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Last Friday, all but two senior staff members in the federal Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) received reduction-in-force notices, according to reporting from K-12 Drive. It was part of a scourge of layoffs. 460 people across the Department of Education received RIF notices. That is roughly one in five workers in […]

The bank estimated that around 60% of Nigerians are living in poverty in 2025 compared to 40% six years ago.

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Manatee County’s commissioners didn’t expect to be threatened with removal from office for considering two measures meant to enhance disaster resilience in this fast-growing county on Florida’s Gulf Coast. The measures, both amendments to the county’s comprehensive plan, were […]

The move marks a significant warming of ties since Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Oval Office spat in February.

In Donald Trump’s second term, federal workers have gotten used to being fired and re-hired, and, in some cases, even fired again. As one probationary employee at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) told me earlier this year, working for this administration is “emotionally very turbulent.” This weekend, scores more federal workers are […]

Regulators crack the monopoly code, the DOD goes DIY, homeownership gets sweeter, and a health care crisis is healed.

This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has vetoed three bills that aimed to boost the use of virtual power plants, undermining an opportunity to decrease the state’s fast-rising electricity costs and increase its grid reliability. On Friday, Newsom vetoed AB 44, AB 740, and SB 541, […]

Air traffic controllers are considered essential workers and required to work without pay during the shutdown, but there are reports some are calling in sick in greater numbers than usual.

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.