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WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday that body cameras would be given to federal immigration agents across the country, starting in Minneapolis, where two U.S. citizens were shot and killed by agents in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. “As funding is available, the body camera program will be expanded nationwide,” she wrote on […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a clarification letter Monday to manufacturers saying that the Clean Air Act does not prohibit independent repairs to offroad diesel equipment such as farm machinery.  A news release from EPA said manufacturers “can no longer” use the act to “justify limiting access to repair tools or software.”  EPA Administrator […]

中央军委第一副主席张又侠、中央军委委员联合参谋部参谋长刘振立被抓后，二十届中央军委会，除了主席习近平，紧急增补副主席的张升民，差不多“覆灭”了。

A group of state lawmakers crossing party lines and geographical boundaries have coalesced around one issue ahead of the next budget cycle: addressing the commonwealth’s housing crisis. “I think that all of my colleagues here — Republican and Democrat — are all going in the same direction when it comes to identifying why we’re in […]

Johnston Community College (JCC) set a new enrollment record at the beginning of the spring 2026 semester with a 5,892 degree-seeking students — a 12% growth in curriculum enrollment since the previous spring semester. Enrollment across North Carolina’s community colleges has risen in recent years, driven in part by the state’s strong economy and a growing national interest in short-term programs that can lead to jobs more quickly than a four-year degree.… The post How data tools and a ‘human touch’ helped enroll Boost students at Johnston Community College appeared first on EdNC.

The education sector faced a climate of volatility in 2025. While districts continued to grapple with the lingering scars of the pandemic, they were simultaneously confronted with waves of challenges. Shifting federal policies, sudden cessation of funding, and immigration enforcement actions increased the volatility of an already fractured system. For those educators on the front lines, it became a daily exercise in containment — protecting students from the storms outside the walls of the school, while struggling to sustain their own well-being.… The post Perspective | ‘I feel pressure all day, every day’: Finding refuge and resilience on education’s front line appeared first on EdNC.

An Idaho House of Representatives committee voted Monday to advance a bill that adopts nearly all of the tax cuts in the federal “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” amid concerns over its hit to the state budget.  The House Revenue and Taxation Committee voted along party lines to send House Bill 559 to the floor, […]

Connecticut and Massachusetts set up the Abortion Legal Hotline in response to President Donald Trump’s election in 2024.

New Mexico legislators on Monday narrowly passed a bill that would require ongoing reporting by the state’s Children, Youth & Families Department regarding foster children housed in the agency’s offices. House Bill 181, which eked through the committee on a 5-4 vote, would require CYFD to report to lawmakers and the newly created Office of the Child Advocate about the number and status of such children, and allots $100,000 in one-time funds to facilitate the reports.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services announced Monday that it’s recruiting 168 people from the state government’s 40,000 employees to help the agency conduct unannounced site checks of Medicaid providers in order to combat fraud. The site checks are part of a new effort by the state to “revalidate” all 5,800 providers of 13 Medicaid […]

Teachers rallied outside a SDUSD meeting last week in anticipation of a district-wide strike at 172 campuses scheduled for Feb. 26.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education exhausted millions in taxpayer dollars trying to eliminate a chunk of its Office for Civil Rights, a government watchdog found in a report released Monday.   The department spent between roughly $28.5 million and $38 million on the salaries and benefits of the hundreds of Office for Civil Rights, […]

Manpower executive Phil Blair has answers to some of the most common employment questions in his bi-weekly column.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education exhausted millions in taxpayer dollars trying to eliminate a chunk of its Office for Civil Rights, a government watchdog found in a report released Monday.   The department spent between roughly $28.5 million and $38 million on the salaries and benefits of the hundreds of Office for Civil Rights, […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is expected to vote as soon as Tuesday on the government funding package that will end the ongoing partial government shutdown once it becomes law.  The Senate voted Friday evening to approve the legislation after President Donald Trump and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., brokered a deal to remove the full-year […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education exhausted millions in taxpayer dollars trying to eliminate a chunk of its Office for Civil Rights, a government watchdog found in a report released Monday.   The department spent between roughly $28.5 million and $38 million on the salaries and benefits of the hundreds of Office for Civil Rights, […]

The Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival has been playing peekaboo in downtown San Diego since it debuted in 2019 on the city’s northwestern bayfront.  The multi-genre festival is currently off the map, though organizers reportedly hope to revive it before the end of 2026. Paul Thornton, the event’s organizer, told the Union-Tribune the festival was […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is expected to vote as soon as Tuesday on the government funding package that will end the ongoing partial government shutdown once it becomes law.  The Senate voted Friday evening to approve the legislation after President Donald Trump and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., brokered a deal to remove the full-year […]

State Rep. Dylan Germana, a Keene Democrat, has resigned after the state Attorney General’s Office wrote in a letter to House leadership that they found “credible evidence” the young New Hampshire lawmaker was no longer living within his district. The New Hampshire Constitution requires lawmakers to live within their district. The House clerk announced Germana’s […]

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a Trump administration policy that prevented members of Congress from making unannounced oversight visits at facilities that hold immigrants. The temporary restraining order from U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb of District of Columbia federal court blocked a seven-day notice requirement that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem established […]