Weekly Update 10/21/24

President and Administration

Kamala Harris took aim at voters in her opponent Donald Trump’s stronghold in releasing a plan to help rural America…

Congress

Congress appears poised to extend eased access to telehealth for Medicare patients, but the fate of virtual care in high-deductible plans remains less certain as lawmakers plan for a year-end package…

The nation’s loan program for disaster survivors has fully exhausted its funding, the Biden administration announced Tuesday…

Nearly two years ago, Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) lost his bid to lead the House Education and the Workforce Committee to Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)…

California

Health officials across the U.S. are working to prevent a potentially dangerous combination virus as avian flu rips through one of the nation's largest milk-producing regions…

Education

Lawmakers, pushing to remake legislative maps, are increasingly turning for assistance to groups like the American Federation for Children and the School Freedom Fund…

While the average American student has recovered about one-third of pandemic learning losses in math and about a quarter in reading, many others are still struggling in COVID’s wake…

The topic of education has been largely absent from the presidential race, and debate over charter schools—once a marquee issue in the national discourse about education—especially so…

The 2024 presidential election is less than two weeks away, and one issue has been notably absent from debates, policy platforms, and stump speeches: K-12 education…

One-fifth of vacant teacher positions remained unfilled at the start of this school year, according to new federal data…