Published on June 11, 2013. Tags: Ashley Lopez, Immigration, Immigration reform, Marco Rubio, President Obama
Ashley Lopez: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, one of the members of the bipartisan group working to pass immigration reform in the U.S. Senate, is changing his tune as the bill faces its last few hurdles in the Senate.
Published in Blog, Government, Immigration, Politics
Published on January 31, 2013. Tags: Ashley Lopez, Immigration, Marco Rubio, President Obama
Ashley Lopez: President Barack Obama announced yesterday that he will release and pursue his own immigration reform plans if Congress doesn’t act quickly on its own.
Published in Blog, Government, Immigration, Politics
Published on January 17, 2013. Tags: "Stand Your Ground", Ashley Lopez, Florida Gun Laws, Gun Control, President Obama, Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin
Ashley Lopez: Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, held a press conference in Tallahassee Wednesday to ask lawmakers to repeal the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law, which she believes shielded the man who killed her young son last year.
Published in Blog, Government, Justice, Politics
Published on January 10, 2013. Tags: Ashley Lopez, Immigration, Migration Policy Institute, President Obama, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Ashley Lopez: According to a new report, the federal government currently spends more money enforcing immigration than on enforcing all other major federal laws put together.
Published in Blog, Government, Immigration, Open Records, Politics
Published on November 9, 2012. Tags: Ashley Lopez, Miami-Dade County, President Obama, The Miami Herald
Ashley Lopez: The presidential election may have been called hours after polls closed in Florida, but the Sunshine State’s results weren’t called until days later, thanks to a series of problems in South Florida.
Published in Blog, Government, Politics
Published on May 10, 2012. Tags: Barack Obama, Civil Unions, Domestic Partnership Registry, Gallup Poll, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Howard Goodman, LGBT, Orlando, Pew Research Center, President Obama, Public Policy Polling, Same-Sex Marriage, Tampa
Howard Goodman: Where does Florida stand on same-sex marriage? It wouldn’t win in a vote.
Published in Blog, Government
Published on April 20, 2012. Tags: Academy for Urban School Leadership, Alyson Klein, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Antoinette Konz, Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High, Baltimore, Barbara VanSweden, Boston, Brian Rosenthal, Bridgeport, Caitlin Scott, Calverton Middle School, Catalyst Chicago, Center Consolidated School District, Center on Education Policy, Chicago, City, Clark County, Colorado, Conn., Council of Chief State School Officers, Council of Great City Schools, D.C., Democrats, Department of Education: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, DePue High School, Detroit, Detroit Free Press, Ed News Colorado, Education Week, Everyone Graduates Center, Fitzgerald School District, Fla., Florida, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, Florida school districts, Friendship Preparatory Academy, Garrison Middle School, George Welsh, Global Partnership Schools, GothamSchools, Government Accountability Office, Grover Cleveland High School, Hancock High School, Harding High School, Idaho, Indiana, Indianapolis Star, Jasmine Dukes, Jason Snyder, Jennifer Brown, Jennifer Jordan, Jennifer Shea, Jim Larson, Johns Hopkins University, Keith Rheaul, Ky., Las Vegas Sun, Leslie Postal, Lionel Jackson Jr., Liz Bowie, Lori Higgins, Louisville, Manuel Rivera, Mark Coscarella, Maryland, Mass Insight Education, Mc Nelly Torres, Memorial Middle School, Michigan, Michigan Department of Education, N.Y., Nancy Mitchell, Nevada, New York City, No Child Left Behind Act, Orlando, Orlando Sentinel, Pam Glynn, Paul Takahashi, Peter Zamora, Philip Yaccick, Philissa Cramer, President Obama, Providence Journal, Pueblo, Queens Vocational High School, Rachel Cromidas, Republicans, Robert Balfanz, Rochester, Rudy Crew, Sarah Karp, School Improvement Grant (SIG), School Turnaround Group, Scott Elliott, Seattle Times, Teach for America, The Baltimore Sun, The Connecticut Mirror, The Courier-Journal, The Denver Post, The Hechinger Report, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, U.S. Senate Committee, Vicki Sacco, Washington, West Seattle Elementary School, Weston Preparatory Academy
Alyson Klein: After two years, questions remain about the federal program providing billions of dollars to help states and districts close or remake some of their worst-performing schools.
Published in Education, Government