the schools they’re leaving behind. “The whole purpose of [...]

Fire drills, lockdown drills and tornado drills like this one in an eastern Michigan high school are required in all Michigan K-12 schools. But an MLive investigation found numerous flaws in how they are done, if done at all. Matt Gade | MLive.com  The head of a state task force investigating school-safety failures uncovered by [...]

CHILDREN as young as seven are still taking knives to school, despite laws allowing principals to search for weapons. On Tuesday, police were called to The Lakes South Morang school after students were threatened with a kitchen knife. A boy aged 8 was suspended. Principal Kerrie Heenan said children across Melbourne were arming themselves. Confidential [...]

For thousands of foster kids across Florida, life is about to become a little more “normal.” Under newly passed laws being watched by much of the nation, children growing up in the state’s care will soon be allowed to play sports, sleep over at a friend’s house, go to a movie or do any of [...]

By Elizabeth Campbell liz@star-telegram.com

The White House will keep pushing for tough new gun ownership laws despite lack of support in Congress, Vice-President Joe Biden says. ‘I’m not going to rest and nor is the president until we do all of these things,’ Biden told a news conference in New York, where he joined Mayor Michael Bloomberg and bereaved [...]

Biden and Bloomberg at City Hall (John Moore/Getty Images)NEW YORK—Vice President Joe Biden and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued a joint appeal to members of Congress, urging lawmakers to ignore politics and do the “right thing” by passing new federal gun-control laws. In an appearance at City Hall, Biden and Bloomberg were joined [...]

Biden and Bloomberg at City Hall (John Moore/Getty Images)NEW YORK—Vice President Joe Biden and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued a joint appeal to members of Congress, urging lawmakers to ignore politics and do the “right thing” by passing new federal gun-control laws. In an appearance at City Hall, Biden and Bloomberg were joined [...]