(Photo credit: Wesley Muller/Louisiana Illuminator) While lawmakers maintained public school teacher pay at its current level, early childhood education slots would be cut next year under the latest proposed Louisiana…
(Getty Images) With college costs rising and some students and families questioning the return on investment of a four-year degree, a few pioneering state universities are exploring programs that would…
According to the Guttmacher Institute, 15 states already require providers to gather information about a patient’s reason for seeking an abortion, with varying degrees of specificity. Many of those states…
Former President Donald Trump’s mug shot. By James E. Garcia It’s been nearly four years since I wrote that the “Republican Party may not be dead yet, but it’s probably…
Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Bruce Twp.) at the Mackinac Policy Conference, May 30, 2024 | Anna Liz Nichols Michigan’s two Democratic U.S. senators and two Republican U.S. representatives joined together at…
Getty Images As elected officials, policymakers and business leaders grapple with how best to increase workforce participation, one item that doesn’t always make the top of the list, but perhaps…
An aerial view shows high voltage power lines on May 16, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Twenty-one states are joining a push by President Joe Biden’s administration to modernize…
Tributes to the departed lighted up the sea at Ala Moana Beach Park and the governor signed measures to increase affordable housing in Hawaii this past week.
Copies of the proposed fiscal 2025 Rhode Island budget await distribution at the State House on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current) Good news for transit riders, Medicaid…
Friday, May 31, 2024 is the official last day of the pandemic-era Affordable Connectivity Program, which has provided up to $30 in discounts on internet bills for eligible families and…