Some Colorado school districts are planning to dip into reserves to pay staff and keep programs going next school year while others are in a holding pattern weeks before school opens, waiting to see if the federal government will release millions of dollars in frozen federal funds. The Trump administration was expected to release nearly
A freeze on federal funds used to support after-school and summer programs throughout Florida could soon be lifted. That news comes after a push from a group of Republican U.S. Senators and a lawsuit by Democratic teachers’ unions. But with classes set to start within a matter of weeks, many local school districts are still
Three years ago, Jessica was struggling with drug addiction and homelessness. “I was stranded in Atlanta, and I got into some trouble,” she says. NPR is not using her last name because she is worried about the stigma of having a criminal record. She was charged with possession of marijuana, identity fraud and forgery. Her
By MICHAEL CRIMMINSGlasgow News 1 Some federal education funds are slowly trickling to the states. President Donald Trump’s administration stated on July 18 that it’s releasing roughly $1.3 billion to states that support after-school programs and summer programs. This $1.3 billion is a part of the $6.8 billion in education funding that were appropriated by
The U.S. Department of Education is expected to release some of the federal funds for public schools today that were previously frozen nationwide. On July 1, the Department withheld about $6.8 billion in federal funds to schools nationwide for review – with $165 million dollars in funding to North Carolina – citing the need to
An existing building at 1530 W. 13th Ave. in Denver. The city gave a developer millions in federal funds to demolish it and build income-restricted housing. Then the Broncos bought the property. (Hayden Kim/BusinessDen) Taxpayer funds that were supposed to help build income-restricted housing at one of the properties purchased by the Denver Broncos for
Allison DeAngelis is the East Coast biotech and venture capital reporter at STAT, reporting where scientific ideas and money meet. She is also co-host of the weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Allison on Signal at AllisonDeAngelis.01. Omega Funds, the biotech VC firm founded by brash investor Otello Stampacchia, has raised nearly
FILE – The headquarters of the U.S. Department of Education, March 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) By: Shauneen Miranda WASHINGTON (North Dakota Monitor) — President Donald Trump’s administration confirmed Friday that it’s releasing funds that support before- and after-school programs as well as summer programs, a portion of the $6.8 billion in
US startup funding surged 75.6 per cent in the first half of 2025, thanks to the continued AI boom, putting it on track for its second-best year ever, even as venture capital firms struggled to raise money, a report from PitchBook has shown. Startup funding in the first six months of 2025 jumped to $162.8
CoinDCX, one of India’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, suffered a major security breach, which wiped out nearly $44 million (around Rs 378 crore) from the platform, even as the company has said that customer funds remained unaffected and safe. While the company has said it will cover the exposure entirely from its own reserves, the incident