The Republican Party’s proposed cuts to nutrition assistance for children, said one analyst, “would be part of legislation that would give massive tax cuts to the wealthiest people and businesses.” The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are waging a multi-front war on nutrition benefits for children, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture moving this […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today welcomed the passage of S. 2581, the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act, which the Senate agreed to by unanimous consent late yesterday evening. This legislation, which Murkowski co-sponsored, reauthorizes the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act through Fiscal Year 2026, allowing the U.S. Forest Service […]
Image-The Conversation screengrab[/caption] A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a Louisiana law requiring every public school classroom in the state to display, in large font, a Protestant version of the Ten Commandments—a mandate that the new ruling characterizes as plainly unconstitutional. The decision by U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana Judge John deGravelles, an […]
The Republican presidential nominee is threatening funding if teachers “don’t teach what he wants,” said one teachers union leader. “That’s indoctrination and it’s dangerous.” Education advocates implored voters to take Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s latest comments on public schools on Friday after his appearance on the Fox News morning show “Fox & Friends,” where he explained […]