HISD expects to exit state corrective action plan as graduation committee use hits decade low

HISD will soon exit a state-mandated plan to reduce its abuse of committees to award high school diplomas to students, ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal

USDA rejects Kansas compliance plan, proceeds to cutting $10.4M in SNAP funding

The federal government is withholding $10.4 million in administrative funding from Kansas for the SNAP program. Kansas submitted a corrective action plan to the USDA, but the federal agency apparently ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal

In Kobach v. Kelly lawsuit, judge won't make Kansas turn over data by deadline

A Kansas judge will not force the state to turn over personal data on food stamp recipients to the federal government by its deadline. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has threatened to withhold ...
The Hill

Interior says it has not been asked to remove ‘Scourged Back’ photo

The Department of Interior told The Hill on Tuesday it did not direct the National Park Service (NPS) to remove a famed photo showing an enslaved man’s scars from exhibits. “I can confirm that NPS ...
WYFF

2 more Clemson faculty members 'dismissed' over social posts about Charlie Kirk death

COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY. SOME BREAKING NEWS AT NOON. WE’RE FOLLOWING. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SAID TODAY THAT IT’S DISMISSED. TWO MORE FACULTY MEMBERS, AND THAT COMES AFTER THEY MADE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. THE ...
Action News Jax

Mother claims child with special needs was left unsupervised at Ribault High School

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville mom said her daughter who has special needs wandered off at Ribault High School and was unaccounted for last week for nearly an hour. “It’s very scary because just ...
Medical Xpress

Affirmative action critics refuse to back down in fight over medical bias training

Critics of affirmative action have launched a long-shot appeal aimed at stopping California from requiring training on unconscious bias in every continuing medical education class. A July ruling by a ...
The New York Times

Affirmative Action Is Dead. What Should Universities Do Now?

The Yale law professor Justin Driver considers the legal arguments for and against the policy, as well as alternative ways to ensure diversity on campuses. By Michael S. Roth Michael S. Roth is the ...
Men's Journal

Bob Odenkirk Sets the Record Straight About Comedy, Action Movies and Oasis

Plus, what kind of action flicks he might take on after ‘Nobody 2.’ The 'Nobody' star reveals training for the action movie helped him survive a heart attack in 2021. I could certainly imagine making ...
Washington Technology

New defense law helps NGA fend off contract protest

A corrective action at the Government Accountability Office usually means a protester gets a second chance to compete for a contract. But in BAE Systems' challenge to a National Geospatial ...
HousingWire

HUD terminates Equity Prime Mortgage’s FHA lending approvals

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has revoked the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan approval authority of Equity Prime Mortgage (EPM) in several regions after EPM’s ...