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Governor signs bills to help enforce immigration laws

PHOENIX Gov. Janet Napolitano on Monday signed into law proposals that are intended to help carry out two voter-approved laws that seek to confront some of Arizona’s immigration woes.

July 3, 2007

STEM

Supreme Court ruling creates questions for Topeka’s schools

TOPEKA Kan. A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision could force the public school system here to modify the policies it has used for a decade to keep individual schools racially balanced, attorneys say.

July 2, 2007

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Ohio Justices Attend Science Training Seminar at University

COLUMBUS Ohio Judges trying to keep up with scientific advancements say they face difficult decisions in determining what kinds of evidence to allow into courtrooms. As gatekeepers over what testimony is heard by a jury, judges must decide which experts are relevant and which are truly experts.

July 1, 2007

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Race and the Roberts Court

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last Thursday to limit the use of race in public school integration programs will not halt integration entirely, but does create setbacks for communities aiming to promote diversity in public schools, says Charles J. Ogletree Jr., a Harvard law school professor.

July 1, 2007

Health

HBCUs, Black Voters Figure Prominently In 2008 Presidential Race

There’s consensus among political experts that the location, moderator and audience at last week’s Democratic presidential debate, held at Howard University, forced candidates to discuss solutions to issues concerning Blacks and other minority voters. A second forum for candidates seeking the Republican presidential nomination will be broadcast by PBS in September from another historically Black campus, Morgan State University in Baltimore.

July 1, 2007

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Seattle schools facing $1 M attempt to recover legal costs

SEATTLE A day after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Seattle Public Schools cannot use race as a tiebreaker for school assignments, the attorney who represented the parents who sued the district said he will try to recover his legal costs.

June 29, 2007

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US schools expected to re-examine racial integration programs following court ruling

WASHINGTON School officials around the United States are considering how to proceed after a Supreme Court decision rejecting racial integration plans in two cities.

June 29, 2007

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Massachusetts Schools May Feel Impact of Supreme Court Ruling

BOSTON The Supreme Court ruling Thursday that prohibits schools from considering race when assigning students, except in limited cases, could revive a failed challenge to the city of Lynn’s controversial desegregation plan and imperil similar policies around the state.

June 29, 2007

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Supreme Court Ruling Denounced by Democratic Presidential Candidates

WASHINGTON A historically diverse field of Democratic presidential candidates a woman, a black, an Hispanic and five whites denounced an hours-old Supreme Court affirmative action ruling Thursday night and said the nation’s slow march to racial unity is far from over.

June 29, 2007

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$3 Million Pledge to LeMoyne Owen by City of Memphis OKed by Judge

MEMPHIS Tenn. A Memphis judge is allowing the city council to pay the first installment of a $3 million pledge to struggling Lemoyne-Owen College, after hearing arguments from a citizen against the gift.

June 29, 2007

Students

Parents Nervous as Supreme Court Ruling Puts School Districts and Plaintiffs at Odds About Future School Assignments

LOUISVILLE Ky. For Jessica Vautard, attending classes with students from a variety of backgrounds is a treat that can’t be duplicated.

June 29, 2007

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Highlights of significant Supreme Court cases on race and schools

Significant decisions by the Supreme Court on the racial makeup of schools:

June 28, 2007