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By Madalyn ONeill May 24, 2021 | 7:17 PM MADISON, Wis. – The pandemic shook things up for all of us: how we work, play and learn. When many schools switched to virtual learning, many families and their students switched schools. Those who didn’t often had to learn a whole new way of schooling. Going to a new school isn’t easy, especially when you never set foot in the building. “It was hard,” sixth-grader Presley Rhindfleisch said. “It was like standing in a room of stranger...

By Brian Mudd Today’s entry:  You caught my attention when you mentioned Florida’s expanded voucher program will now include families who earn up to $100,000. I’d like more information on how it works. My family may be interested in using it.  Bottom Line: The maximum income threshold was one of three key areas of expansion in  HB 7045, aka Florida’s school choice bill. The three new additions are the inclusion of children of military families, special needs students, and the ...

Research & Commentary: Education Saving Account Program Would Be Timely and Much-Needed Compliment to Louisiana’s Education Choice Programs April 15, 2021 Program Would Be Open To Children In Foster Care And The Children Of Active Duty Military Members Legislation introduced in the Louisiana House of Representatives would establish an Education Savings Account (ESA) Program open to any K–12 student who is the child of an active duty military service member, or in foster care, or “was enro...

Steve: in the race for governor t ted run 18 percent from black female more than the average of 10 percent and rick scott in the same state on the same day because ron desantis promised to protect the school choice program while his democratic opponent ignored the issue. so when we look at popular snowman trade education is lifting working people. >> i could not agree more i see this all the time especially black mothers making them understanding to communicate they have been so bad that it coul...

Steve: in the race for governor t ted run 18 percent from black female more than the average of 10 percent and rick scott in the same state on the same day because ron desantis promised to protect the school choice program while his democratic opponent ignored the issue. so when we look at popular snowman trade education is lifting working people. >> i could not agree more i see this all the time especially black mothers making them understanding to communicate they have been so bad that it coul...

Spending billion dollars for school choice program, medicaid for all, abolishing the u.s. immigration service, giving licenses to illegal immigrants. this guy is in a dead-heat with desantis in florida! paul: desantis has not been a very good candidate, be honest of that. >> desantis is running against the second coming of donald trump. he has rallies gillum, lock him up. lock him up. paul: allegations of influence-peddling. >> this has national significance, paul. desantis is trumps candidate. ...

This bill. again, i appreciate the leadership here, the speaker, the leader. and of course kathys -- no one has been a stronger advocate for family values than kathy. so again look forward to this bill coming to the floor today and thank you. >> good morning. i want to highlight some things in the funding bill. this puts more boots on the ground to bolster our border security. the biggest increase in border security funding in a decade that provides more resources to combat the opioid epidemic...

Its easy to be popular in the polls if you kiss babies and thats not hard to do. we have too many politicians that do what it takes to be popular. i was elected by the people of louisiana in two landslide elections, historic elections to make generational changes. so coming out of katrina, we made big changes. not only did we cut our budget by $9 billion, 30,000 fewer state employees, we also did things like transformed our educational system. the largest school choice program in the entire coun...

Health care law. a little pep in his step because of the new job numbers coming out, 204,000 especially after the shutdown and threat of economic default. thats better than some folks thought. interesting political things going on here, eric cantor, house majority leader sent off a strongly worded statements for the president saying it was gutsy for him to come here after department of justice stewing louisiana and new orleans over a school choice program they have which they say hurts desegrega...

And then folks representing the other side. rocker ted nugent who was investigated by the secret service after telling the convention if barack obama is reelected, i will be dead or in jail. he will be at the state of the union as a guest of congressman steve stockman. he has been a leading voice in favor of immigration reform. the south carolina husband and father of two children who are u.s. citizens and fighting deportation. speaker boehners guest include an ex-bat boy and the school choice p...