The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has also abruptly terminated awards to Massachusetts’s Department of Mental Health. Rhode Island, meanwhile, expects to lose another $31 million in federal grant money, state officials said. New Hampshire officials did not respond to a request for information about how the cuts affected that state. The losses
This is not good: The Trump administration is going about federal civil rights investigations rather unusually, per The Washington Post, and appears to be making tip lists of students they seek to deport or otherwise punish. Generally speaking, federal civil rights probes involve inquiries to the colleges in question as to what type of incidents they encountered, how
Colorado’s Behavioral Health Administration will lose more than $30 million in federal grants, the majority of which already had been committed to programs including crisis response teams and peer support for people recovering from addiction. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration notified the BHA on Monday
The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States’ financial support for Gavi, the organization that has helped purchase critical vaccines for children in developing countries, saving millions of lives over the past quarter century, and to significantly scale back support for efforts to combat malaria, one of the biggest killers globally. The administration has
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has nominated a Republican attorney who was once accused of mishandling taxpayer funds and has a history of launching investigations against abortion clinics to lead the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General. If confirmed by the Senate, Thomas March Bell will oversee fraud, waste and abuse
Nonprofit that ran the dislocated worker grant program will get the new funding to cover expenses it already racked up. A Maui wildfire recovery jobs program that shut down a month ago when funding ran out has received an infusion of federal money. But the program it ran won’t be revived – not yet, at
See legislators rally for ‘just cause’ evictions bill at the statehouse Legislators and tenants describe why just cause eviction protections are needed in Rhode Island. Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee is facing criticism for his plan to give raises to members of his Cabinet. Critics, including House Speaker Shekarchi and Senate Republicans, argue that the
BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) – A New Orleans chef who gained notoriety during a well-publicized disappearance two years ago has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Baton Rouge for allegedly stealing government funds intended for low-income families, according to court documents. Demietriek Scott, 49, was charged March 20 with five counts of wire
Mutual fund advisors are recommending gilt funds to ‘aggressive’ or ‘sophisticated’ debt investors as they believe that gilt funds are likely to offer superior returns when the RBI may start cutting interest rates. They say gilt funds have the potential to offer double-digit returns in a falling interest rate scenario. If you want to benefit
Despite the rise of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), mutual funds remain a staple investment option, with $25.5 trillion in assets under management (AUM) in 2023, according to Statista. These funds continue to play a key role in retirement planning, particularly in workplace plans like 401(k)s, where they remain a cornerstone of long-term investing. Mutual funds run