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Help Us Report on Teacher Misconduct in California %

1+ hour, 14+ min ago  (309+ words) KQED has teamed up with Pro Publica to report on how California handles cases of alleged teacher misconduct." The state's Commission on Teacher Credentialing releases few details about cases, leaving the public largely in the dark. From our interviews with…...

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Arizona Judges Launch Effort Seeking Quicker Resolutions to Death Penalty Cases

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (671+ words) What happened: Judge Jennifer Green, who oversees the Maricopa Superior Court's criminal department, has quietly rolled out a program to facilitate quicker resolutions to death penalty cases in Arizona's most-populous county. The court has begun issuing orders for the prosecution…...

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Lawmaker Calls for Stronger Mandatory Reporting Rules Following Our Investigation Into Church Abuse Case %

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (602+ words) A Minnesota senator wants to strengthen state laws meant to hold adults entrusted with children's safety accountable for failing to report suspected child abuse, after an investigation by the Minnesota Star Tribune and Pro Publica found that the leadership of…...

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Arizona's Largest County Frequently Pursues the Death Penalty. It Rarely Secures That Sentence. %

11+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1733+ words) Watch ABC15 Arizona's series "Seeking Death," based on our joint investigation into Maricopa County's handling of death penalty cases. In 2010, Vikki Valencia's 24-year-old brother, Triny Rey Lozano, died in an almost unimaginably brutal way. He was shot in the head multiple…...

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OP-ED: America Urgently Needs a New Affordable Housing Agenda %

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (375+ words) By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association President Donald Trump's housing policy is shaping up to be both an economic and humanitarian disaster, and if leaders across the political spectrum don't act soon, the damage…...