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Trump officials bar Head Start providers from using ‘women’ and ‘race’ in grant applications
18+ hour, 25+ min ago (561+ words) Must receive obituary content and payment same day by 3:45PM Make changes by 4:00PM By MORIAH BALINGIT, Associated Press President Donald Trump's administration associates the terms with diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, which it has vowed to root out across the government....
Working Strategies: Resolutions anymore? anyone? Anyone?
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (683+ words) Do you feel an itch to make New Year's resolutions? Or does the prospect make you feel like crawling under the bed? I can relate to both of those sentiments. Some years I greet the first weeks of January with…...
Working Strategies: Resolve to create an efficient job search for new year
1+ week, 3+ day ago (511+ words) The new year is here, with all its excitement and hoopla. And possibly dread if you're engaged in a difficult job search. If so, this end-of-year book review might help. "The 2-Hour Job Search: Using technology to get the right…...
Struggling Forest Lake charter school fires executive for allegedly falsifying documents, signatures
1+ week, 5+ day ago (560+ words) An executive at a Forest Lake charter school was fired last month for allegedly falsifying documents. North Lakes Academy Executive Director Cecelia Dodge was fired following a closed session of the school board, allegedly "due to the falsifications of applications…...
Americans facing a tough job market in 2025 won’t get a break next year
1+ week, 5+ day ago (887+ words) By Jarrell Dillard, Bloomberg News This year was a difficult one for Americans looking for work. Forecasters don't see much improvement in their prospects coming in 2026. The unemployment rate is set to remain elevated through almost all of next year…...
St. Paul Public Schools spent $125,000 on campaign for referendum vote
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1009+ words) On Election Day, a majority of St. Paul voters approved a special school district tax levy that will cost some $37 million per year for the next decade, adjusted annually for inflation. To help convince residents to vote on the $1,073-per-student…...
Oklahoma college instructor is fired after giving failing grade to essay on gender
1+ week, 6+ day ago (459+ words) The University of Oklahoma has fired an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a "belief in multiple genders…...
Student loan borrowers in default may see wages garnished in 2026
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (225+ words) By ANNIE MA, Associated Press The department said it will send notices to approximately 1,000 borrowers the week of January 7, with more notices to come at an increasing scale each month. Millions of borrowers are considered in default, meaning they are…...
‘He cares’: Inver Grove Heights superintendent announces retirement
2+ week, 2+ day ago (783+ words) There's a message on the white board in the office of Inver Grove Heights Schools Superintendent Dave Bernhardson. "Progress moves at the speed of relationships." Over the years, that has meant many things. Ensuring the wide-eyed kindergartener pacing the halls…...
Friends of the St. Paul Public Library receives $2M from Knight Foundation
2+ week, 2+ day ago (489+ words) The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library $2 million, the largest private donation the nonprofit has ever received. The donation will help fund major renovations at the Hayden Heights and Riverview libraries,…...