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Mitch Smith

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Uganda New York Times world
28 Oct 2019
CHICAGO — Sen. Elizabeth Warren waded into the crowd outside a Chicago elementary school on Tuesday morning, offering hugs and handshakes and words of support for more than 20,000 teachers whose strike had canceled classes for four days in the country’s third-largest school district.
National Democrats Signal Support as Chicago Teachers' Strike Stretches On
Uganda New York Times world
28 Oct 2019
CHICAGO — Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, one of the leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination, joined picketing teachers in Chicago on Tuesday, as classes in the city school system, the country’s third-largest, were canceled for a fourth day.
Elizabeth Warren Joins Chicago Teachers as Strike Continues
Uganda New York Times world
7 Oct 2019
PRIMGHAR, Iowa — In measured but increasingly impatient tones, Midwestern farmers and politicians delivered a message to President Donald Trump: Fix the policies hurting corn prices and prompting ethanol plants to close, or risk alienating one of the most loyal parts of your political base.
A Trump Policy Shift Gives Farmers in Key 2020 States 'Exactly What We Wanted'
Uganda New York Times world
31 Jul 2019
MACKINAW CITY, Mich. — Lou Anna K. Simon, the former Michigan State University president charged with lying about her knowledge of Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse, will be paid more than $2.4 million as part of a retirement deal announced Tuesday evening by the university.
Uganda New York Times world
20 Jul 2019
CHICAGO — On an autumn night in 2014, a black teenager named Laquan McDonald was shot dead by a Chicago police officer. Nearly five years later, on Thursday, a city oversight board voted to fire four other officers accused of covering up the circumstances of Laquan’s death.
Four Chicago Police Officers Fired for Cover-Up of Laquan McDonald Shooting
Uganda New York Times world
19 Jul 2019
CHICAGO — On an autumn night in 2014, a black teenager named Laquan McDonald was shot dead by a Chicago police officer. Nearly five years later, on Thursday, a city oversight board voted to fire four other officers accused of covering up the circumstances of Laquan’s death.
Uganda New York Times world
19 Jul 2019
CHICAGO — On an autumn night in 2014, a black teenager named Laquan McDonald was shot dead by a Chicago police officer. Nearly five years later, on Thursday, a city oversight board voted to fire four other officers accused of covering up the circumstances of Laquan’s death.
Four Chicago Police Officers Fired for Cover-Up of Laquan McDonald Shooting
Uganda New York Times world
22 Jun 2019
When Republican lawmakers rushed through laws to limit the power of Democrats who had been elected to some of Wisconsin’s highest posts late last year, thousands of angry residents held demonstrations. Democratic leaders objected, calling the move a blatant power grab. And lawsuits were filed.
Last-minute laws took democrats' power and court says that's fine
Uganda New York Times world
16 Jun 2019
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — In Benton Harbor, a small city beside Lake Michigan, the high school binds generations and strangers. This is a place where basketball games are a highlight of the social calendar, where signs celebrating state championships are placed at the edge of city limits, where residents say what year they graduated when they introduce themselves.
The End for a Michigan City's High School? 'It Would Kill the Whole Community'
Uganda New York Times world
14 Jun 2019
Fifteen state and local officials, including emergency managers who ran the city and a member of the governor’s Cabinet, had been accused by state prosecutors of crimes as serious as involuntary manslaughter.
All Charges Are Dropped in Flint Pollution Inquiry
Uganda New York Times world
7 May 2019
GRAFTON, Ill. — The Mississippi River annexed Jerry and Sue Eller’s backyard, invaded their basement and converted Main Street, where they live, into a boat ramp. Once again, Grafton was flooded — an event that has become more routine than surprise, more nuisance than calamity.
Midwestern Floods Pit Communities Against One Another as Levees Rise Ever Higher
Uganda New York Times world
1 May 2019
For nearly two years, Minneapolis waited for answers about the fatal police shooting of Justine Ruszczyk, an unarmed woman who had called 911 seeking help. There was no video of the shooting. There was no audio. And the officer involved, Mohamed Noor, would not answer investigators’ questions.