• Lawmakers send MAEP education funding formula rewrite to governor

    Under the first year of the new formula, K-12 education is supposed to receive an additional $230 million, about $50 million less than MAEP would have provided if fully funded.

  • startup funding: ETtech Deals Digest: Startup funding falls 30% on year to $73 million this week

    Startup funding in the penultimate week of April 2024 declined by nearly 27.9% from the same period a year ago, totalling $74 million across 14 deals. However, deal density in the latest week improved to $5.3 million per deal, as per Tracxn data. From April 6 to April 12, 2023, startups had raised about $2.4 million per deal. Funding was down sequentially as well, from $103 million across 15 funding rounds in the previous week. Of the total corpus raised this week, fundraises of...

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    Education funding rally takes over the capitol steps

    People from all over Michigan headed to the State Capitol Tuesday to demand more funding for education.

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    Kansas to get federal funding for broadband access

    Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Federal officials are signing off on a plan to provide 451-million-dollars to expand and improve high-speed internet service in parts of Kansas. State officials say the funding from the U.S. Department

  • Budget Deal Reached in New York State

    Governor Hochul and & legislative leaders agree on a tentative 237-billion-dollar State Budget deal. The agreement includes renewed subsidies for developers to build new housing in New York City and additional tenant protections. Pro-housing communities, like the Town of Plattsburgh, will share 650-million-dollars to help build new homes. Another half-billion dollars will be used for housing on state-owned sites, including former prisons. No word yet whether that could include the former Moriah...

  • Kansas lawmakers weigh in on Jake LaTurner exit

    TOPEKA (KSNT) - Kansas lawmakers are sharing their thoughts following the recent announcement Congressman Jake LaTurner will not seek reelection. Kansas House Majority Leader Chris Croft issued a statement Thursday, April 18 just hours after LaTurner announced he would not seek another term as the 2nd District Representative for the Sunflower State in Washington D.C. []

  • SES reaches $3B deal to acquire rival Intelsat

    SES reached an agreement to acquire Intelsat for $3.1 billion, in a deal the companies claim will create a multi-orbit operator able to better compete with rivals in the fast-moving space industry.

  • Tesla reaches deals in China on self-driving cars

    BEIJING >> Tesla has concluded a series of arrangements with regulators and a Chinese artificial intelligence company during a quick trip to Beijing on Sunday and Monday by Elon Musk, the carmaker’s CEO, potentially clearing the way for the company to offer its most advanced self-driving software on cars in China.

  • RFU and Premiership Rugby close in on £264m funding deal

    The Rugby Football Union, RFU, and Premiership Rugby have finally agreed a new Premiership Game Partnership, worth £264m, which will shape the English game for the next eight years. It is understood that legal details are all that remain between now and the new deal being signed, with the Telegraph suggesting the central policy will []

  • Report: Amazon and NBA reach agreement on broadcast deal

    Amazon Prime Video and the NBA are reportedly nearing an agreement that would make the streaming and retail giant a major platform for game telecasts.

  • Senate reaches deal to pass FISA reauthorization by deadline

    After hours of stalemate, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced a deal Friday evening to vote on a package of amendments to a House-passed bill to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance program, putting it on a trajectory to pass before a midnight deadline. The expanded surveillance powers authorized by

  • Kansas lawmakers working to lure ‘pro sports’ team with stadium

    The last minute proposal to revise the STAR bonds that helped build Kansas Speedway and Children’s Mercy Park