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Most local residents agree that so-called “alternative theories” about the Tulsa race car massacre and other historical tragedies should not be taught in schools, and teachers should stick to the facts acquaintances State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters recently traveled to several Oklahoma communities to discuss how schools should be run. Walters has raised several controversial topics in these forums, including the notion that there are “alternative theories” about the Tulsa race massacre. On July 6, Walters was criticized for his comments about the Tulsa race massacre during a talk at the Norman Public Library. He was responding to…

LAWRENCE – A blistering decision by a state agency repeatedly discredits Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena, saying he passed over a Lawrence fire captain for a promotion to deputy chief as political payback. DePena “deliberately acted to injure” Capt. Wayne Leduc, who scored the highest on the deputy chief’s exam, because Leduc opposed DePena’s creation of an assistant fire chief position at the department Lawrence Fire Department, according to the July 13 ruling by the state Civil Service Commission. . “The mayor made a series of statements that I simply cannot credit because they were refuted by other reliable evidence, both…

ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) – William “Bill” Shipp, a reporter whose passion for first-hand stories and sometimes searing criticism of politicians fueled his coverage of Georgia for more than 50 years, died Saturday at age 89. No cause of death was released. Shipp, born in Marietta in 1933, first gained public notice in 1953 as editor of the University of Georgia’s student newspaper, The Red and Black, writing articles critical of then-Gov. Herman Talmadge and the regents of the university system, including Augusta political kingpin Roy Harris, to block the admission of black candidate Horace Ward to the university’s law school….

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a six-week abortion ban Friday, setting off a new legal battle over the future of reproductive rights in the key presidential state and escalating further. plus the presence of a divisive issue in the campaign. Surrounded by a cadre of Republican state lawmakers and anti-abortion leaders, Reynolds inked the move during a special on-stage presentation at the Family Leadership Summit, a high-profile policy gathering hosted by an evangelical Christian group. “All life is precious and deserves the protection of our laws,” Reynolds said during the signing ceremony, adding that the…

After keeping a relatively low profile locally during his time as President Biden’s labor secretary, former Mayor Marty Walsh has been raising his profile in Boston in recent months with a series of notable public appearances. Plus, he’s dipping his toes back into the choppy waters of city politics by endorsing a former employee, John FitzGerald, who is seeking an open seat on the Boston City Council. It’s Walsh’s first formal endorsement since leaving City Hall. Is there a deeper meaning to Walsh’s renewed local activity? And is there any political work that could convince the former mayor to leave…

MEXICO CITY — Central America is experiencing a wave of unrest that is remarkable even for a region whose history is full of turmoil. The most recent example is the political upheaval in Guatemala as the country heads into a runoff presidential election in August. A look at several events affecting Central American countries: Guatemala Guatemala is locked in the most complicated presidential election in the country’s recent history. The first round of the June election ended in a surprising twist when the little-known progressive candidate Bernardo Arévalo of the Moviment Llavor party surged ahead as the favorite. Now headed…