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Cowboys star G Zack Martin doubtful to play vs. CommandersOn Nov. 5, South Carolinians went to the ballot box and delivered a resounding mandate for traditional conservative policies. As a result, Republicans now hold super-majorities in both the South Carolina House of Representative and the state Senate for the first time in more than 150 years. It was a continuation of the mandate for conservative policies that we saw delivered when voters elected Ellen Weaver as superintendent of education in 2022. Yet some liberal lawmakers in Columbia refuse to accept this mandate. Instead of respecting the will of the people, they’re teaming up with media outlets to spin sensational stories and create distractions to prevent our progress. The recent partnership between Superintendent Weaver and PragerU is a perfect example. PragerU is a traditional conservative organization that provides free civics resources to teachers. Rather than perpetuating one-sided liberal historical narratives found in projects like the 1619 Project, PragerU offers a perspective that acknowledges both the triumphs and challenges of our nation throughout its history. In other words, it’s balanced — and liberals can’t abide that. One particular critic, Democratic Rep. Jermaine Johnson, has made it abundantly clear that he aspires to climb the political ladder, possibly even eyeing the position of superintendent of education. His frivolous attacks on Superintendent Weaver and PragerU reflect a desperate attempt to gain attention for himself rather than engage in any kind of constructive conversation about policy. Superintendent Weaver is leading vital initiatives for our state, particularly in improving teacher retention, a goal that deserves recognition and support. The innovative approaches she champions stand in stark contrast to the progressive narratives that have infiltrated our education system over the years through liberal activist groups. Radicals have spent decades and tens of millions of dollars working to gain influence on how children are educated in order to drive their future political agenda. And Republicans promoting conservative reforms is a threat to their position. They’re still upset that they lost the superintendent of education race in 2022, and they’ll do anything to undermine Superintendent Weaver until they can challenge for the office again in 2026. Their attitude is, sure Republicans won, but how dare they try to implement the ideas that they campaigned on. In other words, they’re like angry 2-year-olds stamping their feet when they don’t get their way. And that’s how they should be treated. Rep. Johnson and his allies are the people who supported policies that sought to keep schools closed and impose mask mandates on our children during COVID-19 — policies that South Carolinians rejected. And the liberal resentment is palpable. The ACLU’s ongoing opposition stems from Superintendent Weaver’s commitment to removing sexually explicit materials that have no place in our educational curriculum. Its resistance also extends to one of the hallmark achievements of our state: private school choice, which empowers parents and fosters brighter futures for our students. But equally troubling is the complicity of some in the mainstream media in amplifying these attacks. Instead of highlighting Superintendent Weaver’s achievements or the efforts of Gov. Henry McMaster and numerous Republican members of the General Assembly to raise teacher pay, improve literacy rates, enhance math performance, reduce distractions like cellphones in classrooms and prioritize school safety, many in the media choose to align themselves with the progressive minority. In the meantime, Republicans will remain focused on promoting positive changes in our educational system and standing firm against those who seek to undermine it for partisan gain. Together, we can ensure that our schools reflect the traditional values and aspirations of the people of South Carolina. Drew McKissick is the chairman of the S.C. Republican Party.Trump's Republican Party is increasingly winning union voters. It's a shift seen in his labor pickis jili games legit 。

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Is it just me, or does it feel like Minnesota is on the brink of possibly getting along in 2025? Nobody got everything they wanted during the November election but everybody got something. MAGA, which dominates greater Minnesota, is happy about Trump going back to the White House and the Republicans are about to share power in the Minnesota House. Democrats have a lock on both U.S. Senate seats, the governor’s mansion and the state senate. And the two parties equally share the congressional delegation. It feels like that elusive quality known as balance is hovering within reach. This is as great a time as any to identify and work on issues that we all have in common whether we live in Bloomington or Bemidji. Political campaigns are notorious for waving shiny objects to distract us from issues that actually affect us. Now that has all settled down, there are plenty of real issues that we need to talk about. Here are a few. We need more affordable housing everywhere. With the cost of today’s building materials and labor, private-market home builders are not going to produce this type of housing, so it looks like we have to rely on the nonprofit sector. The Habitat for Humanity chapter in Alexandria, which is building 42 single-family homes, works with home buyers who make as little as $20,450 a year. They can do it because they use volunteer labor, receive donations, and they’re not looking to make a profit. We need better dental care. There is widespread need across the state in rural and urban areas. People are missing work because of abcesses, infections and all the other lovely ways our teeth can go wrong, and the critical care dentists are swamped. Groceries cost too much. It was one of the things people cared about in the run-up to the election. Rising food prices aren’t surprising; people have been predicting this for decades. In 2008, historian Paul Conkin said the cost of energy, irrigation, fertilizer and chemicals will continue to drive up the cost of farming and food prices, as would the pace of global warming. Now that higher food prices are here, they’re painful, and voters will likely look to the incoming Trump administration for help. We have “forever chemicals” in our drinking water and chloride in our lakes and rivers, and we’re breathing plastic. Nationwide, at least 45% of tap water contains per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, or PFAS, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. One of these is called perchlorate, a chemical that boosts explosive power in things like airbags, fireworks and grenades, but when ingested, prevents us from absorbing iodide. That’s not a big deal for adults, but it can cause deafness or severe intellectual disability in fetuses and babies. The federal government has been dragging its feet on whether to regulate perchlorate for more than 20 years. When politicians talk angrily about “regulations,” often they’re talking about health and environmental regulations, which can be costly, and which someone has to pay for. Meanwhile, there’s a looming shortage of nursing home beds in Minnesota. In 2024, the oldest baby boomers turned 75, which means the demand for long-term care will skyrocket over the next 20 to 30 years, according to the Mankato-based Center for Rural Policy and Development. Nursing homes have already been closing across the state given staff shortages and as retirees prefer assisted living and other options. The need will be felt first in rural Minnesota, where the population is older, but it will hit the metro also. Our charter schools need an overhaul, no matter if they’re in rural or urban areas. Nine of the state’s 181 schools operating at the start of 2024 have closed, and Star Tribune reporting has uncovered troubling financial and academic failures. The secrecy surrounding many of these publicly-funded schools is anti-democratic, and the Minnesota Department of Education needs to insist on full disclosure of records. We don’t have enough workers, only 51 for every 100 open jobs, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. If the new Trump administration carries out mass deportations as intended, that will likely stretch our workforce even more. Whether or not you agree with this policy, we need to be ready for it if it happens. Young people often take their first job because they are noticeable; they see a help wanted sign or they follow a friend or family member into a field. Maybe we need to make jobs in critical industries more noticeable and training more readily available. Internet safety for children is a huge area that rural and urban, DFL and GOP can agree on. 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The father was considered a messiah of farmers and the sont was known for his sharp political acumen and wit despite not being well-educated. Chautala assumed the office of chief minister of Haryana five times but completed only one full term. His other tenures were short-lived. In 2008, he, his son Ajay and 53 others were found guilty of corruption in the recruitment of 3,206 primary school teachers in Haryana in 1999-2000. Both the father and son were given a ten-year jail sentence by a Delhi court in January 2013. But the Covid pandemic cut short his prison term when the Delhi government decided in 2021 to release prisoners to reduce the strength in jails. In May 2022, he was convicted by a CBI court in a disproportionate assets case and sentenced to four years in prison. He became the oldest prisoner in Tihar jail at the age of 87. Chautala served as CM for five terms, though barring one, the others lasted just a few weeks. One term lasted just five days. He became a CM for the first time in 1989 soon after his father Devi Lal moved to Delhi to become deputy PM in the Vishwanath Pratap Singh-led coalition government. He served a full term as CM when he assumed the post in 1999. He was elected MLA seven times. The recruitment scam was not the only controversy involving him though that was the first case in which he was ever convicted. Soon after becoming the CM in 1989, he was embroiled in a major controversy when by-elections to the Meham seat in Haryana in 1990 were countermanded twice. When the polls were held again, an Independent candidate Amir Singh was killed, a case in which he was indicted by the Justice KN Saikia Commission but did not get convicted. Later there was a feud in the Chautala family, leading to the breaking up of INLD. Chautala's grandson Dushyant formed the break-away Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) in December 2018. Son of Ajay Chautala, Dushyant became a Lok Sabha MP from Hisar in 2009 and then deputy chief minister in 2019 in the BJP-JJP government. During his political career, Chautala raised his voice against the "anti-people policies" of ruling governments and went to jail several times. He also spent 19 months in jail during the Emergency, the INLD said. 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President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at 100, is leaving an enduring legacy in one of the causes he spent decades working on and cherished most, according to those who volunteered with him. Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, had been "been champions and groundbreaking voices for affordable, decent housing for all" since 1984, according to Habitat for Humanity . The Carters donated their time and influence and worked with nearly 103,000 volunteers in 14 countries to build, renovate and repair 4,331 homes, the nonprofit stated. Rhode Island-based builder and designer Kenneth Young, 66, first began volunteering with Habitat for Humanity in the 1990s. After his first "Carter build" in 1995 in Watts, California, a neighborhood in southern Los Angeles, he "got the bug," he told ABC News. Since then, Young has carried out 20 builds, many alongside the 39th president of the United States -- including Carter's last build in Nashville in 2019, Young said. MORE: Biden lets it slip that Jimmy Carter wants him to deliver Carter's eulogy Young's favorite memory of Carter was during a build in Budapest, Hungary, in 1996, when the residents of a newly built home -- twin boy toddlers -- smacked him in the face with a balloon and Carter, a grandfather himself, "took in it stride" and with a smile. "It was classic," Young said. Don Shaw and Thomas Trumble -- lifelong friends who have been volunteering together for decades with the Habitat for Humanity chapter in Hartford, Connecticut, first worked with Carter in 2002 during a build in Durban, South Africa, they told ABC News. Much of the focus of the build was reconciliation from apartheid, and the project was part of Carter's aim to build 1,000 homes in Africa, Shaw said. Shaw and Trumble went on to join Carter on builds in Mexico, India, Thailand, Canada and twice in Haiti, they said. They were also with Carter during his last build in Nashville. The volunteers were often on a first-name basis with Carter, who made them feel like they were part of his "inner-circle," Shaw said. MORE: Jimmy Carter to receive hospice care following hospitalizations: Carter Center Although Carter's celebrity and political status often brought a media circus and extra funding, the former president also knew how to get his hands dirty, the volunteers said. On the job site, Carter was a natural leader, Young said. Carter's presence alone was enough inspire everyone to work hard and efficiently. The builds run by the Carters were "a logistical miracle," Shaw said, adding that it was often astonishing to see how many homes the group could build within a mere week. "President Carter, also being a Navy man, and having that military background., he wants it right. He wants it done properly. And he wants it on time," Young said. Shaw nicknamed Carter the "benevolent taskmaster," he said. "President Carter was all about getting the job done," Shaw said. "I can remember him going around the site saying, "No photos, no photos. We've got houses to build. Get back." MORE: A look back at Jimmy Carter's health journey and thoughts on aging After an eight-hour work day, the volunteers would come together under a huge camp and share a meal, Trumble said. One of Carter's favorite rituals was to walk into the completed homes to hand the new occupants the keys and a Bible, Young said. "He really cares about the people that we're building for," Young said. Carter will be sorely missed, the volunteers said. "God knows we're all going to miss President Carter when when he leaves us, but I'm hoping his legacy will continue quite a long way forward," Young said. Shaw said, "Being around the Carters was just magical."

Dallas Cowboys star guard Zack Martin is doubtful for Sunday's game against the Washington Commanders due to ankle and shoulder injuries. Martin didn't practice at all this week. He also physically struggled during Monday night's loss to the Houston Texas. Martin, who turned 34 on Wednesday, has started all 162 games played in 11 seasons with the Cowboys. He's a nine-time Pro Bowl selection and a seven-time first-team All-Pro. Tight end Jake Ferguson (concussion) and safety Markquese Bell (shoulder) have been ruled out. Neither player practiced this week after being hurt against the Texans. Cornerback DaRon Bland (foot) practiced in full this week and will make his season debut. He was injured in August. Star wideout CeeDee Lamb (back/foot) was a full practice participant on Friday and is good to go. Cornerback Trevon Diggs (groin/knee) and receiver Brandin Cooks (knee) are among six players listed as questionable. The others are offensive tackle Chuma Edoga (toe), guard Tyler Smith (ankle/knee), defensive end Marshawn Kneeland (knee) and linebacker Nick Vigil (foot). --Field Level MediaAP Signs 2 MoUs With Tony Blair Institute To Modernise Higher Education