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Senate Republicans release first NC budget details

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:11:41 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - The Republican-led Senate offered details Sunday evening of the chamber's North Carolina budget proposal for the next two years, a spending plan that the Senate's leader said would absorb still-spiraling Medicaid costs and create a new state division focusing on rural economic development.

Analysis: Missouri GOP success in eye of beholder

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:56:20 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Success. That desirable word can have different meanings to different people.

Maine budget committee holds meeting

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:53:13 -0400

AUGUSTA, Maine - Some members of the Maine Legislature's budget-writing committee said Sunday they were surprised by the projected funding shortfall at the Department of Health and Human Services but Gov. Paul LePage was rebuffed when he tried to address the panel.

AP PHOTOS: College commencements across nation

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:29:12 -0400

In a commencement address at Atlanta's historically black Morehouse College, President Obama said graduates should "find time to defend the powerless."

Del. school's card program keeps parents involved

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:20:10 -0400

CAMDEN, Delaware - Allen Frear Elementary School in Camden is winning acclaim for finding a new way of getting parents involved that might be familiar to anyone who's ever kept a customer appreciation card in their purse or wallet.

Fla. Gov. will veto 3 percent college tuition hike

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:34:45 -0400

TALLAHASSEE, Florida - Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has maintained a steadfast opposition in the last year to raising the cost of college for students, will veto a proposed 3 percent tuition hike.

CMU OKs design spending for Saginaw medical campus

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:29:05 -0400

SAGINAW, Michigan - Central Michigan University trustees have approved an additional $350,000 for planning and design for the Saginaw campus of its new medical school.

At Salisbury University, glass blowing is an art

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:55:24 -0400

SALISBURY, Maryland - From a roaring furnace, a miniature volcano of sorts at Salisbury University, Riley Greenwood pulled a glob of molten glass at the end of a blow pipe. Yet he saw a finished vase, shining all smooth and hard. It was the same furnace from which his award-winning pieces came, all of which began as flowing, glowing balls of thick, molasses-like soft glass.

Legislature sends Dayton $15.7B education budget

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:26:30 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - The Legislature has sent Gov. Mark Dayton a school funding bill that boosts education spending in a number of areas.

Vincennes schools invest in safety improvements

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:26:14 -0400

VINCENNES, Indiana - A southwestern Indiana school system is putting the finishing touches on more than $330,000 in building improvements to make their students safer following the massacre of 20 students and six faculty members in Newtown, Connecticut

Ind. teen competing in US geography, spelling bees

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:44:17 -0400

CROWN POINT, Indiana - A northwestern Indiana seventh-grader who will represent Indiana in the National Geographic Bee is also one of 12 students from the state competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Heavy rains close Atlanta area roads

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:43:16 -0400

ATLANTA - Heavy rains Sunday flooded roads in the Atlanta area, interfered with a college commencement and caused a mud slide.

Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:31:31 -0400

ATLANTA - President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives.

Rutgers graduates largest class in school history

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:17:07 -0400

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey - Rutgers University has graduated the largest class in school history.

Crash kills Conn. student day before graduation

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:11:24 -0400

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut - A 21-year-old Fairfield University student from Massachusetts has died after a car crash a day before he was to graduate.

SD school sharing plan moving slower than hoped

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:47:25 -0400

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota - A plan for several rural South Dakota school districts to share staff and hold more classes online will proceed more slowly than some had hoped.

1 St. Louis charter school closing, 2nd is at risk

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:43:27 -0400

ST. LOUIS - One St. Louis charter school is closing and another is at risk.

Morehouse grads march across campus to hear Obama

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:33:15 -0400

ATLANTA - President Barack Obama is having a rough stretch politically, but the nation's first black president was treated like a hero Sunday at graduation exercises for Morehouse College, the historically black men's school that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni.

Ohio superintendent leaving, shooting delayed plan

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:22:25 -0400

CHARDON, Ohio - A northeast Ohio superintendent who guided the district after a school shooting that killed three students is stepping down, one year later than originally planned.

West Point prepares for graduation

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:07:11 -0400

WEST POINT, New York - About 1,000 cadets will graduate at the U.S. Military Academy next weekend.

Ala. bond issues pending on Legislature's last day

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:50:12 -0400

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - The Alabama Legislature could authorize the borrowing of $280 million through state bond issues Monday to finance everything from more secure school entrances to electronic tablets for students.

Vincennes schools invest in safety improvements

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:48:18 -0400

VINCENNES, Indiana - It's been almost six months since 20 students and six faculty members were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut

Beatrice students turning lots into native prairie

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:26:58 -0400

BEATRICE, Nebraska - There isn't a lot to see at the lot located near the Homestead Corridor Trail just south of Hoyt Street.

Des Moines schools hope fresh eyes aid learning

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:26:49 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - Raygun owner Mike Draper was wandering through the halls and classrooms of Roosevelt High School a few weeks ago, gathering information about the current state of local education.

Page hopes work will help him lead Congo

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:20:52 -0400

LINCOLN, Nebraska - Pages in the Nebraska Legislature usually are young students, observing and learning about state government while they assist senators and run errands.