Weekly Update 9/30/24

President and Administration

President Biden hailed a 10 percent decrease in the number of fatal drug overdoses since the spring of 2023 as the largest on record…

The Department of Defense is committing $500 million a year toward women's health research…

California

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Monday (9/23) that will restrict student cell phone use at school…

The California School Boards Association is suing the state over Democrats' latest education budget, prolonging a constitutional fight that dominated spending talks this year…

State water officials warned on Thursday (9/26) that an emerging La Niña weather pattern could bring California back into drought…

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have created a process for Californians who had their land unjustly seized through eminent domain…

Education

This summer, over 1,000 NAACP delegates from across the country convened in Las Vegas to address issues impacting civil rights…

Middle schoolers are still lagging months behind pre-pandemic achievement levels in science…