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• Congress renews annual temporary tax laws fight
• Oklahoma school shelter petition gets more time
• South Carolina college students decry next president's Confederate ties
• Matchmaker U: Colleges try to engage married alums
• First census of Mexico's schools finds problems

Congress renews annual temporary tax laws fight Posted: 01 Apr 2014 02:22 PM PDT The annual battle in the U.S. Congress over renewing scores of temporary tax breaks, including the corporate research tax credit and individual deductions for teachers' supplies and college tuition costs, got under way on Tuesday. In the Senate, the new chairman of the tax-writing Finance Committee unveiled legislation that would modestly trim the list of about 55 laws known as the "tax extenders" because they expire every year or two and need to be regularly extended. Oregon Democratic Senator Ron Wyden, who recently took over the committee, scheduled a review-and-amendment session for Thursday on the bipartisan bill that he is offering along with Utah's Orrin Hatch, the committee's top Republican member. "This pared-back bill demonstrates to the American people that Congress can and will make the tough decisions needed to help clean up our broken tax code," Hatch said in a statement.

Oklahoma school shelter petition gets more time Posted: 01 Apr 2014 02:17 PM PDT Supporters of placing storm shelters in Oklahoma's public schools will get more time to gather signatures on a ballot initiative but the wording of the measure can make clear the cost, the state Supreme ...

South Carolina college students decry next president's Confederate ties Posted: 01 Apr 2014 12:42 PM PDT By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Students and faculty at a liberal arts college in South Carolina are protesting the selection of the state's lieutenant governor as their next president, citing his record as an avid defender of Confederate history. Students at the College of Charleston have held up signs reading "This is 2014, not 1814" during protests against their new president, known as a Civil War re-enactor and for his fight to keep the Confederate flag flying at the State House. The College of Charleston's faculty Senate is expected to issue a vote of no confidence Tuesday night in the school's board of trustees for choosing Lieutenant Governor Glenn McConnell to lead the small, public college.

Matchmaker U: Colleges try to engage married alums Posted: 01 Apr 2014 06:25 AM PDT While leading prospective students around Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, campus tour guides talk about the college's active Greek scene, high graduation rates and athletic successes.

First census of Mexico's schools finds problems Posted: 31 Mar 2014 10:04 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say the first census of the country's education system found at least a third of public schools have infrastructure problems and there are thousands of school workers who can't be identified.

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