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Wondering if your loans will be forgiven? Here’s what to know about the Supreme Court case

Wondering if your loans will be forgiven? Here’s what to know about the Supreme Court case

by Molly Burke | Feb 27, 2023 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON — For those waiting for their student loans to disappear after applying last fall to a new government loan forgiveness plan, answers may be coming soon. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday on cases challenging President Joe Biden’s plan...
Most Americans support sending weapons to Ukraine but not troops

Most Americans support sending weapons to Ukraine but not troops

by Lynn Liu | Feb 23, 2023 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Nearly two thirds of Americans were willing to provide weapons to support the Ukrainian military, while only one-fifth wanted to send troops to Ukraine, according to a recent public opinion survey by Ipsos, a multinational market research firm...
Special education faces ‘crisis-level shortages’ of teachers, experts say

Special education faces ‘crisis-level shortages’ of teachers, experts say

by Monica Sager and Susanti Sarkar | Feb 11, 2023 | Education

Betsy Kling was faced with a desk full of papers. There were stacks of documents — at least 20 to 40 pages per student. And because there were not enough teachers to match the students’ individual special education needs, the work kept piling up with no end in...
Republicans attack ‘Biden border crisis’ at House Judiciary Committee hearing

Republicans attack ‘Biden border crisis’ at House Judiciary Committee hearing

by Christina van Waasbergen | Feb 1, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee attacked the Biden administration Wednesday for policies they claimed encourage undocumented immigration and allow a flood of drugs across the southern border. At a session on “the Biden border...
Amid Rising Emissions, Could Congressional Republicans Help the US Reach Its Climate Targets?

Amid Rising Emissions, Could Congressional Republicans Help the US Reach Its Climate Targets?

by Emma Ricketts and Grant Schwab | Jan 26, 2023 | Environment, Featured

While the prospects for a bitterly divided Congress to produce further ambitious climate legislation are almost nonexistent, newly named Republican leaders of key House committees say they want to help bring the U.S. closer to its emissions goal. “There’s...
Florida cities learning how to profit from pickleball

Florida cities learning how to profit from pickleball

by Margaret Fleming | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Sports

As Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer opened the pickleball session at the United States Conference of Mayors winter meeting Jan. 19 in Washington D.C., he asked his audience to say the name of the sport out loud. “Doesn’t that make everybody smile to say it?”...
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