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Students at the University of Florida could miss out on the annual college fun known as spring break next March due to the coronavirus pandemic – but the news may not be all that bad. NBC affiliate WFLA-TV reports the school’s faculty senate voted by a nearly 80 percent majority to cancel the one week …

But a month after bipartisan talks collapsed on Capitol Hill, McConnell is aiming to pressure House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) by unveiling legislation that funds some key priorities including small businesses, enhanced unemployment insurance, child care, the post office and schools. “Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer said …

“The particular legislation that passed in the general assembly was ultimately created and approved by the legislature to protect state property, to protect from vandalism, to protect the run of law, to prevent what we saw happening with the destruction of businesses and property and state property and that happened in our streets and everyone …

The bill is expected to pass largely along party lines, with Democrats supporting it. House GOP leaders are actively pushing their members to oppose the legislation, and it is not likely to be under consideration in the Republican-held Senate. On the eve of the vote, the White House threatened to veto the bill. Democratic leaders …

Though there were expectations over the weekend that the Big Ten and Pac-12 would cancel their respective fall 2020 college football seasons this week, the conferences said Monday they have yet to come to any decisions. Both conferences have separate meetings scheduled for Tuesday that are expected to include formal votes about how to move …

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAn unexpectedly lively election campaign has revived hope for change in Belarus The campaign manager for the leading opposition candidate in Belarus has been detained on the eve of the presidential election, her office said. A spokeswoman for candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said Maria Moroz was expected to …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Tonight, the Duval County School Board will meet to vote on the technology needed to successfully operate Duval Homeroom (distance learning), as well as their overall technology plan. They’re also going to vote on the purchase of an antimicrobial surface protectant and hiring people to help them assemble all of the desk …

by Carolyn Bick The Emerald has discovered that two more Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers have registered non-residential addresses as their voting addresses, thereby apparently breaking voting laws. The discovery follows on the heels of the Emerald’s first article about six other SPD officers, including Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) President Michael Solan, registering SPD …

OAKLAND — Saying that “Oakland must create a new system of public safety and justice based on real numbers that do not mislead the public,” Mayor Libby Schaaf cast the tie-breaking vote Tuesday night to defeat a budget plan to slash funding from the Oakland Police Department. The rejection of the alternate proposal by Council …

In record-breaking numbers, more than 900,000 voters across Chicago have already completed Vote By Mail applications to receive voting cards this week. As mailings begin Thursday, voters will receive voting cards through July 28. Another 500,000 individuals will receive voter cards and information on how to apply, according to the Chicago Board of Elections. A …