(The Center Square) â After states shut down schools and forced families into virtual learning, parents and families found new ways to provide K-12 education to their children. While doing so, support for school choice options soared, a new poll from
Among those surveyed, 71% said they support school choice, which is defined as giving parents the option to use the tax dollars designated for their child s education to send their child to the public or private school that best serves their needs. Across all racial and ethnic demographics, an overwhelming majority expressed support for school choice: Blacks (66%), Hispanic (68%), and Asian (66 percent).
Taylor Hall as part of a blockbuster trade made hours before Monday s trade deadline.
TSN reports the Buffalo Sabres will receive
Anders Bjork and a 2021 second-round pick in exchange for Hall.
Hall waived his no-movement clause to allow the trade, which is still pending a trade call.
Hall, who was named league MVP in 2018, has now been traded twice in two years and will join his fifth team since being selected No. 1 overall by the Edmonton Oilers in 2010.
The left winger was traded by the New Jersey Devils to the Arizona Coyotes during the 2019-20 season and signed a one-year, $8 million contract with the Sabres this past offseason.
The Ever Given episode proves that ever-larger container ships transiting strategic chokepoints pose a challenge for modern tugs and salvage ships to quickly clear.
Montpelier City Council held its regular meeting on April 7. Ted Slivinski and Quinn Pope were not present. The Mayor stated that Leland Keateâs Machine Shopâs agenda item was canceled as he has found a building for his business.
The Council completed the regular meeting business.
The Mayor stated that the Budget Public Hearing date needs to be set. It is usually the second meeting in August. The motion was made and approved to set August 18 as the date for the Public Hearing.
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The Council then heard from Wayne Davidson. The City needs to adopt the current Idaho Building code. There have been some changes to the code, but not many. Davidson reviewed the changes with the Council. The Council then read Ordinance 668. The Council will need to read this two more times as the reading was not waived in the Ordinance. It will be denied or passed at the first May Council meeting.