Tag: Associated Press

Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. (AP/Julio Cortez)

GE gives $15m for Newtown, Conn., community center

Associated Press · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

A leading education-funding think tank in Ohio is releasing new district comparisons that it says more accurately reflect the costs of educating poor students. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Report: Ohio underestimates costs of teaching poor

Associated Press · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

President Barack Obama greets students. President Barack Obama is announcing $100 million in grants to help better prepare high school students to compete in the global economy. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Obama to announce $100m in education grants

Associated Press · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

FILE-In this file photo made Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, Gov. Paul LePage speaks at his campaign kick-off event, in Augusta, Maine. Although LePage has criticized the education available in Maine, the state's fourth- and eighth-graders scored above average on national science and math assessments, according to a study released Thursday. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, files)

Maine governor gives $10k to Lewiston English-language program for immigrants

Associated Press · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

Union leaders, clergy and other activists are launching an effort to put a major minimum wage increase on the District of Columbia ballot.

Activists to push for $12.50 minimum wage in D.C.

Associated Press · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

CNN acquires Jose Antonio Vargas’ immigration film ‘Documented’

Brett Zongker · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks to members of the media during a news conference at the state Capitol in Denver, at which he discussed the state's new proposed standards for methane emissions and other heightened safeguards. The proposed rules would include a system of infrared cameras to speed detection of leaks from tanks and pipelines. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Energy and Environment

Colorado proposes oil, gas air-quality crackdown

Kristen Wyatt · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

Protesters have lobbied Rhode Island Republicans to support immigration reform. (AP/The Journal Gazette, Chad Ryan).

Rhode Island protesters lobby GOP on immigration reform

Associated Press · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

Democratic Mayor Vincent Gray is set to sign a bill on Monday that would allow the District of Columbia's Department of Motor Vehicles to issue licenses to people who can't prove their immigration status. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

D.C. mayor to sign immigrant driver’s license bill

Associated Press · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2013 file photo, Cover Oregon executive director Rocky King speaks during the rollout of Oregon's health insurance exchange in Portland, Ore. With all the problems facing the rollout of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, nowhere is the situation worse or more surprising than in Oregon, a progressive state that has enthusiastically embraced the federal law but has so far failed to enroll a single person in coverage through Cover Oregon. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

Once a leader, Oregon exchange struggles

Jonathan Cooper · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

Princeton University officials are deciding whether to give students a meningitis vaccine that hasn't been approved in the U.S. to stop the spread of the disease. (Courtesy photo)

Princeton University considers unapproved meningitis vaccine

Associated Press · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez, above, Rep. Luis Gutierrez and American Book Award winner Edwidge Danticat are among the speakers at the sixth annual National Immigrant Integration Conference. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

Hundreds of immigrant advocates gather in Miami

Associated Press · November 18, 2013 5:00 am