“According to a recent survey, 72% of high school teachers in the country reported that cell phones are distracting students,” she said, referring to a recent Pew Research study.
Joshua Rivers has a humorous way of describing the goal of the missionary task. “We want to work ourselves out of a job,” he said.
Alabama farmers will no longer receive a planned $16.1 million in grant funding this year for two federal programs that provide fresh, locally grown products in school cafeterias and food banks.
“It was a very productive meeting with a supportive board,” Mackey told Alabama Daily News. “Subsequently the (Dallas County) Board passed a resolution regarding state intervention,” Mackey said.
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An untold number of Christians were among nearly 1,000 civilians massacred in renewed violence on Syria’s western coast before the government announced a ceasefire.
Gov. Kay Ivey said she looks forward to signing legislation reforming how leadership at the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs is selected.
The Supreme Court announced that it will hear the case of a Colorado counselor challenging the state’s ban on “conversion therapy.”
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