Eastern Standard Feb. 23, 2023

By Tom Martin

Published February 23, 2023 at 10:55 AM EST

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School superintendents call for respect and support of teachers. A plan to have the backs of parents with kids in school. A new book about Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in Congress. How Mt. Sterling is upping its arts game.

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Tom Martin hosts Eastern Standard, a weekly radio magazine of interviews and stories about interesting people, places, and things happening in the Commonwealth.

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