President and Administration
President Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes…
The Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) collects episode-level data on clients aged 12 and older receiving substance use treatment services from facilities that are licensed or certified by their respective single state agencies (SSAs)…
President-elect Donald Trump has proposed a 10-to-20-percent increase in tariffs on imports from all countries, and up to 60 percent on imports from China…
Congress
Two dozen House Democrats will endorse Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) to be ranking member of the Natural Resources Committee in a show of support as the Californian looks to head off an expected challenge from New Mexico Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM)…
Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) is poised to be the next chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which will have significant power to shape health care policy in a Republican-controlled Washington…
The House approved compromise water resources legislation on Tuesday (12/10), moving the bill just one step away from President Biden's desk as lawmakers hurry to wrap up end-of-year business…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday (12/10) evening named newly sworn-in Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Andy Kim (D-NJ) to the Senate Banking ahead of a committee vote on President Biden's nominees to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC)…
House Democrats formally approved their party’s picks Wednesday (12/11) for several leaders, including the ranking members of the so-called exclusive committees….
House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-OK) announced a handful of new GOP appropriators on Friday (12/13)…
The House Republican Steering Committee on Thursday (12/12) recommended Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) to lead the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the next Congress…
California
San Jose announced a partnership with Nvidia on Thursday (12/12) to help train city workers in artificial intelligence (AI) and use the technology to reach environmental goals in the heart of Silicon Valley…
Negotiators locked in a showdown over how to share the ever-shrinking Colorado River are offering little optimism for reaching an agreement anytime soon…
Education
A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) highlighted that 85 percent of charter schools participated in the National School Lunch Program in 2022-23, up from 64 percent in 2018-19…
This article discusses a teacher residency program in Los Angeles aimed at training bilingual teachers to address a shortage in dual-language instruction…
A new Louisiana law requires public schools and universities to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, sparking legal challenges over its alignment with the Establishment Clause…
Will immigration agents arrest and raid schools? Wednesday (12/11) news reported that Trump plans to rescind a longstanding policy discouraging immigration agents from enforcement activities in places considered “protected areas"…
President Donald Trump might not be able to fulfill his oft-repeated campaign promise to obliterate the U.S. Department of Education…