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Colorado recently enacted legislation granting free access to state parks for members of two of our sister signatory Tribes, while excluding the Ute Indian Tribe — descendants of bands that occupied what is today the state of Colorado from time immemorial.—
Shaun Chapoose,
Denver Post,
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The district has seen a long-term decline in PreK-12 enrollment, excluding charter schools, and projections indicate a further drop by 2030-2031.—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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Trump said that, if elected, Letlow would assist his administration with energy development, lowering taxes and eliminating regulations.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
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Raman has pledged her support for expanding the state’s $750-million tax incentive program, streamlining permitting and lowering fees and eliminating those for small productions.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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Public libraries in 2025 navigated a year that saw the challenging, and banning of, thousands of books, stiffer budgetary limits and federal threats to funding.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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This gets back to the partisan gerrymandering issue, which Congress, of course, could pass a law tomorrow banning partisan gerrymandering.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 May 2026
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Social media rumors swirled that the league was blackballing her because of her activism.—
Rebecca Tauber,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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Last week, Google made sweepstakes ineligible for advertising certification, effectively blackballing them.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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The hearing room broke into emotional cheers Tuesday evening when the Sacramento County Board of Education voted to overturn Twin Rivers Unified School District’s decision to revoke the charter for Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools, preventing the schools from being forcibly closed.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2026
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Trump has argued that a temporary spike in energy prices is a small price to pay for the security benefits of preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
20 May 2026
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According to the district attorney’s office, children ages 11 to 14 accounted for nearly 62% of e-motorcycle crashes statewide despite California law prohibiting riders under 16 from operating e-motorcycles.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
14 May 2026
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The Cannes Film Festival updated its dress code in 2025, prohibiting guests from showing nudity or wearing voluminous outfits on the red carpet.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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If Chiu succeeds in debarring Collective Impact, the nonprofit would have to end its summer and after-school programs and close the doors of its three-decade-old Ella Hill Hutch Community Center, its attorneys Lauren Kramer Sujeeth and Si Eun Amber Lee wrote.—
Michael Barba,
San Francisco Chronicle,
12 Aug. 2025
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While going on a spiel about the pitfalls of ostracizing family members for voting MAGA, the TV personality pivoted to his personal experience.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
21 Nov. 2025
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By focusing so much on the Jewish people and the Jewish state, these provocateurs have a much broader goal in mind than merely ostracizing America's small Jewish minority.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Blacklisting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklisting. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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