As solar eclipse spectators are gathering in the path of totality, teams of students from Maryland and around the nation are preparing to launch instruments to study the phenomenon. This afternoon, dozens of teams participating in the NASA supported Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project will launch high altitude weather balloons hauling instruments into the sky to study the eclipse s effect on the atmosphere. A team from the University of Maryland will launch two balloons from a location near Fort Wayne, Indiana. .
Minnesotans who haven t completed their tax returns yet might be fretting about meeting the April 15th deadline. For those facing language barriers or other resource issues, the concern is even greater, but help is available. In the Twin Cities and around Minnesota, there are free tax preparation sites staffed with multi-lingual volunteers, including those who speak Spanish. .
Arizona Superintendent of Public Education Tom Horne and the State Board of Education have rejected a move to enact a new ESA Voucher Handbook. Proposed by the Arizona Department of Education, the handbook would have set safeguards to ensure responsible spending of taxpayer funds for what are known as Empowerment Scholarship Accounts. Instead, they stuck with last year s book. .
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Environmental organizations in Virginia have united in opposition to Gov. Glenn Youngkin s picks for the state Environmental Justice Council. In the last two years, the council has been short several members, unable to reach a quorum or conduct official votes. .