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Alabama © Ruth White/Shopper News Kiva Dunes in Gulf Shores, Ala., in July 2020.
Montgomery: Tourist spending in the state dropped 20% last year at the height of pandemic lockdowns and business closings, but Alabama fared better than most during the coronavirus crisis, state tourism officials said. A statement from the Alabama Tourism Department said a travel consulting firm found a nationwide decline of 42% in travel expenditures, but the state’s decrease wasn’t as bad because spending was robust in Baldwin County, where the beach towns of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are located. State beaches, historically Alabama’s top tourist draw, were shut down early in the pandemic but reopened as the summer travel season was beginning. “Baldwin County’s success is all the more remarkable when you factor in that the beaches were closed for six we
North Dakota vetoed trans sport ban, passes anti-LGBT free speech law
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Old Haliburton Complex to Become Southwest CTE Academy
Several schools in southwest North Dakota are working with lawmakers, industry representatives and communities to turn a former Halliburton complex into a multi-million dollar training ground for technical careers.
April 22, 2021 • (TNS) A joint effort between Dickinson Public Schools, other area schools, legislators, industry representatives and community members have transformed the former Halliburton complex into the Southwest Career and Technical Education Academy. Currently, officials are awaiting nonprofit status approval from the state and federal government to launch its mission.
Since March of 2020, DPS, Dickinson State University, Trinity Catholic Schools, the Roughrider Area Career and Technical Center have teamed up to create a task force of 22 members to jumpstart the project. The task force has held 19 meetings and numerous subcommittee meetings that developed tentative
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum signs campus free speech bill into law
The law prohibits activity fee funding discrimination based on a student organization’s viewpoint and allows speakers on campus regardless of their views. Additionally, it eliminates free speech zones on college campuses, though no campuses in the North Dakota University System have free speech zones. 4:03 pm, Apr. 21, 2021 ×
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum
With his signature on House Bill 1503, Gov. Doug Burgum has added campus free speech protections into North Dakota law.
The law prohibits activity fee funding discrimination based on a student organization’s viewpoint and allows speakers on campus regardless of their views. Additionally, it eliminates free speech zones on college campuses, though no campuses in the North Dakota University System have such zones.
North Dakota universities don’t plan on requiring COVID-19 vaccine
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BISMARCK Universities in North Dakota have required students to get certain vaccines, but the COVID-19 vaccine will not be one of them.
Across the nation universities are facing similar dilemmas, with responses ranging from requiring students to receive the vaccine to making it a recommendation.
Jerry Rostad, vice chancellor for the North Dakota University System, said they are doing everything they can to encourage students and staff to get vaccinated.
“When you look at what the Centers for Disease Control and our public health officials are saying, vaccinations are important in developing herd immunity in the fight against COVID-19,” he said.
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