Polk County Public Schools announced that federal education-related funds that had been withheld are being released. The school district received word July 25 that the Trump Administration is releasing the funds, it said in a news release. The federal funds support Title I, II, III and IV programs that directly fund staff positions and services,
A Harper Woods man has been charged in connection with allegedly fraudulently obtaining more than $60,000 in COVID-19 relief funds, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office said. Roy Lee Holt, 57, was arraigned last week through 32A District Court on two counts of false pretenses of $20,000 to $50,000, each a 15-year felony; false pretenses
President Trump takes US out of UNESCO for the second time President Donald Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the culture and education agency UNESCO. The Trump administration announced on Friday it will return more than $5 billion in funding that it previously withheld from the nation’s K-12 public schools for over a month. In
Senators grill Education Secretary Linda McMahon over proposed cuts Education Secretary Linda McMahon testified to Congress over proposed budget cuts. After a monthlong delay, more than $118 million in federal K-12 funds will be released to Tennessee. The Trump administration missed a deadline to allocate $6.2 billion in funds nationwide, saying it was due to
100 days of Trump: 3 key changes impacting people across America 100 days after returning to power, Donald Trump is charging ahead with tariffs, an immigration crackdown and federal cuts, including dismantling DEI. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” appropriates $300 million for security reimbursements to communities where Trump has properties. Expenses incurred on or
Senate passes bill to cut funding to public broadcasting The bill to cut more than $9 billion from public broadcasting, foreign aid and more will move on for a final House vote, then to the president. The rescission bill passed by Congress ends funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, including NPR and affiliates. KCLU
Watch weeks-old peregrine falcon chicks at the Ojai Raptor Center Peregrine falcon eggs were transferred to the Ojai Raptor Center in May 2025. Watch what happens next. Pamela Greer, former Ojai finance director, filed a 22-page claim July 15. She said the real reason for her March 3 firing was her exposure of internal improprieties.
SCOTUS backs Trump plan to fire Education Dept. workers A divided Supreme Court backed Trump’s plan to dismantle the Education Dept. and fire hundreds of federal workers, despite a judge’s earlier pause. Southwest Ohio districts didn’t receive at least hundreds of thousands of anticipated federal funds. President Donald Trump’s Department of Education froze the funds,
US Senator Ed Markey this week sent a letter to the US Small Business Administration’s top executive, accusing the agency of playing politics and hampering immigrant access to its loans. Markey, the ranking member of the Senate committee on small business, sent the letter to Administrator Kelly Loeffler; it was cosigned by his counterpart in
Trump’s admin freezes $6.8 billion in education grants for schools The Trump administration has moved to freeze $6.8 billion in education funds nationwide, with at least $811 million of that from California. unbranded – Newsworthy Delaware has joined another lawsuit against the Trump administration over education issues. This time, on July 14, Attorney General Kathy