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New national school voucher program included in ‘big, beautiful’ law, with no cap on cost July 11, 2025
WASHINGTON — A national private school voucher program is now law, though the school choice initiative comes with a huge caveat. States also choose — whether or not to participate. It’s a setback for advocates who hoped to see the program — baked into the mega tax and spending cut bill President Donald Trump signed […]
Shauneen Miranda
Judge’s order blocking Planned Parenthood funding ban unlawful, Trump DOJ says July 11, 2025
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal judge Friday to reverse course and allow the Trump administration to implement a provision in the “big, beautiful” law that prevents Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood for one year. The request was filed just days after Judge Indira Talwani issued a temporary restraining order, […]
Jennifer Shutt
South Georgia officials who fired local librarian over LGBTQ book face pressure to reverse decision July 11, 2025
A south Georgia public library system is under pressure to rehire a librarian whose firing over a book about a transgender child has led to the resignation of a board member and a wrongful termination lawsuit, according to emails and text messages obtained by the Georgia Recorder. At the start of June, former Pierce County […]
Ross Williams