Aug 1, 2025 | Budget, Education
Peter Hall – Pennsylvania Capital-Star Hundreds of school districts across the commonwealth are breathing a sigh of relief this week, after the Trump administration said Friday it had completed a review of several programs and would soon release $230 million in...
Jul 29, 2025 | Budget, Education
Tony Norman – Pennsylvania Capital-Star Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court gave the Trump administration the go-ahead to eliminate the positions of 1,300 U.S. Department of Education employees in its push to dismantle public education as we know it in this...
Jul 3, 2025 | Budget, Economy, Education, Eldercare, Healthcare, ICE, Immigration, McCormick, Medicaid, Medicare, Perry, Social Security
Bailey Schulz – USA Today President Donald Trump’s tax bill could make future generations “worse off,” no matter their income, according to a new report from the Penn Wharton Budget Model. Like other analyses, the nonpartisan research...
Jul 3, 2025 | Budget, Education
Peter Hall – Penn Capital-Star Pennsylvania education leaders are scrambling after the Trump Administration said it would withhold more than $230 million in congressionally approved funding for after-school programs, teacher training, literacy, and education for...
Jul 1, 2025 | Budget, Deportations, Education, Eldercare, Healthcare, ICE, Immigration, Medicaid, Medicare, Perry, SNAP, Social Security, Take Action, Totalitarianism
Indivisible Senate Republicans passed their version of the Big Ugly Bill by a single vote, but now it goes back to the House. This bill is straight up horrible – but we still have an opportunity to stop it. Here are a few of the terrible things in the bill:...