NY Times: “A bioswale was installed alongside Ms. Chalk’s driveway, native species were planted, and clay in her backyard was replaced with absorbent soil. During the next heavy downpour, Ms. Chalk looked outside. Storm water that previously had nowhere to go was seeping into the ground. She took photos and shared them with friends. “What…
“A Federal Judge Paused A Florida Immigration Law. The Arrests Continued Anyway.”
HuffPo: “On Wednesday, 20-year-old U.S.-born citizen Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez was arrested in Florida and charged with illegally entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” He was detained even after his mother presented his birth certificate and Social Security card in court, a harrowing indication that even citizens are not safe from the Trump administration’s anti-immigration agenda. Although…
“A US citizen was held for pickup by ICE even after proving he was born in the country”
AP: “A U.S. citizen was arrested in Florida for allegedly being in the country illegally and held for pickup by immigration authorities even after his mother showed a judge her son’s birth certificate and the judge dismissed charges. Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez, 20, was in a car that was stopped just past the Georgia state…
“Florida Universities Sign Agreements With ICE”
Inside Higher Ed: “At least 10 Florida public universities have struck agreements with the federal government authorizing campus police to question and detain undocumented immigrants. Inside Higher Ed requested public records from all 12 State University System of Florida institutions related to their agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Based on the results, it is…
“Texas Is Poised to Create a $1 Billion Private School Voucher Program”
NY Times: “The Texas House of Representatives voted early Thursday morning to create one of the largest taxpayer-funded school voucher programs, a hard-fought victory for private school choice activists as they turn their attention to a nationwide voucher push. The measure still has some legislative hurdles to clear before Gov. Greg Abbott signs it into…
“[FL] Measure to roll back child labor laws now goes to House for consideration”
FL Phoenix: “A significant rollback for child labor laws in Florida received approval in its third and final committee stop in the House on Tuesday. The same bill would speed up a state preemption of local living-wage laws in nearly a dozen cities and counties. It added insult to injury to its critics via a…
“Using prayer as protest, Tenn. clergy disrupt debate to deny education to immigrant children”
WKMS: “Debate over a bill to deny certain immigrant children the right to an education was disrupted Monday as two Lutheran pastors knelt in front of a House committee room and recited the Lord’s Prayer. Others in the audience soon joined from their seats. The bill (HB793/SB836) by Sen. Bo Watson of Hixson and House…
“Matt Gaetz Hit the Skids. These Days, It’s Not Disqualifying.”
NY Times: “Such is the disappointment of Matt Gaetz, the former congressman from Florida and President Trump’s original, now defunct pick for attorney general in his new administration. Having been deemed so morally suspect that even President “Access Hollywood” opted to abandon the fight for him, Mr. Gaetz might have reasonably hidden away for some soul-searching…
“Trump’s tariffs war is sparking uncertainty for North Carolina farmers”
WaPo: “The 57-year-old has been farming all his life. Every year, he mulls changes recommended by the tobacco companies, considers competition from Brazilian soybean farmers and ponders how much labor he needs to hire to eke out enough profit to keep everything going. But this year, his biggest numbers challengehas been the tariff policies of…
“Marjorie Taylor Greene Profited from Tariff Pause”
Political Wire: “Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) “disclosed on Monday that she had purchased between tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock on April 8 and 9, the day before and the day of President Trump’s announcement that he was pausing a sweeping set of global tariffs, a pivot that sent the…