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More cities, counties join lawsuit seeking to block new conditions on federal funding
Twenty-eight cities and counties including Baltimore, Los Angeles, Milwaukee and Rochester, New York, joined a lawsuit July 10 challenging Trump administration attempts to withhold federal funds because of local policies on immigration enforcement; diversity, equity and inclusion; gender equity; and abortion access.
Jul 142 min read
Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees
The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track — and to go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.
Jul 143 min read
Public school enrollment continues to fall
According to projections from the National Center for Education Statistics, public K-12 enrollment peaked at 50.8 million students in autumn 2019, but is expected to fall by nearly 4 million students to 46.9 million by 2031, a 7.6% nationwide drop.
Jul 142 min read
Anchorage rebuilds prosecutor’s office after reporting revealed hundreds of criminal case dismissals
The city dropped more than 250 domestic violence assault cases and more than 270 drunken driving cases between May 1 and Oct. 2 last...
Jul 133 min read
States fear critical funding from FEMA may be drying up
Upheaval at the nation’s top disaster agency is raising anxiety among state and local emergency managers — and leaving major questions about the whereabouts of billions of federal dollars it pays out to them.
Jul 137 min read
Canadian visitors to US plummet 33% in June — sixth straight month of steep declines
The volume of Canadians taking road trips into the U.S.—the means by which most Canadians visit—dropped by 33% last month compared to...
Jul 121 min read
New national school voucher program included in ‘big, beautiful’ law, with no cap on cost
A national private school voucher program is now law, though the school choice initiative comes with a huge caveat. States also choose — whether or not to participate.
Jul 114 min read
Trump’s tariff policies will cost households $2,400 this year, Yale Budget Lab says
President Donald Trump. (U.S. Department of Agriculture photo) President Donald Trump’s latest tariff rollout is expected to result in...
Jul 111 min read
Weather experts say accuracy of storm forecasts will suffer under budget cuts
Forecast accuracy for major storms and hurricanes have improved dramatically in recent years, but this capacity is being seriously compromised by proposed budget cuts to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) by the Trump administration, a group of weather experts said Wednesday.
Jul 94 min read
More cities, counties join immigrant sanctuary lawsuit seeking to block Trump funding cuts
Thirty-four cities and counties, including Chicago and Los Angeles, have asked to join a California lawsuit seeking to stop the Trump administration from cutting federal funding based on sanctuary policies that limit cooperation with the administration’s mass deportation agenda.
Jul 93 min read
European heatwave caused 2,300 deaths in 10 days, study finds
Researchers find human-caused climate change raised temperatures by up to 4C, with 1,500 deaths linked directly to it Some 2,300 people...
Jul 91 min read
Federal judge quickly rules in favor of Planned Parenthood in suit over Medicaid funding
The federal government cannot withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood for at least the next two weeks, after a district court judge issued a temporary restraining order the same day the organization filed a lawsuit.
Jul 82 min read
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