Alabama reading assessments show 4,800 third graders could be held back
A small child pulling children’s books off a bookshelf. (Getty Images) Nine percent of Alabama’s third graders could be held back after testing below grade level for reading, State Schools…
California farmworkers: Why are so many dying in crashes?
A memorial for Fidel Ojeda and Pedro Ojeda, two of seven farm workers killed while driving to work in Madera County. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local Good morning, Inequality…
U.S. House panel debates voting by noncitizens, which is already illegal
U.S. House Republicans are promoting a bill to curb voting by noncitizens. Though noncitizens can vote in some local elections, it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal…
U.S. House panel debates voting by noncitizens, which is already illegal
Signage for voters looking to vote in-person at the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building on March 5, 2024 in Denver, Colorado. Fifteen states and one U.S. territory hold their…
Medicare should include dental coverage, dentists tell U.S. Senate panel
Dr. Brian Jeffrey Swann, who is on the board of directors for Remote Area Medical and practices dentistry in Tennessee, told a U.S. Senate committee about low-income people who drive…
The Download: Political Notebook: Current and former transit chiefs on comeback trail
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Political Notebook: Current and former transit chiefs on comeback trail
DURING A SPEECH this week, Monica Tibbits-Nutt said she is a transportation secretary who doesn’t ride the commuter rail system. Her comments were part of a wide-ranging speech before the…
Senate GOP halts effort to add mental health records to gun background checks
New Hampshire does not submit commitment records to identify individuals who are legally prohibited from buying a gun. (Getty Images) Senate Republicans united late Thursday night in almost certainly defeating…
U.S. House panel debates voting by noncitizens, which is already illegal
U.S. House Republicans are promoting a bill to curb voting by noncitizens. Though noncitizens can vote in some local elections, it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal…
Brown v. Board litigants, family mark anniversary as Biden decries ongoing school inequality
Plaintiffs and family members of plaintiffs in the Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court case, Cheryl Brown Henderson, second from right, John Stokes, second from left, and Nathaniel…