President and Administration
Surging prices for gas, food, and rent catapulted U.S. inflation to a new four-decade peak in June, further pressuring households…
On Saturday, 7/16, the U.S. transitioned the 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to 988 for 24/7 crisis care. The lifeline also links to the Veterans Crisis Line…
The number of homes for sale in the U.S. rose two percent in June, the first time in three years inventory has increased, according to Redfin…
U.S. stores are still struggling to stock baby formula despite months-long efforts by manufacturers and the Biden administration to boost supplies…
Almost across the board, the armed forces are experiencing large shortfalls in enlistments this year - a deficit of thousands of entry-level troops that is on pace to be worse than any since just after the Vietnam War…
White House announces over $40 billion in American Rescue Plan investments in our workforce – with more coming…
Congress
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has told senators to expect votes as soon as tomorrow, 7/18, to move forward on $52 billion in initial funding for chip factories, as well as a tax credit for ongoing semiconductor production…
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has announced that he will only back provisions targeted at lowering prescription drug costs for seniors and a two-year extension of subsidies for health insurance premiums for a party-line reconciliation package - rejecting the party’s desire to include climate change and tax changes to the bill…
The House Judiciary Committee will take up on Rep. David Cicilline’s (D-RI) assault weapons bill, H.R. 1808 this week, that would bar the “import, sell, manufacture, or transfer” of semi-automatic rifles that have certain “military features,” including large or detachable magazines…
The Senate approved Steven Dettelbach’s nomination last week to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, making him only the second Senate-confirmed director in the gun regulatory agency’s history…
Education
More than 40 percent of polled educators feared a mass shooting would target their workplace in the wake of May’s nightmare attack at Uvalde, according to survey data released last week by the American Federation of Teachers…
The clean energy economy is a huge opportunity for communities and STEM workers…
Two bipartisan bills recently passed in the House seek to address the growing mental health crisis by helping colleges create evidence-based policies and procedures to address mental health and addiction on campuses…
The Education Department announced last week that it will award most of the remaining $198 million in federal emergency funding to colleges that enroll high populations of minority and low-income students…
The Department of Education announced the Engage Every Student Initiative, which will help communities utilize American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds alongside other state and local funds to ensure that every child who wants a spot in a high-quality out-of-school time program has one…
Over the last decade, the American public has increasingly lost confidence in the economic benefits of a college degree…
A new study from the Century Foundation found that graduates from cosmetology schools are making near poverty-level wages, and that almost half of the colleges in the industry - 42 percent - would fail under ED’s proposed gainful-employment rule…
A newly released National Student Clearinghouse report shows total post-high school enrollment fell by about 685,000 students in spring 2022…
After a decade of gains in academics and a marked boost in high school graduation rates and college attendance, Latino students suffered significant setbacks during the pandemic as many attended underfunded schools and had limited internet access at home, a new report from UnidosUS, the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization, shows…
GreatSchools says 2020, 2021 testing results are nonexistent or incomplete, and will instead provide parents with other school quality info while awaiting 2022 scores…