Universal Pre-K Is Hard to Find and Harder to Fund
The states and cities expanding early education have wrestled with the question of what qualifies as universal.
January 26, 2017 •
(Photos by Shane Bevel)
You would be forgiven for thinking the building on the north side of San Antonio is a liberal arts college, or maybe a live/work space for artists. The walls are hung with paintings, there are spaces for dancing and there’s a community garden where farm-to-table foods are grown. But in fact it’s the North Education Center, one of San Antonio’s four new full-day pre-kindergarten facilities. The four centers represent a roughly $31 million annual investment by city residents who, in 2012, voted to apportion one-eighth of a cent of the sales tax toward expanding the reach and scope of the state’s existing half-day pre-kindergarten program.
(Pierre, SD) The South Dakota Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to legalizing marijuana after voters approved it last fall. Roughly 54-percent of South Dakotans voted in favor of legalizing personal possession of cannabis for recreational use. Yesterday, attorneys for the state delivered their closing arguments against the legality of the measure. The defendants, South
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FRANKLIN, Ind. – The city of Franklin released photos on Wednesday of the progress of the Amphitheater at Youngs Creek Park, which is scheduled to open this fall. The official name for the new entertainment venue is DriveHubler.com Amphitheater at Youngs Creek Park.
Mayor Steve Barnett said, “Franklin has become a destination city and the multi-purpose amphitheater will only increase the desirability of the downtown area. This project will be an economic development tool bringing people and revenue to our city and it will elevate Franklin’s quality of life to the next level.”
The park will be home to the Franklin Farmers Market, an all-inclusive playground, pickleball courts, a splash pad, shelters, trails, and a pedestrian bridge over Youngs Creek connecting to US 31.
PIERRE Nearly six months after a majority of South Dakota voters cast ballots in support of legalizing marijuana, a government-led legal challenge seeking to keep marijuana use a crime is facing its final hurdle.
Attorneys working on behalf of Gov. Kristi Noem, South Dakota s top state trooper and a sheriff from the Black Hills will make their final arguments against the legality of Constitutional Amendment A during a Wednesday morning hearing before the South Dakota Supreme Court.
Oral arguments will begin at 10 a.m. from inside the Supreme Court chambers in the state Capitol.
Earning support from 54% of voters in November, Amendment A legalizes personal possession of small amounts of marijuana and allows for the both personal and commercial cultivation and sale of cannabis. But plaintiffs argue it violated the state Constitution on multiple grounds.