Newark charter schools hit for serving too many Black students. That’s nuts. | Moran
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The New Jersey Devils, Prudential Center and United Airlines teamed up to surprise Newarks Phillips Academy Charter School students with an outdoor hockey rink to help kick off the beginning of their school year on Monday, August 27, 2018. Andrew Miller ImagesAndrew Miller Images
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The ferocious segregation in New Jersey’s public schools is a legacy of home rule, the doctrine that allows white towns to build walls that keep out Black and brown kids.
If you’re looking for structural racism in our allegedly progressive state, there it is. On this measure, we are worse than Alabama or Mississippi.
Voters to decide fate of constitution panel
Florida voters next year will decide whether to abolish a powerful commission that drew heavy criticism as it placed seven constitutional amendments on the 2018 ballot.
With sponsor Mike Beltran, R-Lithia, urging lawmakers to join him in “protecting” the Florida Constitution, the House voted 86-28 on Tuesday to give final approval to a proposal to abolish the state Constitution Revision Commission.
The Senate passed the measure (SJR 204) last month, meaning it is now headed to the 2022 ballot. Voter approval is required because the commission itself is included in the state Constitution.
The 37-member commission, which meets every 20 years, successfully proposed seven constitutional amendments in 2018, including high-profile measures designed to ban offshore oil drilling, prohibit vaping in enclosed indoor workspaces and outlaw greyhound racing.
Governor Ron DeSantis announces major milestone to advance EAA Reservoir Project
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South Florida Water Management District Approves Final Agreement with U.S. Army Corps, Reservoir Component to Start Construction This Year
Wellington, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis was joined by Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Noah Valenstein and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) to announce significant progress on the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir Project.
The South Florida Water Management District Governing Board unanimously approved an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this morning that keeps the Corps on track to begin federal construction on the reservoir component this year. In April 2020, Governor DeSantis announced that the South Florida Water Management District began construction on the State of Florida’s component of the project, the stormwater treatment area, 12 months ahead of schedule.
DeSantis, Army Corps reach deal on major Everglades project
Published: April 22, 2021 10:08 AM EDT
Updated: April 22, 2021 4:15 PM EDT
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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an agreement Thursday with the Army Corps of Engineers that will continue work on a key reservoir in Everglades restoration.
Work on the long-stalled Everglades Agricultural Area reservoir in western Palm Beach County is to be shared between the state and federal governments. DeSantis said Thursday’s agreement will accelerate the Army Corps portion of the project.
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“We think this project is absolutely essential,” the governor said at a news conference, with work on the reservoir as a backdrop. “A lot of people throughout Florida are happy that we’re finally tackling this in a really comprehensive way.”