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The national board of the League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to voting rights and democracy, disbanded the 70-year-old Park Ridge chapter recently despite the objections of the Park Ridge chapter’s interim officers. “The Board did not take this action lightly,” said a statement provided by the League’s Chief Communications Officer Sarah Courtney. “It did ...
New Mexico Seeks Pot Legalization Amid Discord On Oversight - By Morgan Lee Associated Press Several proposals to legalize cannabis are competing for support in the New Mexico state Senate with three weeks left to send a bill to the governor. There's widespread support among lawmakers for creating a taxed and regulated market for recreational sales. Efforts to legalize cannabis took center stage Saturday as a Senate panel grappled with how the state might effectively stamp out illicit pot, prevent child access and foster a competitive marketplace and job growth. The committee aims to pro...
Navajo Nation teachers doing homework with students through car windows, over phone during pandemic Poor internet access has made at-home schooling on the reservation difficult, but kids seem to be adapting. (Kate Groetzinger | KUER-FM via AP) In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, photo, art teacher Georgiana Simpson broadcasts art class videos from her Bluff, Utah, home studio to students who have Internet. Simpson usually teaches art at Whitehorse High School in Montezuma Creek, Utah, a small Navajo Nation community. By Kate Groetzinger | KUER-FM | Updated: 5:44 p.m. Bluff • Georgiana Simpson...
KUER Phoebe Johns is a student on the Navajo Nation in Utah. Her mother purchased iPads for her and her brother Aiden, a student at Whitehorse High School, so they can stream video classes. While many students in Utah are back in the classroom now, that’s not the case on the Navajo Nation. Teachers and parents there have had to find creative ways to help students with limited internet access learn at home because of the pandemic. Georgiana Simpson is an art teacher at Whitehorse High School in Montezuma Creek, Utah, a small community on the Navajo Nation. But since March, She’s been worki...