‘Make It Happen’: Mississippi Legislature Pushes to Ban DEI as Political Pressure Mounts
With President Donald Trump elevating bans of diversity, equity and inclusion programs to the top of national Republicans’ education agenda, Mississippi lawmakers are working to shutter DEI across the ...
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Public Education Bills: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Conservative state lawmakers have filed hundreds of bills targeting the school finance system, LGBTQ+ students, undocumented immigrant children, and more.
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Meet the 11 freshmen of the Alaska Legislature
Meet the 11 freshmen: Robyn Niayuq Burke, D-Utqiagvik, represents District 40 in the Alaska House. Photographed on January 24 ...
Several Bills Filed to Weaken Vaccine Mandates as More Texas Families Opt Out of Immunizations
Some of the legislation filed so far focus on the Vaccine Adverse Reporting System, or VAERS, a collection of self-reported post-vaccination health issues. Others mandate physicians to report to the U ...
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DWP details which bank accounts are set to be targeted for benefit fraud checks
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has outlined the kinds of bank account activities it will check if it suspects ...
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Opinion: The Alaska Marine Highway System, and its employees, need more support from the Legislature and governor
Ferries that operate as the Alaska Marine Highway System are as essential to coastal communities as roads are to the cities ...
Taiwan’s divided politics undermine defense resolve as Trump returns
Hours after Donald Trump’s chilly inauguration in Washington, Taiwan’s parliament voted to freeze billions of dollars in ...
SEPTA has cut $27 million to reduce a deficit and boost its case for new state transit money
SEPTA is trimming costs as it drafts a new operating budget and hopes to wring new state dollars from the legislature. So far ...