President and Administration
On Friday, 3/18, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) filed cloture on the China competitiveness bill…
The Energy Department’s Chief of Staff Tarak Shah is leaving and senior adviser Christopher Davis is taking on the role…
Last week, the Department of Education’s Rehabilitation Services Administration released the notice inviting applications for the $167 million Subminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated Employment (SWTCIE) demonstration project, aimed at increasing access for people with disabilities to jobs that pay good wages…
Confirmation hearings begin today, 3/21, for Ketanji Brown Jackson, the federal judge President Biden has picked to fill Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's seat when he retires this summer…
A new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) study published in the American Medical Association’s journal JAMA Pediatrics reports significant increases in the number of children diagnosed with mental health conditions…
The White House will be presenting a webinar on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s impact on broadband this week…
The Federal Reserve delivered a sharp message Wednesday, 3/16, on the outlook for the U.S. economy this year: Inflation will cool but it’s not going away, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created a cloud of uncertainty…
Justice Clarence Thomas, 73, was admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital on Friday, 3/18, with an infection…
President Joe Biden will travel to Brussels on Wednesday, 3/23, to attend a NATO summit…
Last week SAMHSA rolled out a new 988 website, which is designed to serve as your one-stop-shop for 988 resources from SAMHSA…
Congress
The Senate passed a bill last week to make daylight savings time permanent…
On Wednesday, 3/16, the President signed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization Act of 2022…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) have asked CEOs of big oil companies to testify about high gas prices on April 6…
The House was stunned by news on Friday, 3/18, of the death of Rep. Don Young (R-AK), dean of the House, at the age of 88…
Education
The Democratic chairs of the Senate and House education committees urged President Biden to extend the freeze on student loan payments last week, which currently is expected to end in May…
Black and Latino students were more likely than others to cancel or postpone their higher education plans during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study by UCLA's Latino Policy and Politics Initiative…
New updates to the College Scorecard provide prospective students with three-year earnings information per field of study…
The number of Hispanic-serving institutions in the U.S. decreased during the 2020–21 academic year, from 569 to 559, the first drop in two decades, according to an annual analysis by Excelencia in Education…
A new study from Georgia State University found that community college students receiving targeted, personal text messages from an artificial intelligence chat bot were more likely to complete tasks critical to staying enrolled…
Last week, President Biden decided to nominate Dr. Nasser Paydar as Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. Information about Dr. Paydar can be found here…