President and Administration
House and Senate leaders have decided to narrow the scope of the USICA negotiations in a bid to pass the package before the August recess…
The Education Protection Agency released new health advisories last week for a ubiquitous class of compounds known as polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) underscoring the risk facing dozens of communities across the country…
President Joe Biden said Thursday, 6/16, the American people are “really, really down” after a tumultuous two years with the COVID-19 pandemic, volatility in the economy and now surging gasoline prices that are slamming family budgets…
Last week, the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services issued a Dear Colleague Letter with four recommendations to equitably support the social-emotional development and mental health of young children…
The White House on Thursday, 6/16, launched a task force focused on the prevention of online abuse, marking one of the most significant steps the Biden administration has taken to examine the connection between digital vitriol and violence…
There are 611,470 DACA recipients, according to USCIS data from Dec. 31, 2021, and more than 800,000 people have been enrolled since its inception…
The Supreme Court ruled today, 6/21, that Maine may not exclude religious schools from a state tuition program, the latest decision by a conservative majority that has increasingly favored the role of religion in public life…
With the price of gas soaring to more than $5 per gallon, President Biden is calling on top oil companies to account for the surge…
Last week, the Federal Reserve made an aggressive move in its campaign to bring down inflation, raising its target interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point, the steepest rate hike since 1994 - and indicated another similar move could be coming next month…
Last week, President Biden ordered his health agency to begin efforts to ban conversion therapy and expand access to gender-affirming treatment after a slew of state attempts to limit transgender health care, particularly for children…
Congress
It appears that the bipartisan gun control negotiations are back “on track” following discussions over the weekend between the bipartisan groups of senators trying to hash out the package…
Senate Majority Leader Schumer could file cloture as early as today, 6/21, on Steven Dettelbach’s nomination to director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)…
Last week, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) announced that a bicameral group of negotiators will hopefully announce a deal this week to extend a program that offers free school meals to millions of children…
Democrats and Republicans are putting pressure on the Biden administration to clarify many questions regarding his plan to cancel student debt…
Education
A North Carolina charter school is weighing whether to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a Tuesday, 6/14, ruling that clarified that charter schools are public and subject to equal protection laws…
On Tuesday, 6/28, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will host an informational webinar on preventing and protecting against potential physical attacks and threats in K-12 schools…
A group of tech companies, community college leaders and online university leaders are urging Congressional leadership to include online-only programs in short-term Pell grant eligibility…
A poll of one thousand Americans conducted by NPR and Ipsos found that although debt forgiveness is popular among Americans, a majority would prefer the Biden administration focus on efforts to make college more affordable…