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- Macon Telegraph
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- BuzzFeed
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- The Conversation
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Texas couple charged with dealing fentanyl-laced pills to middle, high school students, 3 of whom died
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Republicans took away Kansas teachers' due process in 2014. Olive branch may return it.
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- The Daily Beast
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Tennessee House speaker mulls rejecting US education money
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School Board members speak out on brutal bus beating
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Letters to the Editor: Ron DeSantis is wrecking a college to score political points. How shameful
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