Jun. 7—The Fairfield City Schools board voted to restore busing services to thousands of students for the upcoming school year after the five-year budget projection improved. But all other previous cuts approved by the board, including a reduction in a dozen teaching positions, will remain. District Treasurer Nancy Lane outlined Thursday evening some of the […]
Forty years ago, three local Black pastors appeared on the front page of The Courier Journal to denounce two patently racist transportation-related decisions by the Jefferson County School Board. The first: A modification of its busing plan whereby the majority of Black students from West Louisville would be forcibly bused to the county’s suburban schools. […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott boasted shortly after he began soliciting private donations for his controversial migrant busing program that there would likely “be no cost to the state” given the outpouring of support from concerned citizens across the country. But after nearly two years of fundraising to offset the program’s costs, Abbott’s operation has collected […]
A unique program that has helped more than 40,000 private school students in Lakewood reduce busing costs and find better transportation options could be duplicated anywhere in the state under legislation approved this week in Trenton. Senate Bill 3850, unanimously passed in the State Senate on Monday, allows for the formation of nonprofit consortiums for […]
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams issued an executive order Wednesday to restrict the flow of migrant charter buses sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to New York City. Adams said the order mandates any buses carrying migrants arrive in the city only between 8:30 a.m. and noon on weekdays. The buses’ arrival must also […]
CHICAGO — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott knows he’s wreaking havoc by sending busloads of migrants from his border towns to sanctuary cities. The signs are evident. New York says it’s at a breaking point. Chicago is running out of time and space before a harsh winter sets in. Washington, D.C. says its housing is at […]