School finance runs on calendars, cash flow, and confidence, and when those three slip even a little, classrooms feel shocks long before Washington notices the tremor. This roundup traces how federal education dollars are migrating to the Labor Department’s systems, gathers what state leaders,
A proposal to relocate federal special education oversight jolted Washington with unusual speed, colliding with mass layoff notices during a shutdown and forcing courts, Congress, and advocates to test how far the system could bend before IDEA’s promise to families started to fray. The episode
Opening Gambit A fast-ticking deadline, a fragile bipartisan window, and one clause about abortion coverage now threatened to upend a health deal the White House cast as essential to keeping premiums in check. With subsidies set to lapse at year’s end, budget staff warned that even a short delay
Every check mailed late, every call unanswered, and every case reopened after churn signals a system stretched thin by design, not accident. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act forces a choice with real consequences: lean on federal oversight to set guardrails and build shared infrastructure, or lean on
Across American towns and cities, a quiet revolution is underway as electric bicycles, commonly known as e-bikes, become the preferred mode of transportation for teenagers and children eager for independence and convenience. In places like Louisville, Colorado, these battery-powered bikes are
In a bold move that has reignited national debate, the Trump administration recently unveiled a sweeping plan to expand offshore drilling along the coasts of California, Florida, and Alaska, promising to bolster energy security. This initiative, one of the most ambitious in decades, has sparked
