DES MOINES, Iowa, June 30 -- The Des Moines Public Schools issued the following news release: * * * DMPS Welcomes New Leaders for the 2026-27 School Year Des Moines Public Schools is pleased to announce several key leadership appointments that will help advance the district's commitment to student success. These leaders bring extensive experience in special education, digital learning, multilingual education, school finance, and career and technical education. Together, they represent decades of service in public education and a shared comm more PR

ITHACA, New York, June 29 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * How Cornell is educating the next generation of citizens about democracy * Before Ava Murdock '29 took Introduction to Comparative Politics, she understood the benefits of the rights and freedoms that come from living in the U.S. But studying different political systems around the world taught her that those rights are easily lost and much harder to gain back. "We can't rely on what we have now and just let it sit. We have to continually criticize governmen more PR

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 30 -- The North Dakota Attorney General Office issued the following opinion: * * * The North Dakota Attorney General issued an opinion to the Morton County Housing Authority Request: Karen Jordan requested an opinion from this office under N.D.C.C. Sec. 44-04-21.1 asking whether the Morton County Housing Authority (the Housing Authority) violated N.D.C.C. Sec. 44-04-18 by failing to respond to a records request to its management agent in his capacity as a Mandan Public School Board member. CONCLUSIONS It is my  more PR

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, June 28 -- Duval County Public Schools issued the following news: * * * Team Duval shows strong academic gains on state assessments Team Duval is delivering clear results across the board for students, according to data released today by the Florida Department of Education. Proficiency rates in a majority of the 21 tested areas either improved or were maintained as the district continues to outperform the state in Geometry and U.S. History while also narrowing the gap with the state in English Language Arts and math. more PR

ALBANY, New York, June 30 -- Empire Center, a non-profit think tank, issued the following news release on June 29, 2026: * * * Fourteen NYC Educators Receive Over Half a Million Dollars in Pensions Fourteen retired New York City educators received more than $500,000 in pension benefits in 2025, according to data released by SeeThroughNY, the Empire Center's government transparency website. The data was obtained from the New York City Teachers' Retirement System (NYCTRS), which manages pensions for New York City public school teachers, super more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 30 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Florida Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Budget, Capping Eight Years of Conservative Leadership and Historic Results * TAMPA, Fla. - Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-2027, a $117.6 billion spending plan that reflects nearly eight years of conservative leadership anchored by fiscal discipline, responsible governance, and strategic investment. Following nearly $810 million in line-ite more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Blunt Rochester Introduce Bill to Restore USDA Food Security Supplemental Survey U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) introduced the Food Assurance and Security Act to reinstate the Food Security Supplemental Survey and resume publication of annual household food security reports. In 1995, the U.S. Departm more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 (TNSletter) -- The National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers issued the following letter to Democratic governors: * * * Here is the text of the letter: Open Letter to our Democratic Governors: On behalf of the 4.8 million members of AFT and NEA, we urge you to protect families and public education in your state by saying no to the Trump private school voucher scheme. Public education is a core value of our communities and the foundation of a thriving democracy. Every child deserves access to a hi more PR

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 30 -- The North Dakota Attorney General Office issued the following opinion: * * * The North Dakota Attorney General issued an opinion to the Mandan Public School District Request: Karen Jordan requested an opinion from this office under N.D.C.C. Sec. 44-04-21.1 asking whether the Mandan Public School District violated N.D.C.C. Sec. 44-04-18 by providing records not responsive to her request, and by requiring an unlawful fee be paid before future requests are made. CONCLUSIONS 1. MPS did not violate N.D.C.C. Se more PR

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 30 -- The North Dakota Attorney General Office issued the following opinion: * * * The North Dakota Attorney General issued an opinion to the Morton County Housing Authority Request: Karen Jordan requested an opinion from this office under N.D.C.C. Sec. 44-04-21.1 asking whether the Morton County Housing Authority (the Housing Authority) violated N.D.C.C. Sec. 44-04-18 by failing to respond to a records request to its management agent in his capacity as a Mandan Public School Board member. CONCLUSIONS It is my  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 (TNSletter) -- Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Maryland, issued the following letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security: * * * Here is the text of the letter: June 22, 2026 The Honorable Markwayne Mullin Secretary Department of Homeland Security 300 7th Street, SW Washington, D.C. 20528 - The Honorable David Venturella Acting Director U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 500 12th Street, SW Washington, D.C., 20536 - Dear Secretary Mullin and Acting Director Venturella, I write once again to share  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 30 -- Roosevelt University issued the following news: * * * The College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (CHESS) Welcomes Four New Faculty Members Roosevelt's College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (CHESS) is pleased to welcome four new faculty members to the school for the fall 2026 semester. Sharvin Maisuria will be the new Paralegal Studies program director, taking the place of Carrie Lausen. Before joining Roosevelt, Maisuria was the dean of academic affairs at Generations College (form more PR