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Friday 21 February 2020

In this March 12, 2019 file photo, people pose for photos in front
of the iconic Tommy Trojan statue on the campus of the Univer-
sity of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Associated Press
Free USC tuition to

students with $80K or

less family income

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 20,500 undergraduates,
University of Southern Cali- where tuition and living ex-
fornia will phase in free tu- penses are above $77,000
ition for undergraduate stu- annually.
dents from families with an "We're opening the door
annual income of $80,000 wider to make a USC edu-
or less, USC President Carol cation possible for talent-
L. Folt announced Thurs- ed students from all walks
day. of life," Folt said in a state-
As part of the initiative, ment. The changes will be
ownership of a home will phased in beginning with
not be counted in deter- first-year students enter-
mining a student's financial ing USC in the fall of 2020
need to attend the Los An- and the spring of 2021, USC
geles private college with said.q

Lawmakers target slavery clause in

Minnesota Constitution

ing slavery and involuntary
servitude as punishment for
crimes.
St. Paul Police Chief Todd
Axtell, who had been both-
ered by the language for
some time, made it his
new year's resolution to
get it deleted. He found a
sympathetic ear in St. Paul
Democratic Rep. John
Lesch, who will get a hear-
ing Tuesday on his proposal
asking voters in November
to remove the offending
St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell speaks at a news conference language from the consti-
with lawmakers at the state Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Thurs- tution.
day, Feb. 20, 2020, in support of an amendment to to remove
a clause allowing slavery and involuntary servitude as punish- The bill of rights in the 1857
ment for crimes from the state Constitution. Minnesota Constitution
Associated Press says "there shall be neither
slavery nor involuntary ser-
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Minnesota lawmakers vitude in the state other-
Associated Press launched a drive Thursday wise than as punishment for
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — to remove from the state a crime of which the party
Spurred by a police chief, constitution a clause allow- has been convicted." q