Community leaders say better data is good, but transparency, communication and access that affirms are all vital pre-requisites to governing alongside communities, not at them.
Board members said the district lacks the funds to comply with a proposed law requiring school districts to include queer historical literature. They also say the state is overstepping its boundaries.
A bill being debated in the legislature would pause hospital system consolidation to preserve patient access to specific forms of care. Opponents argue, “God Bless mergers.”
The legislature is working to boost representation in public school literature, reduce pollution, control the rent, improve workplace conditions for strip club workers and bust hospital monopolies.