In Other News: FDA approves cheaper meds for dogs with separation anxiety; a Georgia sheriff can’t put signs on three sex offenders’ homes this year warning trick-or-treaters, a judge ruled

Published 3:09 pm Wednesday, October 30, 2019

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FDA approves cheaper meds for dogs with separation anxiety

Owners of anxious dogs will soon have a generic option for calming pets with separation anxiety. On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of clomipramine hydrochloride, a generic for the brand name drug Clomicalm, for dogs ages six months and up who have fears or underlying anxiety about being left alone. It is meant to be used along with behavioral training. — NBC News

A Georgia sheriff can’t put signs on three sex offenders’ homes this year warning trick-or-treaters, a judge ruled

A federal judge has ruled in favor of the three sex offenders who sued a Georgia sheriff after his deputies put signs in the men’s yards last year warning trick-or-treaters not to visit on Halloween. The three men sued on behalf of all registered sex offenders in Butts County after finding out the sheriff’s office was planning on putting the same signs this year, according to the ruling. “The question the Court must answer is not whether (Butts County Sheriff Gary Long’s) plan is wise or moral, or whether it makes penological sense. Rather, the question is whether Sheriff Long’s plan runs afoul of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. It does,” the ruling says. — CNN

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Despite Common Core and more testing, reading and math scores haven’t budged in a decade

American students are struggling with reading. And the country’s education system hasn’t found a way to make it better. In fact, fourth- and eighth-grade reading scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress essentially haven’t budged in 10 years. That’s causing some alarm, considering the number of reforms aimed at American schools during the past decade: stronger academic standards, more tests, stricter teacher evaluations and laws that discourage schools from promoting third-graders if they can’t read proficiently, to name a few. — USA Today

Senate blocks effort to roll back Trump administration’s Obamacare rule

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Democratic effort to roll back a Trump administration rule that allows states to ignore parts of Obamacare. Senators voted 43-52 on the resolution, falling short of the simple majority needed to pass the chamber. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, was the only Republican to vote for the resolution. — The Hill