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More parents are homeschooling their children even as schools have been planning to reopen with in-person instruction.

The reopening of San Francisco, California, means restaurants and hotels are back in business, but criminals have also stepped up their activities, burglarizing cars at a 753 percent higher rate in June over last month.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom held a press conference to mark the June 15 reopening of the state but many restrictions are still in place.

California will reopen today, June 15, allowing most businesses to reopen at 100% capacity. Many will also be able to drop mask requirements by the end of the month, and only large indoor events will face vaccination requirements.

The reopening triggered a surge in factory activity in Texas but high unemployment benefits are making workers scarce.

The strength of the U.S. economy as it reopens may become a stumbling block for the Biden administration’s big spending plans—which were partially based on the idea that the economy would need government aid to continue to grow.

Connecticut is slated to lift all remaining business restrictions next month, Gov. Ned Lamont (D) announced on Monday.

The Dallas Fed said manufacturing expanded at “a markedly faster pace, with its manufacturing index rocketing to the highest reading in its 17-year history.

The State of California has begun to reopen slowly from coronavirus shutdowns as more counties moved this week from the most-restrictive “purple” tier into the “red” tier, allowing restaurants, gyms, and schools to reopen, albeit at limited capacity.

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said that if California’s vaccination pace continues, then by July, “the vast majority of our sectors of the economy, still with modifications, will be open, including those sports

Massachusetts teachers’ unions are backing a piece of emergency legislation filed by state lawmakers that would block the Bay State’s education commissioner from mandating that all districts return to in-person learning by April 5.

During a CNN special on Friday, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said that he thinks school officials that aren’t offering in-person classes three or four days a week are still “following the science,” and refused to say that there are districts that

During a CNN special on Friday, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona stated that “I’d like to think that, in many places,” all schools can offer in-person instruction five days a week this spring. Host Jake Tapper asked, “When do you think, in

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon (R-WY) announced in a press release he will remove the statewide mask requirement March 16 to authorize bars, restaurants, theaters, and gyms to resume normal operations.

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to states relaxing coronavirus restrictions by stating that he understands why states are opening up, since there is an economic cost to keeping things closed, but “I do not understand getting

On Monday the U.S. Senate confirmed Miguel Cardona, President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the U.S. Education Department, by a vote of 64-33.

Walensky and other medical officials reacted to questions from reporters about releasing updated guidance for vaccinated individuals, allowing them more freedom.

New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced his resignation following delays in reopening schools and racism-focused policies.

Matt Meyer, president of the Berkeley Federation of Teachers, was caught on video dropping his daughter off for in-person private preschool — though he has led union opposition to the opening of public schools in the area.

Members of the Oakley Union Elementary School District in California were caught swearing and mocking parents during a virtual board meeting.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky said the updated CDC school guidelines were created “free from political meddling,” after hearing from “stakeholders.”

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has “aspirations” that are “akin to a political party.”

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blamed former President Trump for the standoff between the city and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU).

U.S. schools operating in-person have experienced low transmission of the Chinese coronavirus, particularly when mitigation strategies such as masking and social distancing are in place, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky stressed on Friday, citing new findings by the health agency.

In a piece published at education site The 74 on the day of Biden’s inauguration, Mike Antonucci observed while teachers’ unions were continuing the narrative that “no one wants to reopen schools more than educators,” they “keep moving the goalposts.”

Biden sidestepped a question from a reporter about whether teachers should return to in-person instruction in schools.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) released new coronavirus guidance Thursday, as President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration approaches, insisting “schools need to be open.”

The CEO of Chicago Public Schools said union pressure led half of all teachers who were ordered to return to work Monday not to show up.

Education secretary Betsy DeVos said teachers’ unions’ bid to keep schools closed during the pandemic amounts to “playing politics with children’s lives.”

The Chicago Teachers Union deleted its tweet that stated, “The push to reopen schools is rooted in sexism, racism and misogyny.”

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) repeated his call for schools to open for in-person learning, asserting that schools are not a major cause of coronavirus contagion.

Joe Biden falsely claimed U.S. schools are unable to open for in-person learning during the pandemic because “they need a lot of money.”

D.C. is in Phase Two of reopening andstrict guidelines remain but social media posts show large crowds for Saturday’s Women’s March.

A Brown University economist’s analysis of data on nearly 200,000 children in 47 states has concluded K-12 schools are not “super-spreaders” of the coronavirus.

Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council (FRC), will join Pastor Jack Hibbs at Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in Chino, California, at 8 p.m. eastern time for “Freedom Sunday,” an event calling on churches to reopen for in-person worship.

Conservative activist David Harris Jr. posted a video on social media on Wednesday night of crowds at a D.C.  bar who rallied around several Metropolitan Police Department officers who showed up in uniform, and now District officials are investigating to see if coronavirus restrictions were violated.