Superintendents from Boone County schools and neighboring districts signed a letter on Friday that asks Gov. Mike Parson to veto a bill that would allow charter schools to operate in Boone County.
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#Iowa GOP legislators are raking in millions in Farm Subsidies for themselves & their families while cutting school funding and programs to feed kids.
Find your legislator and post what they took in in the comments. farm.ewg.org/search.php

Missouri GOP Senators Rick Brattin, Nick Schroer, Denny Hoskins & AG Andrew Bailey will tell you that taxation is theft & they’re the ones who’ll put tax $ back in the pockets of Missourians.

But they can’t, because they need our tax dollars to pay for their defamation lawsuits.

Wow - it's a real live book!

FYI: The Education Wars won't *officially* be out till July 3 but you can preorder now educationwarsbook.com/order

It’s called camping...

🔥🔥TOMORROW starts #TeacherAppreciateWeek and tomorrow is also the day Ms. Lopez’s project expires. It started as a huge ask and now it’s down to only $1251 left to fund. PLEASE help #clearthelist

While Republicans blamed immigrants for a 'crime wave,' oil companies stole an average of $3000 from American families.

While they blamed people wanting a living wage for inflation, oil companies price gouged us, causing 27% of all inflation.
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I’m a mother of six, and a Mormon. I have a good understanding of arguments surrounding abortion, religious and otherwise. I've been listening to men grandstand about women's reproductive rights, and I'm convinced men actually have zero interest in stopping abortion. Here's why…

The effective federal corporate income tax rate:

1950: 50%
1990: 25%
2020: 13%

Stop asking 'but how we will pay for it?' Restore the corporate tax rate.

That is how we will pay for it.

A potential political earthquake in MO politics occurred today in Jefferson City: Sarah Kellogg reports how Missourians for Constitutional Freedom gathered more than 380K signatures to end the state's abortion ban — and enshrine protections in the state constitution:

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It's no coincidence that Voucher Payments going to parents choosing any education they want for their child, weakened child labor laws, and no lunch breaks for child workers are all happening in the same states. #TBATs #SayNoToVouchers #ChildLabor #SchoolLunch Josh Cowen

New post by Pat O'Donnell: Laws providing vouchers for private schools aren’t about giving parents more choice. It’s about destroying public education.
bleedingheartland.com/2024/05/04/oth…

Missouri law requires women seeking divorce to disclose whether they're pregnant — and state judges won't finalize divorces during a pregnancy npr.org/2024/05/03/124…

Republicans in disarray. #moleg

This is called ballot candy. This sort of BS distracts voters when they are looking at their ballot. The Missouri Constitution already states that only citizens may vote in Missouri elections.

Senator Denny thinks he’s a horse trader, but he’s just a scam artist.

Recommended weekend listening: an influential Idaho business group has harsh words about the voucher mania that's sweeping red states: *As we roll this out, it is going to become the biggest scam in American history* Latest Have You Heard on.soundcloud.com/RA1ocx4yXQPcAi…