Tag: Raising

Public School Fires Substitute Teacher for Raising Concerns Over Book Depicting Same-Sex Couples

SameSex, Substitute, Depicting, Over, Couples, Public, school, Book, Fires, concerns, Raising, teacher0 comment

Lindsey Barr was fired from her substitute teaching job after expressing concern over the content of a book in the school library.   Barr is a mother of three boys. All her children attend public school in Bryan County, Georgia, about 30 miles southwest of Savannah, where she also works as a substitute teacher.   In August, Barr learned that McAllister Elementary School, where her first- and third-grade sons attend and where she sometimes works, planned to have the book “All Are Welcome” read during a “read aloud” story time in the…

Read More...

Was the US Congress Originally Paid Per Diem to Prevent Them from Raising Their Salaries? – Snopes.com

Diem, Salaries, Congress, from, Their, them, paid, Raising, prevent, snopes.com, Originally0 comment

Was the US Congress Originally Paid Per Diem to Prevent Them from Raising Their Salaries?  Snopes.com Members of the U.S. Congress were initially paid on a per diem basis to preclude them from raising their own salaries. Rating. False. About this rating. Do you … “us congress” – Google News

Read More...

Republican lawmakers come to Moscow, raising hopes there of US-Russia thaw – Washington Post

Moscow, Republican, Post, There, Washington, Lawmakers, Hopes, come, thaw, USRussia, Raising0 comment

Washington Post Republican lawmakers come to Moscow, raising hopes there of US-Russia thawWashington PostMOSCOW — Republican members of Congress sounded a newly conciliatory tone in meetings with Russian lawmakers and officials here on Tuesday in a rare visit to Moscow and a preview of the looming summit between President Trump and Russian …Republicans meet with Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow ahead of Trump-Putin summitCNBC Senate Republicans Meet Lavrov in Moscow Ahead of Trump-Putin SummitRoll CallRepublicans meet with Russian foreign minister in MoscowUPI.comall 287 news articles » us republicans – Google…

Read More...