President and Administration
As more states require schools to out transgender students to their families, a new study links involuntary disclosure of sexual orientation or gender identity to heightened rates of depression and anxiety…
Poverty and child poverty rose in 2022 by the largest amounts on record in data back to 1967, a sharp retreat from the historic progress made during the COVID-19 pandemic…
The Better Response report features effective policy solutions states can adopt to ensure that people experiencing a mental health emergency receive the appropriate care they need…
According to a study published in the Journal of Urban Economics, DACA recipients are more likely than migrants without deportation safeguards to ask the police for help…
Over 60 national care organizations sent a letter to President Biden last week, urging the president to take action for undocumented care workers and family caregivers…
Violent crime dropped significantly in the first three months of 2024 compared with the same time last year…
The Supreme Court on Thursday (6/13) maintained access to the abortion pill mifepristone, rebuffing attempts from abortion opponents to roll back policies that have made it easier to obtain the widely used drug…
President Biden could unveil new protections for some undocumented immigrants as soon as this week…
The federal government is laying the groundwork for a potentially major change to the nation’s largest rental assistance program…
Property insurers across the U.S. are raising rates and fleeing climate vulnerable areas in response to development in risky areas…
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the federal deficit climbed to $1.2 trillion for the first eight months of this fiscal year, up $38 billion from the shortfall recorded during the same period last year…
The Federal Reserve is set to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday (6/12), with a persistent drumbeat of data showing the U.S. economy is still chugging along…
Congress
Conservative and liberal lawmakers lambasted the FDA and the Justice Department at a Senate hearing Wednesday (6/12) for what they said is inadequate oversight of illegal e-cigarettes sales…
California
Chinese-made bicycles are about to get more expensive in the U.S…
As the Legislature works on a budget agreement with the governor, the airport industry is requesting $5.8 million in state matching funds to secure federal grants for airport improvement projects…
A Democratic lawmaker is pulling her support from a pair of bipartisan California retail theft bills following planned amendments that would revoke the laws…
Governor Newsom is more than doubling the number of California National Guard service members deployed statewide to stem transnational trade of illegal narcotics…
Californians are sour on government spending and borrowing, according to a statewide survey released late Thursday (6/13)…
Legislative Democrats passed initial budget bills on Thursday (6/13) ahead of a June 15 deadline, but the real action is coming soon…
Education
At the nation’s first religious charter school — an Oklahoma virtual K-12 named for the patron saint of the internet — student registration and staff recruitment are in full swing for an August opening…
In many states and districts, post-pandemic learning recovery began with literacy…
A philanthropic initiative launched in 2022 to get students back on track from COVID learning loss is returning promising results…
Every school day, police respond to thousands of calls from schools across California…