President and Administration
Americans will soon no longer need to visit a doctor or pharmacy to be vaccinated against the seasonal flu…
On Tuesday (9/17), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services delivered to Congress a progress report on the federal implementation of the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers…
On Tuesday (9/17), the Federal Communications Commission announced opening of the application window for the Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program…
he measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination rate has fallen below pre-pandemic levels, leaving tens of thousands more children without protection yearly…
The Education Department seeks to assure higher education leaders that the federal financial aid form is in far better shape than it was last year…
Congress
The House Freedom Caucus is central to every Republican spending fight…
The House passed an emergency spending bill Tuesday night (9/17) to boost veterans funding by almost $2.9 billion amid Biden administration warnings that VA benefits are at risk this month…
The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday (9/18) approved legislation to protect kids' health using social media…
California’s 13th Congressional District, home to one of the nation’s closest House of Representatives races in 2022…
California
State officials denied a reservoir developer’s water quality permit application on Monday (9/16) in a minor setback for the Gov. Gavin Newsom-backed project…
California’s Insurance Department and Cal Poly Humboldt are teaming up to research how to create what would be the nation’s first public wildfire catastrophe model…
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a swath of housing legislation on Thursday (9/19), including bills to beef up enforcement against cities and counties that block new construction…
California residents have become the first in the nation to receive state-mandated discounts on property insurance to protect their homes against wildfire…
California’s carbon emissions were back in decline in 2022 after they rose in 2021 coming out of the pandemic…
Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Katie Butler as the new director of California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control, his administration announced Friday (9/20)…
The California Apartment Association and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation dropped millions into their dueling ballot initiatives recently…
Education
Backers of California’s $10 billion statewide school bond measure have raised $3.7 million to pass Proposition 2 and established the campaign's architecture…
Voters have never approved a ballot initiative that paves the way for private school choice…
States and school districts have less than two weeks to plan for using the remnants of an enormous chunk of federal pandemic relief aid…
Schools in every state can now embrace competency-based education—awarding credit and diplomas based on students’ mastery of skills rather than seat time…
Black students are more than twice as likely as their white or Hispanic peers to have their writing incorrectly flagged as the work of artificial intelligence tools…