A federal district judge has approved a settlement agreement between the education department and disability rights advocates in the Bronx, resolving a four-year-old lawsuit that challenged the city’s process for allocating certain special education services. …
The state teachers union, with support from its city counterpart, called for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation Tuesday after an investigation found that he sexually harassed multiple women, violating state and federal laws. The report from…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced earlier this summer that he’s planning to take action that would restrict transition-related medical care for transgender minors in Texas, a move that aligns with other conservative states that have…
The International Olympic Committee has called the Tokyo Olympics the most gender equal Games off all time, with women comprising a record-breaking 49 per cent of participants. This near gender parity is long overdue. By…
Officials with the Kentucky Labor Cabinet told state lawmakers this week that the Division of Unemployment Insurance is having a difficult time finding workers. The issue, which was discussed in an Unemployment Insurance Reform Task…
Georgia has the 16th-lowest bonded obligations per capita at $2,027 per person, according to a recent report from the American Legislative Exchange Council that details the $1.25 trillion in bonded obligations nationwide. The state has…
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill is receiving fresh opposition from Republicans concerned that rising inflation, and the government spending that contributes to it, means the U.S. should take a step back from the plan. Biden…
Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter assigned some summer homework to students 12 and older on Monday: get vaccinated. With the delta variant contributing to a recent uptick in COVID cases, city officials are doubling down on…
Buying a house. Going to engineering school. Having a family. Those were the dreams that Evens, a 31-year-old Haitian, thought were out of reach during his last two years living in Brooklyn as an undocumented…
Iowa beat all other states in its drop in unemployment claims for the week beginning July 19, compared with the same week in 2019, WalletHub reported Thursday. The state’s unemployment claims last week were 30.8% lower…