Lindsey Graham proposes nationwide 15-week abortion ban: Wednesday, Sept. 14.
Upending the political debate, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a nationwide abortion ban Tuesday, sending shockwaves through both parties and igniting fresh debate on a fraught issue weeks before the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. Graham's own Republican Party leaders did not immediately embrace his abortion ban bill, which would prohibit the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy with rare exceptions, and has almost no chance of becoming law in the Democratic-held Congress. Democrats torched it as an alarming signal of where “MAGA” Republicans are headed if they win control of the House and Senate in November. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/lindsey-graham-nationwide-abortion-ban/507-5f623200-497a-44ea-9a28-62b556529e37 Black and Hispanic Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students saw progress on their English test scores at the end of last school year, but are still behind. CMS says between September 2021 and May 2022, students testing at college and career levels went from 3.1% of students to 15.9%. The school board wants at least 36% of all Black and Hispanic CMS students to test at the highest levels of end-of-year exams this school year. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/education/cms-college-and-career-ready-black-and-hispanic-students/275-7e36e965-bd32-41c0-83ef-48462e8fc6b4 Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT!
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Upending the political debate, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a nationwide abortion ban Tuesday, sending shockwaves through both parties and igniting fresh debate on a fraught issue weeks before the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.
Graham's own Republican Party leaders did not immediately embrace his abortion ban bill, which would prohibit the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy with rare exceptions, and has almost no chance of becoming law in the Democratic-held Congress. Democrats torched it as an alarming signal of where “MAGA” Republicans are headed if they win control of the House and Senate in November.
READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/lindsey-graham-nationwide-abortion-ban/507-5f623200-497a-44ea-9a28-62b556529e37
Black and Hispanic Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students saw progress on their English test scores at the end of last school year, but are still behind.
CMS says between September 2021 and May 2022, students testing at college and career levels went from 3.1% of students to 15.9%.
The school board wants at least 36% of all Black and Hispanic CMS students to test at the highest levels of end-of-year exams this school year.
READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/education/cms-college-and-career-ready-black-and-hispanic-students/275-7e36e965-bd32-41c0-83ef-48462e8fc6b4
Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT!