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• Washington tragedy highlights firefighters' youth, passion
• Clinton pledges to expand public-service program, tuition assistance
• Malloy's chief of staff to temporarily oversee Regents board

Washington tragedy highlights firefighters' youth, passion Posted: 21 Aug 2015 05:09 PM PDT TWISP, Wash. (AP) — One was a college student for whom fighting fires was a summer job. Another had graduated and wanted to make firefighting his career. The third was already a professional firefighter who had gone back to school to earn his master's degree.

Clinton pledges to expand public-service program, tuition assistance Posted: 21 Aug 2015 12:29 PM PDT By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton would more than triple enrollment in the public-service program AmeriCorps to 250,000 and offer participants increased college aid as part of her plan to make higher education more affordable, her campaign said Thursday. AmeriCorps participants who complete two-year assignments at nonprofit entities, community organizations or public agencies, followed by an additional year of public service, would receive $23,000 in tuition assistance, double the current maximum of $11,550. "Young people willing to commit to public service deserve to live free from the crushing burden of student debt," Clinton said in a statement.

Malloy's chief of staff to temporarily oversee Regents board Posted: 21 Aug 2015 11:28 AM PDT Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's outgoing chief of staff was appointed Friday to head Connecticut's Board of Regents for Higher Education, promising he'll listen to the concerns of college presidents, ...

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