Illinois announces support for EPA’s clean power plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois has joined 17 states supporting new domestic power plant limits being challenged in federal court by more than two dozen other states. The motion to intervene was filed Wednesday in a federal appellate court in Washington by state Attorney General Lisa Madigan. California, New York and Virginia are among the…
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Study: Most states link student learning to teacher reviews
A majority of states adopted performance-based teacher evaluations as part of the Obama administration's Race to the Top initiative
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Trump, O’Malley file for New Hampshire primary ballot
The date of the 2016 New Hampshire primary hasn't been formally set, but is expected to be February 9
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New doctors’ suicidal thoughts eased with online therapy
Suicidal thoughts were much less common in new doctors who had four half-hour online sessions prior to their first year of post-graduate training
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Commander defends probe of Illinois cop’s death
ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. (AP) - Authorities are defending the time it took to conclude that an Illinois police officer killed himself and was not killed by others. Lake County Major Crimes Task Force Commander George Filenko told reporters Wednesday that police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz elaborately staged a crime scene, scattering his pepper spray,…
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