Tim Ryan supports Ohio teachers for going on strike, not going to school over 'learning conditions'

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Senate candidate Tim Ryan supports teachers in Columbus, Ohio, going on strike for the first few days of the school year after not being able to reach an agreement with the school board over "learning conditions."

According to The Columbus Education Association (CEA) website, the union filed a notice of intent to strike earlier this month, threatening to not show up to school until they could reach an agreement on their contract with the school board. Democrat Senate candidate Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio., supports the teacher's decision to strike, telling Fox News Digital, "With our kids losing so much ground over the last few years, it’s clear we need them back in the classroom – but that should not come at the expense of their health and safety with no air conditioning, leaky buildings and overcrowding." "I support our teachers standing up for the well-being of their students and urge Columbus City Schools to come back to the bargaining table," Ryan concluded. PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IMPLEMENTING COVID RESTRICTIONS MEET FEROCIOUS COMMUNITY PUSHBACK

Rep. Tim Ryan is standing with the teachers in Columbus, Ohio, who are on strike. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

A press release from the association stated the reasons for the strike: "At issue is disagreement over learning conditions such as smaller class sizes, full-time Art, Music, and P.E. teachers at the elementary level, and functional heating and air-conditioning in classrooms, as well as adequate planning time, a cap on the number of class periods during the school day, outsourcing positions to private, for-profit corporations from outside the community, and recruiting and retaining the best educators for Columbus students." WISCONSIN SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO BAN PRIDE, BLM FLAGS FROM CLASSROOMS CEA represents around 4,500 teachers, nurses, psychologists, and several other education professionals in the school district. The teachers plan on remaining on strike until an agreement with the school board is made. 

CEA represents around 4,500 teachers, nurses, psychologists, and several other education professionals in the school district. (Reuters/Jim Vondruska)

"CEA has consistently maintained that we are fighting not just for CEA members, but for our students and community.  That is why CEA will continue that fight until a fair agreement is reached for the schools Columbus Students Deserve," spokesperson for CEA Regina Fuentes wrote in the release. 

GOP nominee JD Vance is the Trump-backed candidate competing against Rep. Tim Ryan for the open Senate seat. (LM Otero/AP )

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With no incumbents in the Ohio Senate race, Ryan, who is currently representing Ohio's 13th Congressional District, is running for Senate against Trump-endorsed GOP nominee JD Vance.

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Tim Paine returns to training, first-class comeback with Tasmania a possibility

Tim Paine could be back playing in Tasmania in six weeks as Australia's former Test captain prepares for his cricket comeback.

Paine is training with Tasmania's state squad as an uncontracted player as he plots a return for the first time since losing the Test captaincy in a text message controversy.

The 37-year-old took time away from the sport after standing down as Test skipper in November last year. Paine never retired but wasn't contracted on Tasmania's playing roster for this summer.

Cricket Tasmania say Paine is back in training. Tasmania's first outing this summer is a one-dayer on September 28 against South Australia but Paine is aiming to return in club ranks.

Cricket Tasmania's grade competition, the Premier League, starts in early October. Tasmania's opening Sheffield Shield game begins on October 6.

"We can confirm that Tim has returned to training with the aim at this stage to play in the CTPL this season," a Cricket Tasmania spokesperson said.

The governing body declined further comment but Paine has another powerful ally in fellow Tasmanian and ex-Test skipper Ricky Ponting. Ponting, recently appointed as head of strategy for Hobart Hurricanes, has openly stated his desire for Paine to again play for the BBL franchise.

Paine quit the Test captaincy after admitting involvement in a lewd text exchange with a female former employee of Cricket Tasmania in late 2017.

Cricket Australia secretly investigated at the time and exonerated Paine of wrongdoing, but he stepped down on the eve of last year's Ashes series when made aware the text exchange would become public.

Paine's successor as Test captain, Pat Cummins, said the wicketkeeper hasn't been forgotten.

"Someone like Painey, firstly as a mate you want to make sure he's okay. We all make mistakes," Cummins said last week. "He did the wrong thing but he tried to fix the situation as best as he could...I really feel for him."

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Sen. Tim Scott: Democrats' spending bill really the 'Inflation Seduction Act'

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Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., laid out why he believes a $750 billion-dollar spending package won't help the economy Monday on "The Five." 

SEN. TIM SCOTT: If you have all four of those departments together, you will still have a bigger IRS and the scariest part for our viewers is there’s 87,000 new employees hunting for taxes from people making less than $200,000. It’s not the billionaires and millionaires. It is middle-income families, low-income families, and entrepreneurs who are trying to figure out how to keep their employees working and invest in their future.

DEMOCRATS' INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IS ‘ECONOMIC MALPRACTICE’: ECONOMIST

I call it the "Inflation Seduction Act." It literally has nothing to do with reducing inflation and when Bernie Sanders, Tim Scott, and Ted Cruz are all on the same side, that tells you that whatever they are selling we are not buying. 

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