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WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has reversed course on a proposal to cut all funding for Head Start, a preschool and child-care program relied on by hundreds of thousands of low-income families.

MACY, Neb. – President Donald Trump took direct aim at elite universities this spring, prompting an outcry over the choking off of billions of dollars in federal research funding from top-tier ...

The White House unveiled a budget blueprint Friday that would pump more money into defense and homeland security, while taking an ax to programs the Trump administration has already targeted, ...

(The Texas Tribune) The Texas Senate approved priority school funding legislation Wednesday that would provide pay raises to teachers based on years of experience, expand a state program that offers ...

Office of Statewide Broadband director Ronnie Hammond (Courtesy of Office of Governor Wes Moore) This story was made possible through support from TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development ...

The preliminary funding proposal outlines cuts the administration wants for myriad clean energy, climate and environment programs. The White House unveiled a preliminary fiscal 2026 budget Friday, ...

Idaho Superintendent Debbie Critchfield outlines a plan to fund a special education “bridge” program using existing resources ...

North Idaho College has submitted a $4 million federal grant proposal to expand the college’s capacity in artificial ...

The Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute is launching the Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute Event Support Funding Program to support artificial intelligence-related events and ...

Northwestern researchers have investigated everything from astrophysics to impacts of incarceration to “super-agers” over the past decade as the University continues to expand its research programming ...

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