Federal cash programs for child care and early learning are a lifeline for low-income parents, student families, and seasonal workers, but in 2026 they are also exposed to the risk of a federal ...

The president’s request for 2027 reflects his preoccupation with eliminating programs that support diversity and civil rights ...

(In April 3 story, adds dropped word 'departmental' in paragraph 10) By Bo Erickson and Ryan Patrick Jones WASHINGTON, April ...

America’s affordable housing crisis is nearing a breaking point. More than 10 million extremely low-income renter households compete for too few affordable units, creating a shortage of 7.1 million ...

As the federal government reopens, programs like SNAP and federal worker pay are experiencing delays in returning to normal operations. Getting back to normal for some of these federal programs will ...

While much of the country has moved on from Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OB3), one provision has kept the education reform movement busy: the nation’s first federal tax credit ...

Though some members said the school board should let state lawmakers handle the debate, others said it’s important to take a ...

Warning signs are piling up that schools could experience more funding turbulence in the coming months, even though Congress recently approved a federal budget with no major education cuts. The Trump ...

More than three years after the launch of a signature infrastructure program to build out broadband across the nation, projects have still not broken ground as the program navigates a new presidential ...

A handful of federal programs haven’t been doing enough to protect against fraud, according to a new Government Accountability Office audit that follows reports that DOGE’s pledge to root out waste, ...