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Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, a free speech group that has filed a lawsuit against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and others for the state’s TikTok ban on official government devices, which includes public universities, alleging the ban is unconstitutional and impedes academic freedom. (Associated Press — July 13, 2023)
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North Carolina state Sen. Mike Woodard, regarding his filing on Wednesday, July 12, to become a candidate for mayor of Durham. At least three candidates have formally joined the mayoral race since filing opened last week. (Associated Press — July 12, 2023)
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Karyn Lewis, director of the Center for School and Student Progress at NWEA, regarding the findings of a new study that highlights how students across the U.S. are falling behind academically even further last year despite extensive efforts to catch students up to pre-pandemic levels. The report found that students are making gains at rates below pre-pandemic levels, which is further widening achievement gaps. The average student will need the equivalent of 4.1 additional months of schooling to catch up their reading levels and 4.5 months for math; the gap is even greater for Black and Hispanic students. (Associated Press — July 10, 2023)
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The license plate of a Nevada vehicle that was recalled by the state Department of Motor Vehicles after receiving a complaint about the plate that aims to “drive away” Californians from the state. A section of the Nevada Administrative Code used in the recall prohibits defamatory references to a person or group and DMV spokesperson Eli Rohl explained that “in this case, the defamed group is Californians.” (Associated Press — July 8, 2023)
