An NC Senate committee on May 13 unanimously advanced a bill that which would create the state’s first systematic K-8 math intervention program, modeled on Read to Achieve.
The DOJ moved to ease the federal consent decree against the Baltimore Police Department stemming from the in-custody death of Freddie Gray.
A new bill could shift power in Baltimore by allowing the city to regain control over its police department after 160 years of the state calling the shots.
Officials in Baltimore must decide whether they will punish cops who used excessive force in an arrest.