1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1079+ words) PROVIDENCE — After Wednesday’s primary delivered victories for progressive candidates up and down the ballot in Providence, city leaders are all but certain to enact limits on rent increases in 2027. The Providence City Council narrowly failed to enact rent control earlier…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (822+ words) Few humanitarian groups have spoken publicly about the global gag rules. Norwegian People’s Aid will turn down millions in US government funding due to wide-reaching restrictions on reproductive health and equity, the mine action group announced, in a rare example…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (667+ words) Helen Mader is the chief executive of Behavior Frontiers, a Coon Rapids-based company that helps children with autism, including those who come from low-income families and enroll in Medicaid for their health insurance. Mader is caught in a cruel administrative…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (252+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Metro Nashville Public Schools has released its annual list of schools participating in a federal meal-reimbursement program, while emphasizing that no-cost breakfast and lunch meals remain available at schools across the district. MNPS released a USDA-required public…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1437+ words) Growing up as the daughter of a single mother hard-pressed to make ends meet in Green Bay, Wis., Liza Sterletske suffered schoolyard bullying over her lisp and hand-me-down clothes, but found refuge burrowing her head in books at her local…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (194+ words) BOSTON (WWLP) – The Healey-Driscoll Administration released new model policies, procedures and guidance to assist K-12 schools and child care programs in responding to civil immigration enforcement. The resources give educators and early education providers step-by-step instructions on protecting student information…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (75+ words) The long-term effects of pay for slay. The Right to Worship Act. What Chris Murphy gets wrong. The tale of a Texan Noahide amateur archaeologist. Recently Democratic and Republican legislators introduced the Right to Worship Act, which would prohibit disruptive…...

4+ week, 7+ hour ago   (1519+ words) Against the glassy backdrop of the newly reconstructed Hamline-Midway Library, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her broke tough news to library patrons and workers. Her 2027 budget proposal would shutter a neighborhood library in Dayton’s Bluff, while cutting hours at recreation centers…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1214+ words) This week San Francisco students are cherishing their last moments of summer break before returning to the classroom on Monday. But immigrant students and families are preoccupied with more than making new friends and meeting new teachers: They are worried…...