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Feb 20 2023
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Federal COVID relief aid to schools will dry up soon. Are districts ready?
For the past couple of years, the Detroit Public Schools Community District has been able to tap its share of federal COVID relief aid to fund after-school enrichment programs that help students recover from learning lost during the pandemic.
But those funds will soon run out, and Detroit and other districts face some tough decisions about which programs and employees they can afford to
Chalkbeat
Jan 03 2023
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Northern Arizona tribe to get federal aid for flood damage
President Joe Biden has approved a disaster declaration made by the Havasupai Tribe in northern Arizona, freeing up funds for flood damage as it prepares to re-open for tourists after nearly three years.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency confirmed Sunday that federal emergency aid will be given to supplement the tribe’s own recovery efforts from severe flooding last October.
The Hill
Mar 15 2023
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Blinken announces $331M in humanitarian aid to Ethiopia
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday that the United States will send $331 million in humanitarian aid to Ethiopia.
“This funding will provide life-saving support to those displaced and affected by conflict, drought, and food insecurity in Ethiopia,” he said in a statement.
Blinken broke down the aid, explaining that it includes $12 million from the State
The Hill
Mar 20 2023
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Federal Appeals Court Stops the 'Stop WOKE Act'
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has rejected Florida's request to let it enforce the "Stop WOKE Act"—officially known as the Individual Freedom Act—while the state appeals a lower court ruling that partially enjoined the statute.
Signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in April 2022, the law prohibits private employers and university professors from endorsing
Reason
Mar 22 2023
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‘Unconstitutional’: Federal Judge Blocks Multiple California Gun Restrictions
A federal judge issued a temporary injunction blocking multiple California gun restrictions Monday, saying the laws violated the Constitution in light of a landmark Supreme Court case in June.
Federal District Judge Cormac J. Carney, a George W. Bush appointee, temporarily restricted portions of California’s Unsafe Handgun Act that mandated purchase restrictions on certain handguns,
The Daily Signal
Mar 22 2023
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Federal judge blocks key parts of California handgun law
A federal judge on Monday blocked key provisions of a California law that drastically restricts the sale of new handguns in the state, saying parts of the legislation violate the Second Amendment.
A lawsuit challenging the law was filed last year by the California Rifle & Pistol Association and other gun rights supporters following a landmark 2022 decision from the U.S. Supreme
Associated Press
Mar 22 2023
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Appeals court backs DOJ, forcing Trump attorney to aid documents probe
An appeals court on Wednesday rejected attempts by former President Trump’s legal team to challenge a Friday ruling ordering his attorney Evan Corcoran to produce documents related to the probe into the potential mishandling of records at Mar-a-Lago.
A three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with special counsel Jack Smith and backed a lower court judge who on
The Hill
Mar 17 2023
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Federal government ships 3 mega generators to Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico’s governor announced Friday that the U.S. government has shipped three mega generators to the island to help stabilize the U.S. territory’s rickety electric grid and minimize continuing outages. The generators will add 150 megawatts of power, and additional generators that the U.S. is expected to ship soon will supply another 250 megawatts, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi said. Officials said
Fox News (Online News)
Mar 16 2023
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Mormon Church donates water shares to aid the Great Salt Lake
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will donate 20,000 acre-feet of water to the Great Salt Lake in an attempt to save the shrinking body of water, the Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced on Wednesday. Driving the news: The church, one of the largest private landowners in the U.S., gifted 5,700 of its water shares in the North Point Consolidated Irrigation Company
Axios
Feb 28 2023
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GOP advances bill to change who qualifies for food aid
The measures would require an asset test for Iowans applying for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, more commonly known as food stamps, as well as for Medicaid, the joint federal and state program that finances health care coverage annually for roughly 805,000 low-income and disabled Iowans. The measures propose the state Department of Health and Human Services
Sioux-City Journal