Today’s news includes Republican reactions to the Clinton college costs proposal, education activists in Ferguson, and a nurses’ endorsement for Bernie Sanders:
Getting a break on back-to-school purchases Marketplace: At least 17 states hold sales-tax holidays for back-to-school-related purchases throughout the month of August, including Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. They range from one or two days to more than one week in length and would save the typical family in a state with a tax rate of 7 percent about $44. Some states have tax holidays for other items, such as hurricane and emergency supplies, energy-efficient appliances and firearms.
Anger Outruns the Facts in Ferguson Daily Beast: Hermz didn’t have a direct answer, but prominent activist Deray McKesson did: end mandatory minimum sentences, reform drug laws, put body cameras on all police, task independent bodies with investigating shootings by police.
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