The top Biden official overseeing federal college financial aid has resigned, the Education Department said Friday, capping off a year of turmoil for students and universities. Richard Cordray, the chief operating officer for Federal Student Aid, will step down at the end of June, officials said. The former head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,
Earlier this year, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee proposed $3 million for a maternal health pilot program, aimed at addressing a pressing need to improve health outcomes for expectant mothers in a state ranked third worst in the country on maternal mortality issues. Now, the General Assembly will redirect that grant money to crisis pregnancy centers,
Lansing — Attorney General Dana Nessel unveiled 13 criminal charges against former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield on Tuesday, saying he had flagrantly misused nonprofit dollars to pay off his credit card and fund purchases at wineries and retail stores. Nessel’s office is also charging Lee Chatfield’s wife, Stephanie Chatfield, for her role in the
When New Jersey received more than $6.2 billion in pandemic relief funding from the federal government three years ago, major projects like eviction and homelessness prevention programs and small business grants were at topped the list of programs to receive benefits. But not everything that is expected to receive money is so clearly connected to
COLUMBUS − Ohio trade unions put their money behind incumbent Kevin Miller, while out-of-state contributors and loans help finance Daniel Kalmbach’s campaign in the 69th Ohio House District Republican primary. Kalmbach, 29, of Buckeye Lake, received more campaign contributions from out-of-state donors than from within Ohio, according to the Ohio Secretary of State’s pre-primary campaign