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“The question actually is: If you didn’t go to kindergarten, what did you do instead?”

Dec. 19, 2023

Steve Barnett, co-director for the National Institute for Early Education Research and a professor at Rutgers University, regarding the importance of kindergarten for children. In California, kindergarten enrollment dropped 10.1 percent between the 2019-20 and 2021-22 school years. (Associated Press — Dec. 19, 2023)

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“It’s going to be a good Christmas and New Year here in Georgia.”

Gov. Brian Kemp, regarding the state’s announcement that state, university and public school employees will receive a $1,000 year-end bonus amid the state’s record-breaking budget surplus.(Associated Press — Dec. 18, 2023)

Dec. 18, 2023
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“The Christmas tree industry, like most industries, goes through oversupply and undersupply, just like the housing market, or any market.”

Jill Sidebottom, a spokesperson for the National Christmas Tree Association, regarding the national tightening of the Christmas tree market. The decadelong growing period means that long-ago events, such as the recession in 2007-2009, can still affect the industry today. A survey also found that 20 percent of Americans plan to buy a real tree for the first time this year. (VTDigger — Dec. 12, 2023)

Dec. 15, 2023
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"Alabama seems to be addicted to cheap labor.”

Robert Earl Council, a prisoner at the Limestone Correctional Facility in Harvest, Ala., and one of the founders of the Free Alabama Movement. A lawsuit has been filed against the state, claiming that its prison practices amount to a “modern-day form of slavery.” The prisoners who brought the case are joined by three labor unions and a nonprofit that monitors prison conditions in the state. (NPR — Dec. 14, 2023)

Dec. 14, 2023
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“What’s normally a morning commute time of a 40- to 45-minute drive was 4 1/2 hours.”

John Marion, executive director of Common Cause Rhode Island, regarding a critical structural failure in the Washington Bridge that resulted in a closure of Interstate 195 from Providence to East Providence. The roadway normally carries close to 100,000 vehicles a day, but repair could take months. (Associated Press — Dec. 13, 2023)

Dec. 13, 2023