As enrollment declines continue to squeeze the budget, Boulder Valley School District Superintendent Rob Anderson is worried a bill that would overhual the state's school funding formula will make it even more challenging.
It appears Republicans are going to give it another shot. Several GOP lawmakers have introduced bills to defund National Public Radio (NPR) after
After Donald Trump’s defeat in 2020, former Attorney General Bill Barr seemed eager to put some distance between himself and the president he went to radical lengths to serve. In early 2021, for example, the Republican lawyer accused Trump of “inexcusable” behavior on Jan. 6. “The president’s conduct yesterday was a betrayal of his office,” Barr said the day after the insurrectionist attack on the Capitol. A few months later, Barr sat down with ABC News’ Jonathan Karl and went a little further....
Indiana Republican Rep. Jim Banks has introduced a bill aimed at withdrawing federal funding from National Public Radio.
Missouri lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill to expand private school scholarships statewide, an effort made possible by extensive compromises including a commitment to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more on public schools. The GOP-led House voted with a bare-minimum margin of 82-69 to send the measure to Republican Gov. Mike Parson. If signed, it would offer up to $6,375 per child for expenses including tuition, textbooks, tutoring, transportation, extracurriculars and summer school. The...
(The Center Square) – A victory claimed by Republicans was met with Democrats predicting a voter backlash against the legislators in November. In a party line 23-10 vote, the Senate passed House Bill 2634 on Tuesday after an 11-hour filibuster by Democrats. The bill would restrict public funds from agencies affiliated with abortion providers. A Senate amendment was added to the bill, so the House must vote again on the bill. It passed 104-48 in the House on March 4. ...
The proposal had easily cleared the Republican-dominant House nearly two months prior after the bill's sponsor said
The agency responsible for certifying which private schools are eligible to receive state funds under the Children's Promise Act can't say how the schools are spending the money.
Even when I've been told by my solicitor that I can pick up the keys to my new house from the estate agent in Darlington, County Durham, I'm convinced something will go wrong.
It’s no secret that the proliferation of scams targeting elderly Americans has increased dramatically with the expansive spread of information technology. Older Americans are particularly vulnerable to such scams, a disturbing reality that was made clear to me shortly before my father passed away. My parents, both in their 80s, were being inundated by scam phone calls and mailings, including the infamous grandparent scam, literally on a daily basis. Because they, like many older Americans, grew...
Holyoke Public Schools is one of five school districts in the state set to receive the next round of funding from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) to help fund electric school buses.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is letting a bill banning certain diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices in higher education to become state law Friday. Kelly is using her veto power on April 19 to reject several bills while letting two others become law without her signature. She included statements in a press []