ORANGEBURG, South Carolina, May 14 -- South Carolina State University issued the following news: * * * 'Purpose will guide your path': SC State hoods 16 doctoral graduates Author: Dionne Gleaton/Senior Writer Educational leadership candidates celebrated for perseverance, research and a commitment to advancing schools and communities * Teacher and principal are among the titles Aunquize Perkins has held during a long educational career, with each experience preparing him to complete his mission of receiving a doctoral degree. He found t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * AS REPUBLICANS PUSH FOR $1 BILLION IN TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR TRUMP'S GILDED BALLROOM, SCHUMER REVEALS HOW THAT FUNDING COULD INSTEAD BE USED TO LOWER COSTS FOR NEW YORK FAMILIES * Trump Promised "Not One Penny" Of Federal Money Would Be Used For His Ballroom -Now Republicans Want Taxpayers To Spend $1 Billion On Trump's Vanity Project While NY Families Struggle To Afford The Basics Schumer To NY Republicans: Why Are Y more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening remarks on May 13, 2026, at a Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government hearing entitled "Sharia-Free America: Why Political Islam & Sharia Law Are Incompatible with the U.S. Constitution II": * * * At Republican Rerun Hearing on Sharia Law, Ranking Member Raskin Slams GOP's Unconstitutional Attack on Religious Liberty Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delive more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on May 13, 2026: * * * Chairman Bost Opens Hearing on Plan to Reform and Improve Homelessness Services for Veterans in West LA Region Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the Full Committee's oversight hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) plan to comply with President Trump's recent ex more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 14 -- Chicago Public Schools issued the following news release: * * * Chicago Public Schools Launches FY2027 Budget Process with Preliminary School-Level Budgets SY 2026-27 Preliminary School Budgets Focus on Meeting Student Needs and Ensuring Financial Sustainability * Chicago Public Schools (CPS) on Tuesday issued more than 600 preliminary individual school budgets to principals, launching the first phase of the District's FY 2026-27 budget process. Like many school districts across the country, CPS is navigating o more PR

ITHACA, New York, May 13 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Community-engaged learning celebrated, Buffalo Co-Lab honored * Since the Buffalo Co-Lab 's founding in 1946, the ILR School has played a vital role in western New York, working in partnership with business, union, government, education and community organizations - a relationship that was honored at an event May 7 at the Burchfield Penney Art Center on the Buffalo State University campus. The event, " Education in Action: Experiential Pathways for Today's Car more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Cramer, Coons Introduce Legislation to Expand Options for Retirement Charitable Contributions * WASHINGTON, D.C. - As seniors and retirees across America consider estate planning for retirement, they have more options than ever before. In 2022, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) successfully led an effort to include the Legacy IRA Act as part of the SECURE 2.0 Act, allowing seniors to make qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) from their indi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders, Omar, More Than 100 Colleagues Introduce Legislation to End Child Hunger Through Universal School Meals * WASHINGTON, May 13 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) today introduced legislation to end child hunger in the United States. The Universal School Meals Program Act of 2026 would offer free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a snack to every student in America -regardless of income -and eliminate school meal deb more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 14 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on May 12, 2026: * * * Governor McKee Nominates New Members to the Rhode Island Board of Education Governor McKee today announced his nomination of four members to the Rhode Island Board of Education: Sandra Cano and Karen Hazard to the Council on Elementary and Secondary Education and Dr. Arthur-Paul Petrosinelli and Alan Tenreiro to the Council on Postsecondary Education. "I am proud to nominate these qualified and dedicated individ more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on May 13, 2026: * * * Sanders, Omar, More Than 100 Colleagues Introduce Legislation to End Child Hunger Through Universal School Meals Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) today introduced legislation to end child hunger in the United States. The Universal School Meals Program Act of 2026 would offer free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a snack to every student in America -- regardless of income -- and eliminate school meal debt while  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Gillibrand, Lujan, Lee Reintroduce Legislation to Expand Community Schools * Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Susie Lee (D-Nev.-03) reintroduced the Full-Service Community School Expansion Act, legislation to provide essential resources for school districts to plan for, implement, expand, and support full-service community schools. Community s more PR