Biden to announce 1 million claims granted for VA benefits under toxic exposure law
The PACT Act added 23 illnesses to the list of toxic-exposure-related ailments presumed to be connected to military service. (Andrew Burton | Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is…
Tennessee 2023-24 business tax revenues continue to fall short of predictions
Tennessee State Capitol. (Photo: John Partipilo) Tennessee tax revenues are now $494.2 million short of projections, the latest revenue numbers released by the state on Friday show. Driving the revenue…
U.S. Department of Agriculture to fund $300 million in grants to boost exports
Soybeans being loaded from a grain bin onto a truck on June 13, 2018 in Dwight, Illinois. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding $300 million in grants to expand…
Prosecution rests in Trump hush money trial, after former fixer Cohen is grilled
Former President Donald Trump appears in court during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 20, 2024, in New York City. Trump…
U.S. Department of Agriculture to fund $300 million in grants to boost exports
Soybeans being loaded from a grain bin onto a truck. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding $300 million in grants to expand overseas U.S. agriculture Photo by Scott Olson/Getty…
Biden to announce 1 million claims granted for VA benefits under toxic exposure law
The PACT Act added 23 illnesses to the list of toxic-exposure-related ailments presumed to be connected to military service. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to…
70 years after Brown v Board of Education, school funding is the new frontier in education equity
Debra Matthews participated in the Philadelphia school district’s voluntary busing effort throughout the 1970s. (Dale Mezzacappa / Chalkbeat) This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s…
A message to the mother of my son
Photo illustration by Getty Images. We were so young. And everyone around us knew what we refused to admit to ourselves, that we were not destined to last. Because we…
Rockbridge residents say Boy Scouts harming local river and more Va. headlines
The state Capitol. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury) • “Boy Scouts love this scenic Va. river. Locals say they’re ruining it.”—Washington Post • “Deaths, ill treatment at Riverside spark calls for regional…
More than half of states sue to block Biden Title IX rule protecting LGBTQ+ students
High school students across Virginia including those at McLean High School walked out in protest of the governor’s revised transgender student policies on Sept. 27, 2022. Pictured is a student…