We are students in Ms. Bicknell's 7th Period APUSH class which will have its midterm THIS Friday, the 12th. We believe that in order to perform as well as we know we could, we need more than one class between the test and now to study. Considering that we are coming off of a break and there is no purpose period this week to have a full review session, we would like the test to be moved. We understand that this will mean the Midterm will happen on a History testing "blackout" day, and we are ok with that.

Safety-Net hospitals like Norwegian American Hospital, are completely reliant on Medicaid funding from the hospital assessment program which is set to expire in June. Countless patients and employees depend on the services and economic activity created by these hospitals. We need your help to send a message to Springfield that any cuts to Medicaid funding will negatively impact jobs and patient care.

Due to historical events and various manipulative maneuvers stimulating multiple levels of outlaw type campaigns influencing other members of the Executive Corporate Branch of the US Company carrying out premeditated acts against the islands of Hawaii and its Administrative Members of the Kingdom of Hawaii, namely Queen Liliuokalani and her governing body. All of which were held under gunpoint primarily within the Iolani Palace to Annexate its governing body who were residing and managing the Hawaiian Monarchy who once managed the Hawaiian People and their citizens of Hawaii. We demand justice to our Native Kanaka and their descendants of today. The U.S. Government needs to compensate the Native Kanaka. U.S. Government has been illegally occupying The Hawaiian Islands and have been bankrupt since 1933. Justice needs to be served.

The citizens of Columbus MN, Lino Lakes, Forest Lake, Hugo, and Centerville all face a public health and environmental threat. This threat comes in the form of a proposed asphalt plant which is to be located in the flood plain, adjacent to Rice Creek, removing several acres of wetlands sitting on top of the primary aquifer that supplies the entire twin cities metro area. Please sign our petition and help us block this attack on our environment.

I am hoping to establish this petition to change the decision of Ferry County that will not allow minors to race cars on their property. With the recent County Policy, the children may not get their chance to experience such a great event. Racing can provide a great learning experience and many good traits for our children from teaching them about engineering, mechanics, sportsmanship, competition, and camaraderie, as well as skills that become careers as kids grow. It is my plea to those who read this that they sign the petition and pass it on in hopes that we can convince the Ferry County Commissioners that we should be supporting our youth and encouraging them to take part in such activities.

Many children in schools do not feel safe, and sometimes they report it and schools do nothing about it! Kids can be extremely aggressive, and can break rules. (the rules we are targeting are specifically the ones that protect other kids) Often it happens in front of teachers and they do absolutely nothing about it! Mental health in children and teenagers needs to be a priority for schools, because school can cause mental issues, and mental issues can affect school performance. School can be hell for many students, and I believe that we should do something about that.

Helping to keep our community Safe

On ABC's "This Week With George Stephanopolous" today, UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said the following: “We need to be realistic with the fact at (sic), every person—regardless of race, religion, or party—who loves this country should support this president. It’s that important.” If this was not what she meant to say, she should retract and clarify it. If it was what she meant to say, she should resign immediately. Her statement, as it stands, not only shows disrespect for our fundamental right to free speech, as protected in the First Amendment to the Constitution, it is also an implied threat to everyone who loves this country but does not support "this president."

Democrats are too polite or way too laid back and as a result, the Republicans frankly beat us at every turn. Take a page out of the Republican playbook. They repeat, shout, demand, and win.

My Mother lives in a Nursing home in Illinois and I have a camera on her. Residents and Families are not aware of the law that allows them to have electronic monitoring. The abuse and neglect of our elderly needs to stop!

As a woman watching the debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, I personally felt violated.

Every year, 636,000 people walk out of prison gates, but people go to jail over 11 million times each year. Jail churn is particularly high because most people in jails have not been convicted. Some have just been arrested and will make bail in the next few hours or days, and others are too poor to make bail and must remain behind bars until their trial. Only a small number (195,000) have been convicted, generally serving misdemeanors sentences under a year. 1 in 5 people are locked up for drug offenses. The bottom 50% earned 20% of the nation's pre-tax income in 1979; this fell steadily to 14% by 2007 and 13% by 2014. ... Half of the U.S. population lives in poverty or is low-income, according to U.S. Census data. The ACA only works when everyone is insured--otherwise people wait until they are sick to buy insurance and this makes insurance unaffordable. In a Center for American Progress survey of roughly 3,000 DACA recipients, nine-tenths of respondents said they had jobs. Their average hourly wage was $17.46 an hour, up from $10.29 before receiving DACA. About 72 percent of respondents were in higher education. After getting DACA, nearly 80 percent of respondents said they got driver's licenses. About half became organ donors.