The Texas Senate Doesn’t Want Students To Learn That The Ku Klux Klan Is “Morally Wrong”

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• California allocates $156 million to combat anti-Asian hate A historic $156 million investment to combat anti-Asian hate, part of a $100 billion state spending bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom this week, is expected to help a number of grassroots nonprofits in Southern California that have been leading the charge to fight hate and provide services to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. The Asian Pacific Islander Equity Budget, developed by the Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus, will allocate the funds over a three-year period to a number…
• Mississippi marker honors 2 Black men killed by Klan in 1964 Friends and relatives gathered Thursday in a tiny town in southwestern Mississippi to dedicate a new state historical marker honoring two young Black men who were kidnapped and killed by Ku Klux Klansmen 57 years ago. Investigators found the remains of college student Charles Eddie Moore and lumber mill worker Henry Hezekiah Dee in a backwater of the Mississippi River in July 1964. It happened as officers were searching for three civil rights workers who had disappeared from central Mississippi…
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• Arizona Gov. tells school districts they can’t force unvaccinated students to quarantine following COVID-19 exposure Arizona Governor Doug Ducey Reuters Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey targeted two school districts over quarantine policies for unvaccinated students. The Republican said requiring certain kids to quarantine if they've been exposed goes against state law. But lawyers for the districts argue the policies are based on state and federal public health guidelines. See more stories on Insider's business page. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey warned two school districts this week that requiring unvaccinated students to quarantine after exposure to COVID-19 is…
• Ted Cruz, who fled Texas for Cancún during a winter storm, was mocked for criticizing Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block GOP bills Sen. Ted Cruz. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas slammed Democratic lawmakers who fled the state earlier this week. Texas Democrats accused Cruz of hypocrisy after he fled the state during a deadly storm in February. "I'd sit this one out, Ted," said Julián Castro, a Texas Democrat. See more stories on Insider's business page. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas was mocked after he criticized Democratic lawmakers who fled the state in a walkout earlier this week, with…
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