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Anti-Pipeline Activists To Stage ‘Guerrilla Theater’ Outside Bank in Amherst

Matthew McDonald

The group, which is opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline that is designed to bring oil from North Dakota to Illinois, plans to stage the street-theater protest outside a Bank of America in Amherst, Massachusetts on Thursday, April 13. Bank of America is one of many banks financing the project.

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Two Weeks’ Notice To Parents Before Sex Ed Likely To Become Law in New Hampshire

Matthew McDonald

New Hampshire parents already have the ability to opt their children out of sex education in state public schools, but the bill's sponsor says she had trouble getting information about what her third-grader was being taught. This bill, which the state legislature has already approved and which Republican Governor Chris Sununu says he'll likely sign, would give parents two weeks' notice before a public school presents information  to students about human sexuality.

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