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Union leaders and public-sector workers say bills advancing in the Florida Legislature, if passed, will strip them of their representation and could also do the same for academic freedom. Speaking in committee last week, Florida State University associate professor of religion Joseph Hellweg said he used to recruit for his union - United Faculty of Florida - and heard a variety of reason why some of his colleagues chose not to pay their dues. He said he disagrees with the proposal that would require 60% instead of 50% of workers eligible for union representation be dues-paying members in o...

A group formed to oppose COVID-19 mask mandates is expanding its agenda to influence school board elections, and a national watchdog group believes another goal is defunding public education. The group "Moms for Liberty" launched in Florida in 2021 with a mission to "unify, educate and empower parents." With eight chapters in Texas, the organization also opposes LGBTQ-positive policies in schools and related materials in school libraries. Lisa Graves, executive director of True North Research, believes the group, which does not disclose its funding, is mak...

By Nick Fouriezos for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for West Virginia News Service Service for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder Collaboration A black-and-white film plays beside Mountaineer sports pennants at “The New Place,” the area’s last remaining bar, now two decades old. It’s 8 p.m. on a weekday, and it’s just me and two other souls. ...

For this episode, the Us & Them team and USC's Civic Imagination Project head to the economically challenged Upper Kanawha Valley to hear people from diverse backgrounds consider what their future could look like.

FAYETTEVILLE — Republican challenger Travis W. Prince unseated incumbent Fayette County Circuit Clerk Debbie Blake Hendrick (Democrat) in Tuesday’s general election.