Trump Administration Move to Freeze E.V. Charger Funding Confounds States
Some have halted work on the Biden-era $5 billion program to build E.V. charging stations. Others plan to keep building. Most ...
Iowa House Republicans announce education spending package with 2.25% per-pupil increase
House Speaker Pat Grassley said House Republicans are proposing legislation that sets the State Supplemental Aid rate at 2.25% in the upcoming fiscal year — a slightly higher proposal than the 2% ...
Social Security Delays Retroactive Payments For Public Workers—Here's What You Need To Know
The Congressional Budget Office reports estimates that by eliminating WEP, 2.1 million retirees could see an average increase of $360 per month and that repealing GPO could increase benefits by $700 ...
Vouchers versus fair school funding? The answer should be clear: Peter Robertson
Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman's assertion that voucher spending is “better for the taxpayers” is untrue, because most ...
Trump and Musk Promote Misleading ‘Scandal’ About Government Funding Media
Trump has bundled two of his long-favored political targets—federal government spending and the media—into one attack while ...
Treasury Sought to Freeze Foreign Aid Payments, Emails Show
Trump administration appointees and allies of Elon Musk wanted to use the Treasury’s sensitive payment system to block ...
Idaho legislators torn on trio of private school funding bills. Here’s what’s on the table
The Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit bill would set aside the $50 million the governor recommended for students who don’t attend public school. Parents could use the money toward tuition at a private ...
Services for disabled Americans, trans youth and refugees feel the squeeze from Trump’s early actions
President Donald Trump’s bid to remake the federal government is already affecting some vulnerable populations in the United ...
DOGE Cancels Politico's Government Funding After $8 Million in Subscription Contracts Revealed
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Wednesday that Politico will not receive another dime of taxpayer ...
Democrats confront limits of their power in bid to stop Trump and Musk
Democrats are fighting to energize their party's growing resistance to President Trump and his chief lieutenant, Elon Musk ...
Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro proposes funding increases for Temple, Penn State and Pitt. But a performance-based formula has yet to be developed
Three of the state-related universities would get their first state funding increase in several years under a budget proposed ...
Treasury: DOGE will have ‘read-only’ access to federal payment systems
After people working for Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) reportedly sought to gain access to a sensitive federal payment system, the Treasury Department ...