The Download: On MCAS question, mayors reluctant to fill in the bubble
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Government shutdown deadline nearing as U.S. House stumbles on stopgap spending bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., walks back to his office following a vote in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 11, 2024 in Washington, D.C.( Anna Rose Layden | Getty Images)…
State emergency department audit finds $33 million deficit, $4 million embezzlement
(Getty Images) Virginia’s Office of Emergency Medical Services is considering several reforms to get the agency back on track, following an audit that confirmed a deficit of $33 million and…
On MCAS question, mayors reluctant to fill in the bubble
WHEN IT COMES to the November ballot question asking whether the state should end the MCAS graduation requirement for high school students, voters will face a stark choice: A yes…
Advocates call for expanding free school meals at U.S. Senate hearing
Students eat lunch at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in South Salt Lake, Utah, on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (Spenser Heaps | Utah News Dispatch) WASHINGTON — Amid persistent child hunger…
Harris blasts Trump deportation pledge as poll shows a majority of voters support it
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 47th Annual Leadership Conference at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on September…
Harris blasts Trump deportation pledge as poll shows a majority of voters support it
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 47th Annual Leadership Conference at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on September…
Bracing for another warmer, drier winter in New Mexico
A playset partially submerged under soils near an arroyo in Ruidoso captured Aug. 20, 2024. Ephemeral streams and arroyos in the Hondo valley have been awash in debris flows from…
Federal judge rejects RFK Jr. motion to remove name from Michigan ballot
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent presidential candidate, hosted an event at the Val Air Ballroom in West Des Moines April 13, 2024, to gain ballot access for the 2024…
How Arizona tackles a language barrier to provide Navajo voters a ballot they can listen to
Election officials from northern Arizona counties work on translating the November ballot into Navajo in an August meeting at the Coconino County Elections Center. Navajo is a traditionally oral language,…