Press Play with Madeleine Brand
LAUSD teachers strike starts -- how long will it last?
Thirty-one thousand LAUSD teachers, nurses, librarians, and counselors went on strike this morning. They want a salary increase, smaller class sizes, and the hiring of more staff. The district says it can’t afford all that.
By Madeleine Brand • • 48m ListenThirty-one thousand LAUSD teachers, nurses, librarians, and counselors went on strike this morning. They want a salary increase, smaller class sizes, and the hiring of more staff. The district says it can’t afford all that. We see what happened on the picket lines.
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5 storiesWith teachers striking, did most kids go to school or not?
Thirty-one thousand LAUSD teachers, nurses, librarians, and counselors went on strike this morning. They want a salary increase, smaller class sizes, and the hiring of more nurses, counselors, and teachers.
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Federal investigators are looking into whether extortion, bribery and other crimes were committed to get billions of dollars of development projects off the ground in downtown LA.
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President Trump’s nominee to head the Justice Department is expected sit for Senate hearings starting Tuesday. William Barr held the same job during the George H.W. Bush administration.
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