President and Administration
The Biden administration sent letters last week warning top appropriators of significant delays in Social Security benefits if Congress doesn’t include billions of dollars extra…
New data from the Census Bureau last week shows that Americans’ inflation-adjusted incomes rose four percent last year…
A study of adolescent brain development that tested children before and after coronavirus pandemic lockdowns in the United States found that girls’ brains aged far faster…
Promoting diversity and gender equality in the high-tech workforce remains a challenge for employers…
The percentage of Americans who had health insurance in 2023 remained unchanged from 2022 at 92 percent…
Certain demographic factors, like access to broadband internet, health insurance coverage, and household income, are tied to suicide rates…
Federal authorities are investigating an incident at former President Donald Trump’s Florida golf club on Sunday (9/15) as an “attempted assassination,” a potential second attempt…
Millions of Americans are endangered by extreme heat due to federal policies that steer billions of dollars away from the nation’s hottest regions…
The Education Department announced Friday (9/13) that it will give colleges until Jan. 15 to meet new financial transparency rules…
Congress
Regulation of social media has become one of the few significant areas of bipartisan agreement in an election year otherwise wracked by partisan gridlock…
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is considering marking up a key telehealth bill this week…
House Republicans advanced a school choice tax bill backed by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos…
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) on Wednesday (9/11) introduced comprehensive legislation to overhaul federal housing programs to bring down costs…
California
California’s oil czar told Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders Friday (9/13) that another gasoline price spike is in the works in California…
California’s prison population has been slowly declining for years as the state has implemented criminal justice reforms and shut prisons…
California is considering a first-in-the-nation proposal granting some undocumented immigrants access to a government-run phone bill discount program…
Trump on Friday (9/13) threatened to withhold federal disaster response funding from California over Gov. Gavin Newsom's position on water deliveries to farmers…
Education
Higher summer temperatures, driven by climate change, are pushing more school districts nationwide to start the school year later…
A new report has found a continuing trend of students leaving four-year colleges compared to two-year programs — with experts pointing to a successful advising model…
In this opinion article by Tenelle Porter, Jon Valant, & Robin Bayes, the authors argued for the importance of teaching intellectual humility in schools…
Knox County Schools in Knoxville, Tennessee, significantly reduced teacher vacancies through a strategic recruitment campaign…
A slew of pandemic-era emergency aid for children—including universal school meals and Medicaid expansions in many states—led to the lowest child poverty rate on record…
The U.S. Department of Education’s new Title IX regulation is getting a ton of attention lately, with lawsuits…
This article by Education Week explores why efforts to abolish the U.S. Department of Education have consistently failed since its creation in 1979…