Teacher protests put Republicans on the spot in red states
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) " A teacher walkout in Oklahoma entered its third day Wednesday in a red state rebellion stretching from West Virginia to Arizona that is putting Republican lawmakers on the spot politically.In Oklahoma, most Republicans last week broke with the party orthodoxy and endorsed hundreds of millions of dollars in tax increases to fund public schools and give teachers a raise of 15 to 18 percent. But now that's forcing them to walk a fine line in the months before midterm [...]
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