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RIVERSIDE – Last October Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law an annual day honoring homosexual icon Harvey Milk. Now public school officials are grappling with how to “commemorate” Milk in their classrooms. Read more in the Press-Enterprise.
CORNING – The campaign to remove prayer from local government meetings has reached the City of Corning. Corning city council meetings will no longer open with an invocation. Read more in the Corning-Observer.
SANTA ANA – On Monday a federal judge denied the awarding of $391,150 in attorneys’ fees and court-related costs to lawyers defending high school teacher James Corbett. Corbett was sued by a student for his anti-Christian classroom rhetoric in violation of the U.S. constitution. Read more in the Orange County register.
SACRAMENTO – Under Proposition 11, which passed last year, a new commission of 14 individuals will be chosen and tasked with redrawing California senate and assembly district boundaries. The application process for prospective members began Tuesday. Read more in the LA Weekly.