SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The plan to bring two giant pandas from China to the San Francisco Zoo is still on track, but government bureaucracy is slowing things down a bit. Step 1 is to allow the mayor and a number of city departments to begin raising funds for the panda project. But on Thursday, […]
May 16—ROCHESTER — In the waning hours of the legislative session, Rochester Public Schools got a way-early Christmas gift. Negotiators for a joint House-Senate conference committee agreed to restore funding for a program that trains Rochester students to become licensed practical nurses and information technologists while earning a high school diploma and a two-year college […]
The US Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday suspended funding to EcoHealth Alliance, a virus research organization tied to controversy about the origins of the virus that causes Covid-19. The agency also proposed the group be blocked from receiving federal funds in the future, possibly for years. Before Covid-19 emerged, a US government […]
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding mechanism in a challenge brought by the payday loan industry, handing a victory to President Joe Biden’s administration and a setback to the agency’s conservative critics. The 7-2 decision reversed a lower court’s ruling that the CFPB’s […]
The U.S. House voted 387-26 Wednesday to reauthorize $105 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration for the next five years — and to finalize a hotly debated deal adding flights at busy Washington Reagan National Airport in the process. Advocates for the bill, which won votes from every ideological corner of the often-divided House, touted […]
The acting chief of police for the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) Department of Public Safety, John Pettigrew, told lawmakers on Tuesday, May 9, about the harsh realities of maintaining law and order on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwest South Dakota with a gross lack of funding. During a hearing on the needs of […]
Congress passed a new long-term funding bill for the Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday afternoon, ensuring the agency’s continued operation for the next five years. President Biden is expected to sign the legislation into law imminently. The previous five-year funding bill expired on Sept. 30, and Congress has been supporting the agency with short-term measures in […]
A Co Mayo GAA club has brought a High Court action challenging the Minister for Justice’s decision to reject its application to be included in the Immigrant Investor Programme. The application has been brought by Islandeady GAA Company Ltd in respect of an application it made to the Minister under the scheme which had, before […]
Texas House Democrats are urging Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special legislative session to increase public school funding as districts around the state grapple with budget deficits in the millions. Abbott instead blasted the lawmakers for their opposition to legislation last year that he said would have increased education funding but became mired in […]
Washington County was recently awarded $40,473 of federal funding from the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency through the national Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) under Phase 41. The funding is to supplement established emergency food assistance and emergency shelter programs within the county. The selection of which communities receive funding, and […]
Hundreds of educators, parents and students joined a rally Nov. 1. 2023 at Roosevelt High School in north Portland to support striking teachers who want better pay, smaller class sizes and more planning time among other demands. Portland’s superintendent said the district needs more money from the state to fulfill student and staff needs. (Alex […]
Legislators released the details of a two-year state budget plan Saturday that would nix a potential new tax on digital goods while still providing large investments in education. After months of conflict, House Appropriations Committee Chair Luke Torian announced Thursday that budget negotiators had struck a deal with Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin that left Democrats’ […]