San Francisco Mayor Says School Board ‘Neglected Primary Responsibility’ to Children

San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks during the California Democratic Convention in San Francisco, Calif., June 1, 2019. (Stephen Lam/Reuters) Responding to the recall of three progressive members from her city’s school board, San Francisco mayor London Breed said the

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Chamath Palihapitiya, who took Virgin Galactic public, steps down from space company’s board

Virgin Galactic leaders in front of the New York Stock Exchange, from left: CEO George Whitesides, founder Richard Branson and Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic announced Friday that Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya is stepping down from the space tourism

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Ossoff and Cruz push bill to extend term of the board tasked with investigating unsolved Civil Rights-era murders | CNN Politics

CNN—   Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas on Thursday introduced a bill that aims to give an independent agency more time to investigate unsolved racially motivated murders from the Civil Rights era.

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Minneapolis school bus driver shot in head while young children were on board: police

A Minneapolis school bus driver was shot in the head Wednesday afternoon while transporting three young children, according to police.  Minneapolis police responded to a report of a school bus driver shot in the area of 37th and Girard Ave N. around 2:16 p.m. 

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San Francisco Board Approves Mayor’s Plan to Crack Down on Homeless Camps in Tenderloin District

San Fransisco Mayor London Breed speaks about drug use in the Tenderloin district, December 18, 2021. (NBC Bay Area/via YouTube) The San Francisco board of supervisors voted 8-2 early Friday morning to codify Mayor London Breed’s state of emergency declaration,

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Mississippi, Illinois Part Ways with National School Board Association over Letter to White House

An anti-critical race theory sign is held at a Loudon County School board meeting in Ashburn, Va., June 22, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) Continuing the wave of withdrawals, Mississippi and Illinois are the latest state school board groups to cancel their

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Kentucky, Wisconsin, Alabama State School Board Groups Disassociate from National Organization after DOJ Memo

(eakrin rasadonyindee/Getty Images) Three more state school-board chapters, including those of Kentucky, Alabama, and Wisconsin, have ended their relationship with the National School Board Association over its letter to the Biden administration requesting federal intervention to penalize parents who protest

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