California
Today, 8/24, California reported 4,946 new COVID-19 cases, a 0.7% increase and well below the 14-day average of 7,622…
After several legal victories, California's Attorney General Xavier Becerra says he will take the Trump Administration back to court over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program…
Ford Motor Co., Honda Motor Co., Volkswagen, BMW, and Volvo legally finalized agreements with California on Monday, 8/17, that would see them cut tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions more than under federal rules…
Coronavirus
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance for reopening schools on Friday, 8/21, to include advice on what to do with students who come down with COVID-19, filling a gap that left administrators on their own to determine the best approach…
The Trump Administration on Monday, 8/24, gave American Airlines Group Inc. emergency approval to deploy a new weapon against COVID-19: a surface coating that kills coronaviruses for as many as seven days…
President and Administration
A first wave of states has lined up to administer the latest federal boost in unemployment benefits, but there’s little sign they plan to fund their share of the expanded assistance…
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is moving to carry out President Trump’s August 8th executive order to pause student loan payments for tens of millions of Americans through year's end…
Uber Technologies Inc., Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc. and 13 other companies are seeking to join a court fight against President Trump’s order barring undocumented immigrants from being counted in the 2020 Census…
Judge Frederick Block of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York halted the Department of Health and Human Services from enforcing a rule that stripped gender identity and sex stereotyping from anti-discrimination protections under the Affordable Care Act…
Education
Colleges and universities can soon work under new rules governing distance learning, according to federal regulations issued today, 8/24, by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos…
The Education Department is “actively considering” making changes to its rule that restricts emergency pandemic assistance only to college students who qualify for federal financial aid, the Trump Administration disclosed in a court filing on Thursday, 8/20…
Despite pressure from anti-hunger groups, education organizations and lawmakers on both sides, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it will not extend a key waiver from federal school meal requirements that has given schools and community groups more flexibility to feed students during the coronavirus pandemic…
U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein in Washington state on Friday, 8/21, blocked Education Secretary DeVos from enforcing her policy to force public school districts to send a greater share of coronavirus relief funding to private school students than is typically required under federal law…
Congress
Senate Republicans plan to introduce a scaled-back stimulus bill amid the standoff over a new virus relief plan that’s dragged on for weeks, according to two Senate Republican aides…
On Saturday, 8/22, the House passed a bill aimed at rolling back service cuts at the U.S. Postal Service that Democrats say could harm the ability of Americans to vote by mail in the November presidential election…