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More than half nation’s school districts face teacher shortages, data show

More than half nation’s school districts face teacher shortages, data show

by Monica Sager | Jan 14, 2023 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON — More than half of school districts across the country have reported shortages in teachers, according to researchers who attended an event hosted Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education that focused on addressing these shortages. “We know...
The EPA Is Helping School Districts Purchase Clean-Energy School Buses, But Some Districts Have Been Blocked From Participating

The EPA Is Helping School Districts Purchase Clean-Energy School Buses, But Some Districts Have Been Blocked From Participating

by Christina van Waasbergen | Jan 9, 2023 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program has hit a speed bump. Part of the bipartisan infrastructure law passed last year, the program will provide $5 billion over the next five years to help school districts switch to clean energy...
Faith leaders pray for democracy and healing on Jan. 6 anniversary

Faith leaders pray for democracy and healing on Jan. 6 anniversary

by Kaila Nichols | Jan 6, 2023 | Featured, Politics

Two years after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, Christian leaders gathered Friday morning across from the Capitol in remembrance of the day for a sunrise prayer vigil. With the Capitol building in the distance, a group of over 30 people came together, some...
Senate committee ponders crypto regulation in wake of FTX collapse

Senate committee ponders crypto regulation in wake of FTX collapse

by Grant Schwab | Dec 1, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured

The story of FTX’s collapse is one of intra-office romantic entanglements, a prescient commercial by the company comically predicting its own demise, a stadium naming-rights deal gone sour, and an unintentional tell-all interview. It’s also a story of Congress failing...
U.S. Capitol Christmas tree lightning ceremony illuminates Cherokee culture

U.S. Capitol Christmas tree lightning ceremony illuminates Cherokee culture

by Pingping Yin | Nov 30, 2022 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON — A nine-year-old Cherokee boy from North Carolina helped light the “People’s Tree” on the West lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. The 78-foot-tall tree, nicknamed Ruby, came from Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. Hundreds...
Howard County is thankful for its veterans

Howard County is thankful for its veterans

by Joslyn Richardson | Nov 23, 2022 | Featured, Living

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Columbia, Maryland had its 8th annual Veteran’s Day Parade near Lake Kittamaqundi. Active and retired military veterans, as well as their families, marched in the parade and then assembled for a ceremony honoring all military members...
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