Today in Black History: Charles W. Anderson becomes the first Black person elected to the Kentucky legislature in 1936.
The New York Times
National
Minneapolis’s Less Visible, and More Troubled, Side
Blow: Focus on Illegal Guns
Justices Could Deal Public Unions a Major Setback
Issues and Implications in Supreme Court’s Public Union Case
Supreme Court Case on Public Sector Union Fees Rouses Political Suspicions
Obama’s Last State of the Union Address Aims to Set Tone for ’16 Campaign
House to Weigh Overhaul of Open Records Process
Bernie Sanders Makes Strong Showing in New Polls
The Larger, but Quieter Than Bundy, Push to Take Over Federal Land
With Freddie Gray Murder Trial Set to Begin, Hints of a ‘Rough Ride’
Local
4 Suspects in Brooklyn Rape Are in Custody
Principals’ Union Says Mayor de Blasio Has Lost Focus on Students
Cuomo Proposes Higher-Education Initiative in New York Prisons
The Christian Science Monitor
For black officers, police controversies hit close to home
As the US keeps adding jobs, does Hillary Clinton stand to gain?
Armed Oregon occupation: Is it really about white poverty in the West?
Racism at the beach: Why a recent slur struck a national nerve in South Africa
In treatment of professor, Wheaton shows split among US Evangelicals (+video)
The Star Ledger
N.J. property taxes soared by $537M in 2015, report says
Christie lied about gun control. Again. | Editorial
Muslim leaders join Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman at Trenton church (PHOTOS and VIDEO)
Did Christie just lie about past Planned Parenthood donation? (VIDEO)
See what else N.J. Democratic leaders are fighting over
Philly.com
Ben Carson's gaffe humiliates 5th-grader
Teacher vacancies lead to overstuffed classrooms, burnout
Ex-GOP leader gets jail time for nursing home theft
Philly district names its best schools
Kenney's first week a glimpse at tenure
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Tamir Rice protest at Cudell Rec Center cancelled
The first piece of state report cards is coming this week - finally
Muslim protester led out of Trump rally says she was heckled, asked if she had bomb
Group of prominent Cleveland pastors cancels meeting with McGinty, considers backing primary opponent
The Detroit Free Press
DPS: 20 schools closed Monday due to teacher absences
Detroit deacon wants churches to better help others
State superintendent urges Detroit teachers to end sickouts
Inspired by cruelty, students reach out to homeless
The Chicago Sun-Times
Emanuel wants $6M tobacco tax for school programs
Dan Webb to lead review of Chicago's law department
The Washington Post
The scenario that could become a nightmare for Hillary Clinton
Black women vow to be a powerful voting force again this year
Why Rubio and Cruz could lose the Latino vote in a general election
Recidivism Watch: Christie on murder rates in New York City
Obama to leave seat empty for gun victims in speech to a Congress that won’t limit guns
City of Chicago’s law department to be reviewed by former U.S. attorney
Is the Supreme Court about to take aim at teachers unions? And what happens if it does?
Deportation raids to continue, despite outcry
With jabs from mayor, a new political feud takes shape in the District
First-time principal will lead D.C.’s first all-male public high school
Montgomery schools superintendent could be selected as soon as March
Letting students sink doesn’t teach them to swim
The Los Angeles Times
In the state budget, too many good programs can sometimes be bad
Kamala Harris shows she's still a U.S. Senate candidate under construction
Passenger fatally shot on BART train, gunman on the run
USA Today
2nd Baltimore officer in Freddie Gray case goes on trial
FBI probes another fatal Chicago police shooting
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