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District Says Fresno Teachers Contract Proposal Would Bankrupt Budget Reserves by Year 3

District Says Fresno Teachers Contract Proposal Would Bankrupt Budget Reserves by Year 3

Fresno Unified School District slammed the teachers union on Monday over its contract demand for higher pay and smaller classes that the dis...

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District to Fresno Teachers: Read Our Proposal Before Taking Strike Vote

After days of intense negotiations that included hours of talks Friday morning, Fresno Unified School District and the Fresno Teachers Assoc...

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Is a Contract Close? Teachers Say They’re Getting ‘Strike-Ready.’ FUSD Plans Update on Talks.

Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson and other district leaders have scheduled a news conference for Friday morning to provide an update...

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FUSD Offers 14% Pay Raise Plus Bonuses to Teachers. Union Says No Thanks, if It Means Healthcare Gets Cut

A state-appointed mediator in the Fresno Unified teacher contract talks supported the district’s proposal of a 14% pay raise and signi...

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ACT Test Scores for US Students Drop to New 30-Year Low

High school students’ scores on the ACT college admissions test have dropped to their lowest in more than three decades, showing a lac...

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Growing Number of Guns Confiscated in US Schools Reflects Nationwide Increase in Violence

The number of firearms confiscated in U.S. schools is escalating, reflecting a society grappling with a surge in gun violence since the onse...

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‘Don’t Let Clovis Unified Become Like City of Fresno,’ Trustee Says About Election Plan

Clovis Unified trustees learned Wednesday how the district’s current trustee area map compares to a nonprofit’s submitted map kn...

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Biden to Erase $9 Billion More in Student Debt for 125,000 Borrowers

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced another wave of federal student loan forgiveness on Wednesday as borrowers brace for payments to ...

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Fresno Subs Guaranteed $500/Day if Teachers Go on Strike

If Fresno Unified teachers go on strike, substitutes will get paid $500 daily, the district said Tuesday in a news release. An emergency res...

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Poll: Conservatives Can’t Speak as Freely on College Campuses as Liberals

WASHINGTON — Americans view college campuses as far friendlier to liberals than to conservatives when it comes to free speech, with adults a...

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Humanitarian Aid Is Stuck at Gaza-Egypt Border as Israeli Siege Strains Hospitals

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Suzanne Somers, of ‘Three’s Company,’ Dies a Day Before 77th Birthday

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Hunter Biden Investigations Lead to Ethical Concerns About President Biden, an AP-NORC Poll Shows

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Pharmacy Chain With Locations Across Fresno Files for Bankruptcy

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California’s Widening Housing Gap Defies State Efforts to Jump-Start Construction

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Israeli Shelling on Lebanon Border Kills Reuters Journalist, Wounds 6

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The Geography of Conflict: Understanding the Israeli Communities Along the Gaza Border

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What’s Out in the Universe? NASA’s Amber Straughn Will Tell Us in Town Hall Opener

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Valley Agricultural Innovators Honored with the CALF 2023 Profiles in Leadership Award

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Obama to Israelis in 2013: Put Yourselves in Palestinians’ Shoes

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Death Row Inmate Who Murdered Merced Police Officer Back in Court, Says His ‘Rights Violated’

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Republicans Pick Jim Jordan as Nominee for House Speaker, Putting Job Within the Trump Ally’s Reach

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