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Holland & Knight sponsors a podcast about Washington policy, regulatory and political issues. I sat down with Lauren Maddox to talk education. Lauren’s first question was about the Pan Mass Challenge and why I ride in it every year, which was a lovely way to start. (Fundraising ends tomorrow!) Then we covered a range of …

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ICYMI – we’re hiring at Bellwether, for a few roles and a Development Director in particular. Our annual report, released earlier this week, gives you a sense of what we do and why. On WonkyFolk, Jed and I talked with Lakisha Young and Heather Harding this week. I’m a pretty big proponent of college as …

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To a certain kind of person, who you run into in the wild a fair amount, when you criticize anything about President Biden you immediately get a response along the lines of, “so you want Trump?” It’s an idiotic response and a sign of how wanting and unimaginative our political debate is. This shows up …

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Today, reader reactions to two recent posts, a couple of items not by me you may have missed, and a serious fish. Some selected reactions to the recent post on funders and risk. A few funders wrote to say, ‘hey we’re doing this!’ A few shared interesting examples of different kinds …

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Thank a veteran – and their family – today. I don’t have a lot for you on the election – they’re still counting in some key races. But it’s close. Given all the ways they had to win a slight Senate majority, the most surprising thing to me is the position the Republicans are in …

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It’s been a heavy week of content, shortchanging kids on learning, balancing rights and inclusion. And it’s been a bit since we had fish pics this year. So let’s end on a light note: Here’s Jonathan Harber and family with some fish. Harber does, and has done, a lot in this sector. And I’ve featured …

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Happy August. I spent most of July in Alaska, which was fantastic and I have a freezer full of wild fish (it’s Friday so fish content). That’s why light posting. Posting will be intermittent in August as well. For now, a few things including, what does my Virginia state board appointment mean for the blog? …

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So it’s a summer Friday, and I’ve been negligent about posting fish porn and pictures so here are some great pictures. More to come soon. For now, though, this is the last post for a bit. I’m taking some long planned time off – including some great fishing opportunities – so no content for a few …

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