President and Administration
Cases of pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, have surpassed pre-pandemic levels and are nearly five times as high as they were at the same time last year…
President-elect Donald Trump’s policy decisions, nominations, and priorities are generating significant discussion, with varying potential impacts on daily life…
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Tuesday (12/3) urged states and school districts to develop policies overseeing the use of cellphones in schools…
For the first time since 2000, the people of Puerto Rico have elected a resident commissioner (non-voting delegate) to Congress who opposes statehood for Puerto Rico and thinks we should focus on different priorities…
Congress
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are weighing attaching a health care package to a stopgap end-of-year government funding bill…
Democrats in the House and Senate, along with debt forgiveness advocates, are pressuring the Education Department to quickly forgive the remaining student loan debt of borrowers who were defrauded by predatory for-profit colleges…
California
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and state lawmakers are prioritizing reproductive health care this year, introducing new bills to bolster abortion rights…
Democrat Adam Gray has flipped one of his party’s highest-priority seats in California’s Central Valley, booting Republican Rep. John Duarte from office in the last House race in the country to be called…
California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized President-elect Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada, calling it a "betrayal" of both American consumers and the USMCA trade agreement…
Democratic state lawmakers are proposing a constitutional amendment that would ask voters to double the cap on California’s main reserve account, an attempt to blunt the impact of future budget shortfalls months after officials addressed one of the largest deficits in state history…
Education
International testing data released Wednesday (12/4) offered the latest evidence of U.S. learning loss since the pandemic…
U.S. 8th graders’ digital literacy skills declined between 2018 and 2023 on the International Computer and Information Literacy Study, a global assessment of students’ preparedness for the digital world…
Educators around the country are bracing for upheaval, whether or not the president-elect follows through on his pledge to deport millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally…