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…
A welcome Supreme Court win for American consumers
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Colorado brewers group to join craft beer scene in SE Asia with federal grant 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…
More than half of states sue to block Biden Title IX rule protecting LGBTQ+ students
More than half of states, all with Republican attorneys general, have sued to block a recent U.S. Department of Education final rule seeking to protect LGBTQ+ students from discrimination. (Getty…
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt introduces bill to end a state’s Medicaid funding if it blocks IVF
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama addresses a crowd at a breakfast hosted by the Chamber of Commerce in Montgomery on Nov. 3, 2023. (Alander Rocha / Alabama Reflector) WASHINGTON…