Alicent manages to come through on her promises, wrangling the Gold Cloaks into her schemes and standing down the archers and trebuchet men on the walls.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The State Board of Education, which is controlled by Republicans, approved the list by a 9-5 vote after weeks of contentious debate that again put Texas at the center of wrangling over the role of religion in public schools.
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