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Growth of the U.S. population between June 30, 2024, and July 1, 2025, a rate of about 0.5 percent — a decrease of more than 50 percent from the previous year, ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, announcing a directive ordering state agencies and public universities to pause new H-1B visa sponsorships through the end of the 2027 legislative session. Abbott cited “recent reports of abuse” within the H-1B program and pointed to an ongoing federal review aimed at ensuring jobs are going to American workers. (The Texas Tribune)
State officials intentionally timed new limits on soda and candy purchases to begin on Ash Wednesday as part of a health-focused push.
Facing surging caseloads tied to school bus violations, court officials are launching a pilot service to handle routine filings and payments without entering the courthouse.
Fake cases and fabricated quotes in legal filings are prompting courts and lawmakers to issue restrictions and education requirements.
Alabama’s central data repository enables coordinated action across health, law enforcement and governmental agencies.
Switzerland’s education system embodies a tight connection between school and work, functioning as a talent development system for the economy. Employers take the lead.
That’s the vacancy rate among corrections officers in New Hampshire Department of Corrections, a staffing shortage so severe the state canceled its August training academy and hired no new officers ...
Colby Pellegrino, deputy general manager of resources at the Southern Nevada Water Authority, as the seven states that rely on the Colorado River struggle to reach consensus on how to share dwindling water supplies. With a federal deadline approaching and talks at a stalemate, Pellegrino said a long-term, 20-year agreement is increasingly unrealistic, making a short-term, five-year framework the most likely path forward as governors prepare for negotiations with the Trump administration. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Across the U.S., lawmakers are introducing a wave of bills that would either restrict or support federal immigration enforcement.
Nebraska becomes the 12th state to bar diversion of federal survivor benefits toward foster-care costs.
State prisons are full, forcing Idaho to house inmates in county jails and out-of-state facilities at sharply higher expense.
New Census estimates show the state added more residents than any state in 2025 even as immigration and domestic migration drop to their lowest rates in years.
Whether they come from abroad or elsewhere in the U.S., they are reshaping communities in profound ways. That’s not likely to change.
Chatbots with inadequate safeguards are harming our children, rewiring their brains in ways that lead to anxiety, depression and self-harm. State lawmakers should take swift action to protect them.
That’s the value of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar, a gap three downtown Las Vegas casinos are choosing to ignore by creating their own exchange rate ...
Chris Madel, a Minneapolis attorney who announced he was ending his campaign for Minnesota governor as a Republican, denouncing federal immigration enforcement actions in the state as an “unmitigated disaster.” Madel said the operation, launched amid Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, had expanded well beyond public safety goals, leaving U.S. citizens fearful and raising serious constitutional concerns, including reports of warrantless home raids and the targeting of people based on appearance. (Washington Post)
State legislators introduce hundreds of K-12 proposals each year, but less than 10 percent reach the governor’s desk.
Parents say inconsistent and confusing local attendance policies undermine efforts to reduce chronic absenteeism and erode confidence in districts’ accountability.
Kansas flex-plexes and Indiana microcenters are turning underused spaces into multiprovider childcare facilities.
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That’s how many people — more than half the U.S. population — faced disruptions as one of the country’s most severe winter storms in years swept from the Southwest to the Northeast last weekend ...
New York state Sen. Jeremy Cooney, chair of the body’s Transportation Committee, urging New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani not to block New York City from joining other major cities testing autonomous vehicles. Cooney, who is sponsoring legislation to allow driverless vehicles that meet safety standards, said the city risks sidelining itself as companies such as Waymo push for broader deployment through lobbying and regulatory approvals. (Politico)
Sixty-five people from a long-standing encampment have been placed in stable housing, and outreach efforts are expanding under a structured rapid-rehousing strategy.
With pandemic-era aid gone and long-term structural challenges looming, 2026 budget debates will test lawmakers’ ability to balance short-term gaps and future risk.
State officials say federal agents violated Minnesota law, blocked investigators and left a crime scene unsecured, deepening a rift with the Trump administration.
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