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• Los Angeles teachers say deadlocked in labor talks, strike possible
• Hospitals, colleges push back against proposed nonprofit tax
• AP History survives funding cut in Oklahoma. Here's why
• Record-breaking cold in U.S. Midwest heads to frigid East Coast
• UC President Napolitano postpones proposed tuition increase

Los Angeles teachers say deadlocked in labor talks, strike possible Posted: 19 Feb 2015 01:45 PM PST Teachers in the massive Los Angeles public school system said they were deadlocked in negotiations with district administrators, a move that will trigger the intervention of mediators and could ultimately lead to a strike. Teachers in the district last went on strike in 1989.

Hospitals, colleges push back against proposed nonprofit tax Posted: 19 Feb 2015 01:17 PM PST Officials representing hospitals, private colleges and other nonprofit organizations told lawmakers on Thursday that a proposal that would require them to pay property taxes to municipalities would devastate ...

AP History survives funding cut in Oklahoma. Here's why Posted: 19 Feb 2015 01:15 PM PST We're going to clear it up so folks will know exactly what we're trying to accomplish, and it's not to hurt AP," Oklahoma Rep. Dan Fisher (R) told The Oklahoman Wednesday. Representative Fisher and other supporters objected to the recently revised framework for AP US history by the College Board, which administers related exams so high school students can earn college credit. "The redesign … trades an emphasis on America's founding principles of constitutional government in favor of robust analysis of gender, racial oppression, class, ethnicity, and the lives of marginalized people," Fisher said during the committee meeting. "The emphasis is on America as a nation of oppressors and exploiters.

Record-breaking cold in U.S. Midwest heads to frigid East Coast Posted: 19 Feb 2015 09:05 AM PST By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Bone-chilling cold in the U.S. Midwest shattered records in Chicago on Thursday, closing schools and starting its trudge eastward to an already frozen Boston and New York. Arctic air was expected to keep its grip on the nation's midsection on Friday morning, a day after the minus 8 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 22 Celsius) measured in Chicago broke the low temperature record of minus 7 degrees for the day set in 1936, said National Weather Service meteorologist Bob Oravec. The wind chill made temperatures in Chicago feel like minus 25, he said. Chicago public schools, serving 396,000 students in the third largest U.S. school district, canceled classes on Thursday and many commuters there were bundled so heavily that only their eyes could be seen.

UC President Napolitano postpones proposed tuition increase Posted: 18 Feb 2015 06:26 PM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — University of California President Janet Napolitano announced Wednesday she is postponing a proposed tuition increase as a good-faith gesture stemming from her ongoing negotiations with Gov. Jerry Brown to resolve their standoff over higher education funding.

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