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School administrators, AFL-CIO, AFSCME oppose DeVos

January 19, 2017 By PAI

The unions’ opposition, plus that of more than 100 Detroit parents and students who crowded into the Senate hearing room, apparently did not derail the panel’s GOP majority.

Oregon corporate tax advocates take their campaign to the legislature

December 15, 2016 By Don McIntosh

Measure 97 would have raised $3 billion a year with a 2.5 percent tax on corporate sales over $25 million.

School funding slashed by $750 million in last four years

July 20, 2016 By Teresa Albano

"Rahm wants to buy you a drink. Ask him if he can buy you an assistant principal and a special-education teacher instead."

Thousands out on the picket lines at Chicago schools today

April 1, 2016 By Earchiel Johnson And John Wojcik

Teachers picketed outside all of the public schools in Chicago's Hyde Park section this morning.

South Carolina voters want to reverse damage by GOP state government

February 27, 2016 By Roberta Wood And Larry Rubin

South Carolinians desperately need better paying jobs, more accessible health care and better schools, but Governor Haley is using a $400 million surplus for tax cuts for the wealthy.