Government
Republicans pour cold water on Trumpâs $2,000 check proposal(Daily Caller News Foundation) â President Donald Trump wants to send $2,000 checks to working-class Americans, but the proposal is facing tough prospects on Capitol Hill. Fresh off Republicansâ disappointing electoral… Read More
Public Education
New Orleansâ only âtraditionalâ public school wrestling with $500,000 deficit, low enrollmentA ballooning budget deficit, coupled with lower-than-projected enrollment, is forcing New Orleansâ sole âtraditionalâ public school to reconsider its operational model. âDespite loud public support last year for the Orleans… Read More
Government
Scott Bessent warns of ‘ultimate calamity’ if Congress fails to act on debt and growth(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned on Fox News Tuesday that inaction from Congress on economic reform could lead to what he called the âultimate calamity.â… Read More
Opinion
Student loan forgiveness’ unintended consequences for recipients(The Daily Signal) â Instead of alleviating rising debt burdens, Joe Bidenâs student loan debt âforgivenessâ has caused recipients to take on additional non-student loan debts, a new economic analysis shows. Read More
Public Education
Houston ISD board votes to saddle taxpayers with nearly $11 billion in debt(The Center Square) â Multiple news outlets reported that the Houston Independent School District board voted last week to pass a $4.4 billion bond proposal. This total excludes the interest… Read More
Culture
Women have more student loan debt than men, and itâs not because of the gender wage gapCollege student loan debt in the U.S. is nearing $1.8 trillion dollars. While the Biden administration is controversially trying to take care of this mountain of debt… Read More
Public Education
Biden transfers another $1.2 billion in student loan debt to taxpayers(The Center Square) â President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he was canceling via executive action an additional $1.2 billion worth of student loan debt, the latest in a string… Read More
Culture
Texans pass billions of dollars worth of bond debt, paid for by property tax hikes(The Center Square) â Texans statewide passed billions of dollarsâ worth of bonds on Tuesday, according to unofficial results. All bond proposition ballot language explicitly states, âThis is a property… Read More