Kyle Stokes

With the state GOP becoming less electorally competitive, DFL rule may become the default condition of Minnesota party politics.

Statewide, the new graduation rate represents an increase of more than 3 percentage points over the prior year, and follows a string of small declines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Victories for Rocío Rivas and Kelly Gonez strengthen United Teachers Los Angeles’ political position at a crucial moment for the union.

Supt. Alberto Carvalho said some tutors are unprepared or haven’t shown up — and board members noted that may not entirely be the fault of the vendors.

Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell formally introduced a motion asking city officials to study opening L.A.’s “matching funds” program to candidates in LAUSD elections, likely through a ballot measure in 2024.

The changes, if enacted, have the potential to upend the power dynamics in LAUSD elections that special interest groups have dominated for years.

The city will pick up most of the cost of a device that feeds data to homeowners and helps them find ways to conserve water in their daily lives.

Last spring, internal alarms were sounded over air quality in its headquarters, Beaudry. Today, Los Angeles Unified says the ventilation systems are “up to all standards and codes.”

Los Angeles Unified school officials shut down all of the district’s vital online systems over the weekend in an attempt to contain a ransomware cyberattack.

The nation’s second largest school district had a good first day of the 2022 school year, but its leader says there’s room for growth.

Malik Muhammad, the owner of Malik Books, spoke about the importance of Black-owned bookstores.

Val Broeksmit helped journalists and federal authorities investigating the financial institution — and its links to Donald Trump — by sharing a trove of sensitive documents.

For some students, their high school diplomas are at stake: “If I’m at school, I know I’ll finish [the work].”

Megan Reilly has been with LAUSD for 12 of the last 14 years.

Basically, unless conditions improve soon, any plans for in-person instruction in Southern California are toast.

Outside political groups have so far spent $11.3 million trying to influence two competitive LAUSD board races.