WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11352) by legislative attorney Jared P. Cole: * * * Appellate Courts Divided on Scope of Title IX Liability for Schools in Cases of Sexual Harassment Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) prohibits sex discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. Recipient schools can be liable under Title IX for an insufficient response to sexual harassment by a teacher more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11352) by legislative attorney Jared P. Cole: * * * Appellate Courts Divided on Scope of Title IX Liability for Schools in Cases of Sexual Harassment Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) prohibits sex discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. Recipient schools can be liable under Title IX for an insufficient response to sexual harassment by a teacher more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 1 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * Governor Newsom announces California will raise statewide minimum wage What you need to know: California's statewide minimum wage will increase to $17.40 an hour on January 1, 2027 -- nearly two-and-a-half times the federal minimum wage, which Donald Trump and Republicans continue to leave frozen at $7.25 an hour. - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced California's statewide minimum wage will increase to $17.40 per  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Georgetown University issued the following news: * * * COVID-Era School Closures Have Lingering Impacts On Children's Development, Georgetown Doctoral Researcher Finds Katie Rice Nearly five years after schools reopened during the COVID-19 pandemic, students who were in early elementary grades in 2020 and 2021 are experiencing lasting effects from pivoting to remote learning during a critical period of development, research from a recent Georgetown Ph.D. graduate shows. Psychology researcher Anna Wright (G'23, G'26)  more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, July 30 -- Davenport University posted the following news: * * * Davenport University hosts interactive nursing camp for middle school students * Davenport University is hoping to help solve the nursing shortage by starting early. Middle school students from the Lansing School District were given a hands-on look at the world of health care during the university's recent Nursing Exploration Camp. The weeklong interactive camp on Davenport's Lansing Campus provided seventh- and eighth-grade students hands-on, age-app more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, July 31 -- Calvin University posted the following news: * * * From Calvin to the Cutting-Edge of Drug Development * Kyle Timmer '20 spends his days helping turn cutting-edge drug discoveries into treatments that can reach patients. As a senior scientist for AbbVie, a pharmaceutical company based in Chicago, his role sits at the intersection of R&D (research and development) and commercial-scale manufacturing. It's a role that draws upon far more than just technical expertise. The complexities of his work are real a more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 30 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation posted the following commentary by Director of Communications Athan Clark: * * * Milton Friedman Was Right About School Choice * July 31 marks 114 years since the birth of Milton Friedman, the University of Chicago economist whose ideas reshaped monetary policy, helped end the military draft and earned him the Nobel Prize in economics. Yet for all those achievements, the idea likely to touch the most American lives is one he sketched in a short 1955 essay: that parents, not t more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 31 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Hochul Appeals Denial of New York's Request for Disaster Relief Following Devastating February Blizzard * Governor Kathy Hochul has formally appealed the denial of New York's request for a Major Disaster Declaration for the February 22-23, 2026 blizzard and severe winter storm by sending a letter to President Trump urging him to reverse his administration's decision. The Governor contends that FEMA's decision was unsupported, incons more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 30 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news: * * * Governor Mills Announces $500,000 in Grants to Help Expand Local Food Production and Agricultural Education * Program created by Governor Mills will help schools and communities across Maine grow fresh, local food and extend growing season Augusta, MAINE - The Mills Administration has awarded $500,000 to 10 Maine communities to expand local food production and agricultural education through the construction of durable, shared-use greenhouses. Governor M more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, July 31 -- Hope College posted the following news: * * * Hope College Alumni Groups Announce New Members, Leadership * Each year, the Hope College alumni office announces new alumni who've offered to voluntarily serve on one of two leadership groups. The following appointments take effect July 1, 2026. Each year, the Hope College alumni office announces new alumni who've offered to voluntarily serve on one of two leadership groups. The following appointments take effect July 1, 2026. Alumni Association Board The Hope more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal, Markey Introduce Green New Deal for Public Schools to Invest in Students, Schools, and a Livable Future * SEATTLE, WA - U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and the Environment and Public Works Committee, today introduced the Green New Deal for Public Schools Act, legislation that would infuse $1.6 trillion over the next deca more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 31 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats posted the following news release: * * * Nonprofit Security, Law Enforcement Regionalization, Economic Development, and Additional Grant Opportunities * NEWLY LISTED PROGRAMS Commission on Crime and Delinquency: Nonprofit Security Grant Funds Who May Apply: Nonprofit organization based in Pennsylvania that serves primarily individuals, groups, or institutions that are included within a bias motivation category for single hate crime incidents identified by the Federal Bu more PR