In the three years since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law, there arenegative impacts on patient access, advocates say.| Bio.News
Temporary Foreign Workers in Agriculture: A Call for Reform The Issue Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program has grown well […] The post Wheat Growers Briefing Note appeared first on Wheat Growers Association.| Wheat Growers Association
Some 4th and 12th grade tests won't proceed as planned, following sweeping cuts to the U.S. Department of Education research arm last month.| Education Week
The state law passed after the Parkland massacre calls for a new “integrated data repository” that’s raising questions about privacy and civil liberties.| Education Week
The administration issued notices saying undocumented immigrants don't qualify for Head Start and some Education Department programs.| Education Week
Over 8 million people in the U.S., and 125 million worldwide, live with psoriasis—about 2–3% of the population. Far from being a simple cosmetic […] The post Psoriasis awareness: The condition is more than skin deep appeared first on Bio.News.| Bio.News
As drug makers work to develop safe, effective gene therapies, their progress can be slowed when they challenge the limits of established regulatory guidance […] The post BIO experts discuss challenges and offer opportunities for developing redosable gene therapies appeared first on Bio.News.| Bio.News
The federal government’s program that provides seed funding to support research by biotech startups provides much more than money, said program officials and small […] The post BIO 2025: Federal seed funding also comes with valuable advice appeared first on Bio.News.| Bio.News
Litigation opposing drug price controls in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has yet to have a major impact, but the cases are still ongoing […] The post BIO 2025: Legal experts break down cases against IRA price controls appeared first on Bio.News.| Bio.News
By notice issued on 7/2/25, the Department of Labor (DOL, henceforth “the Department”) has published proposals for the rescission of rules published by the Department on April 29, 2024, governing aspects of the H-2A guest workers program. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) submits the following comment in response to DOL request for comment […] The post GBPI Comment to Improve Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States appeared first on...| Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
If you’ve felt like rent keeps rising faster than paychecks, you’re not imagining it. Federal rental assistance—Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs), public housing funding, homelessness programs, and key state and local tools like HOME and Community Development Block Grants (CDBG)—are the bedrock that help low-income Missourians stay housed, even as rent goes up. Right now, Washington […] The post Proposed Federal Housing Cuts: What They’d Mean for Missouri Renters and Our Communit...| Empower Missouri
After intense scrutiny of higher education, federal government sets sights on K–12| Education Next
Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations State of Play With funding for the current fiscal year expiring on September 30, Congress must revisit Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations upon its return from the August recess. APLU continues to update the association’s appropriations chart as FY26 bills are released. Prior to the August recess, the House Appropriations Committee approved nine appropriations bills. Two […]| APLU
Without careful design, the federal grants could sever the very training pipelines in rural areas they are meant to strengthen. The post Workforce Pell is a Win—But Rural States Risk Losing Out appeared first on Work Shift.| Work Shift
As federal data systems erode, the U.S. risks losing the impartial information needed for sound policymaking and public trust.| ITEP
Trump's megabill directs most benefits to the wealthy, while leaving younger generations with higher taxes, more debt, and fewer opportunities. For Millennials and Gen Z, it means reduced public investment and an economy less likely to work in their favor.| ITEP
The new tax law enacted last month found a temporary compromise on the level of the cap, boosting it to $40,000 through 2029, but failed to fix a loophole that allows some rich taxpayers with good accountants to completely avoid the cap| ITEP
2015's Every Student Succeeds Act rolls back much of the federal government's big footprint in education policy.| Education Week
A provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act allows the secretary of education to waive certain state requirements.| Education Week
The federal education tax credit tucked into President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” would fund private and religious K-12 school scholarships for all but the nation’s wealthiest families. The initiative is a sharp break from decades of federal education policy that focused on strengthening public schools, particularly for low-income and historically underserved […]| Untitled - FutureEd
Note: This event was held on Aug. 20, 2025. Some information may be out of date. See below for details about events and resources mentioned in the recording. Panelists (in order of appearance) Resources More info on how the federal budget impacts Ohioans| Policy Matters Ohio
On July 4, 2025, H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, was signed into law. The implementation dates for key health care provisions in the law vary, with some taking effect immediately upon passage and others being implemented over several years. This resource details key dates for the implementation of the law’s most significant health care provisions. The post The Final Reconciliation Package: Implementation of Key Provisions appeared first on Grantmakers In Health.| Grantmakers In Health
This GIH policy resource details many of the health-related executive orders issued by the administration and includes a calendar of upcoming implementation deadlines. The post Deadlines in Health-Related Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda appeared first on Grantmakers In Health.| Grantmakers In Health
Action on NIH Grants APLU Urges Restoration of all NIH Grants Last week, APLU and partner associations sent a letter to NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, requesting reinstatement of all grants terminated by NIH under agency directives found unlawful by a United States District Court in American Public Health Association v. NIH. The letter notes the U.S. Court […] The post Washington Update appeared first on APLU.| APLU
The Trump administration's tri-agency push for a unified, employer-led federal workforce system and for alternatives to the four-year degree. The post Talent Strategy, Awaiting a Plan appeared first on Work Shift.| Work Shift
Still time to shut it down in the House Today, the Senate passed the federal budget mega-bill by the narrowest margin possible. It’s telling that the last hold-out vote, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), did not switch to a Yes until she had secured special carve-outs to lessen the bill’s impact on her state. That’s because […]| Policy Matters Ohio
Use the talking points below to help plan your call. Saying how federal budget cuts to programs like SNAP and Medicaid would harm you or your loved ones is a powerful message! Talking points Ohio cannot afford these cuts! Urge the Senators to protect their constituents and safeguard essential services Ohioans depend on.| Policy Matters Ohio
The Trump megabill hands the richest 1% a trillion-dollar windfall while gutting funding for health care, education, and disaster relief — leaving communities to pick up the pieces. State and local leaders must step up, tax the wealthiest fairly, and safeguard the essentials that keep America healthy, educated, and safe.| ITEP
Last week, President Trump fired the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in apparent retaliation for weak jobs numbers. The move drew sharp criticism for spooking investors and weakening trust in official data. But it also reflects a deeper problem: the ongoing erosion of the federal data infrastructure.| ITEP
$890 million in Title III grants moved to the federal office of English language acquisition in December.| Education Week
The recently passed budget reconciliation bill prioritizes tax cuts and expands loopholes for the wealthy and corporations while cutting more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and food assistance – all while adding $3.4 trillion to the national deficit. This legislation leaves hardworking Missouri families behind by providing only modest, temporary tax reductions that are outweighed by the loss of health coverage, food assistance, and other critical benefits – while permanently expanding loo...| Missouri Budget Project - Shaping Policies. Creating Opportunties.
Developed in collaboration with Leavitt Partners, this calendar tracks when each house of congress will be in session in 2025. The post Policy Resource: 2025 Congressional Calendar appeared first on Grantmakers In Health.| Grantmakers In Health
Two popular programs that offered classroom resources for math and science teachers have lost their federal funding.| Education Week
The current U.S. push to preserve global edge echoes the Cold War drive to counter Soviet threat.| Education Week
More than $5 billion in previously-frozen federal funds will start flowing next week.| Education Week
The cost of compliance is so high, the lawsuit argues, some Head Start programs could be forced to close.| Education Week
The post Georgia’s Public Schools Could Lose Funding and College Students Could Lose Financing Options in New Federal Law appeared first on Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.| Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
The post Georgians could see hospital closures and reduced health coverage due to Medicaid changes in New Federal Law appeared first on Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.| Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
The post Unprecedented Cuts to SNAP in New Federal Law Could Lead to Georgia Seeing Significant Increases in Food Insecurity and Hunger appeared first on Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.| Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
The post Georgians Will Face Cuts to Core Programs and Higher Federal Debt to Finance Reduced Taxes for Top Earners in New Federal Law appeared first on Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.| Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
On July 21, 2025, GBPI’s President and CEO, Staci Fox, submitted the following formal comment to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) submits these comments in response to the System of Records Notice for USDA/FNS-15: “National Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Information Database,” published in the Federal Register by […] The post Our Comment on the National Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Information Data...| Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
The role of government in society is to enact policies that are needed to advance towards economic justice. Those policies include supporting Georgians’ basic needs (food shelter, healthcare, education), improving their household financial stability (living wages/stable resources to pay bills) and promoting their long-term economic security (ability to absorb shocks and plan for the future). […] The post Historic Federal Tax Shift Benefits Wealthiest, Grows Deficit and Exacerbates Georgia...| Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
Can teachers' unions thread the needle between countering widespread anti-union measures and broadening membership and public support?| Education Week
House Sends Updated Rescissions Package to President for Signature, Cutting $9 Billion in International Development and Public Broadcasting With the House last week passing H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025, by a vote of 216-213, the legislation heads to President Trump for signature. The measure cuts $9 billion in funding Congress had passed last year […] The post Washington Update appeared first on APLU.| APLU
The bill will stress a major funding stream schools rely on, leading to ripple effects that make it harder for schools to offer free meals.| Education Week
Policymakers and postsecondary leaders need to embrace “abundance thinking” for higher education—recognizing that the status quo isn’t working, and quickly building a suite of modern options.| Work Shift
Harrison Memorial Hospital in Cynthiana is already taking a hard look at its budget in light of Republican cuts to Medicaid.| Tradeoffs
The RFBC was a catalytic opportunity to build capacity for small businesses across the state—from regional producers and processors to Indigenous-led food initiatives and rural co-ops. Its loss disrupts food security planning, economic development, and supply chain resilience in every region. The post Uprooted: Impacts of Canceling Alaska’s Regional Food Business Center appeared first on Alaska Food Policy Council.| Alaska Food Policy Council
Sweeping federal reforms force North Carolina and other states to make tough decisions about Medicaid coverage, costs and eligibility under mounting budget pressure.| Tradeoffs
Reconciliation Update Senate Democrats yesterday shared that the Senate Parliamentarian found some education provisions of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee reconciliation bill impermissible because they primarily have a policy, not budgetary, impact (also known as the “Byrd bath.”) Senate Republicans must eliminate or revise these provisions before the Senate floor, or they would […]| APLU
North Carolina’s former health secretary explains the heavy lift and hard choices ahead of states as they rush to put Republicans' new health reforms in place.| Tradeoffs
Republicans advance tax benefits for workers and cuts to Pell Grants as part of broad domestic policy bill, and the Trump administration announces a redo of Tech Hubs.| Work Shift
Washington State got creative with WIOA and then its own dollars to move beyond check-the-box employment efforts.| Work Shift
A new index adds insights on which nondegree credentials pay off, but falls short in helping states make funding decisions.| Work Shift
The measure would create a national program funding private school tuition through tax credits, though states would have to opt in.| Education Week
The Senate is drafting a budget reconciliation bill and recent versions have included provisions mandating the sale of federal public lands, ostensibly to address America's affordable housing crisis. These provisions includes a mandatory minimum, a rushed process with no public input, and fails to consider the loss of federal income generated by those lands, so the full economic impacts to communities throughout the West is not being considered. The mandatory selling of federal land, at the s...| westernlandowners.org
Penn experts warn that a new HHS vaccine policy mandating placebo trials is unethical, misleading, and could undermine public health and vaccine confidence.| Tradeoffs
On June 18, Tradeoffs moderated an online event with economists and doctors examining why this legislation could cost so many people their health coverage — or even their lives. The post Unpacking the Health Impacts of Republicans’ ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ appeared first on Tradeoffs.| Tradeoffs
The Health and Human Services chief’s latest action on vaccinations is unprecedented, and quickly drew condemnation from medical groups who said his dismissal of the vaccine advisory committee put public health at risk. Here’s why the members of that committee are so important.| Tradeoffs
Including tax-credit scholarships in Trump's tax cut package violates Senate rules.| Education Week
Updates on Reconciliation Legislation On May 22, the House passed its version of the reconciliation bill, the One Beautiful Bill Act. The bill includes many harmful provisions to public research universities, such as cutting Pell Grants in several ways, eliminating Grad PLUS and Subsidized Undergraduate Loans, and creating a highly unusual accountability system using a complex […]| APLU
The Trump administration wants the Labor Department to run CTE grants—with virtually all the money going to K-12 schools.| Work Shift
Trump is directing several federal agencies to look into expanding school choice offerings—a push that continues from his first term.| Education Week
An executive order from the president marks an effort from the White House to influence what schools teach.| Education Week
Title I and IDEA funding could be caught up in the battle between the White House and the largest state, which is led by Democrats.| Education Week
The House of Representatives’ recently passed tax bill changes course on taxing multinational corporations engaged in shifting U.S. profits overseas, offering massive tax giveaways that weaken American revenues and risk sending more American corporate investment offshore.| ITEP
The House tax plan cuts charitable giving tax incentives for donors to most nonprofit groups while roughly tripling the incentive available to donors to groups that fund private K-12 school vouchers. The bill would also allow private school voucher donors to avoid capital gains tax on their gifts of corporate stock, creating a profitable tax shelter for wealthy people who agree to help funnel public funds into private schools. The bill would reduce federal tax revenue by $23.2 billion over th...| ITEP
Education Week tracked state responses to an April 2025 Education Department request for states and schools to certify they don't use DEI.| Education Week
The White House has no authority over curriculum, and no ability to unilaterally pull back federal dollars, but Trump is toeing the line.| Education Week
Dear WLA Members, I’m writing today with some thoughts regarding current changes in United States federal policy. Western Landowners Alliance (WLA) is a non-partisan, landowner-led organization, dedicated to caring for the lands that sustain us. Our work is guided by people with boots on the ground who understand the importance and practical realities of agricultural production, land management and natural resource conservation. In today’s highly charged political environment, it is chall...| westernlandowners.org
No one political party enjoys a monopoly on truth, good intentions, or rightness| Education Week
PBMs make billions while driving up the price of drugs with markups that can exceed 1,000%, according to an FTC report released Jan. 14.| Bio.News
PBM industry that has driven reimbursement so low as to threaten the viability of local community pharmacies.| Bio.News
Rather than incentivizing PBMs to seek out medicines with high prices, there is a movement to “delink” price and PBM compensation.| Bio.News
PBMs save money with “step therapy,” which tries to displace a provider’s clinical judgment in favor of the medicine selected by the PBM.| Bio.News
Biden focused much of his annual speech on the mental health and well-being of children and youth.| Education Week
As state debates rage, the U.S. Department of Education promises to update Title IX. But details and timing remain uncertain.| Education Week
The Education Department received more than 200,000 comments on proposed changes to Title IX sex discrimination regulations.| Education Week
But the U.S. Department of Education did not include transgender participation in sports in the latest version of revised Title IX regulations.| Education Week
Details of a bipartisan Senate agreement on guns outline additional funding to support student mental health programs.| Education Week
A bipartisan push to study the impacts on student mental health and academics comes as more schools restrict their use.| Education Week
We break down what the GOP's 2024 policy platform says about education.| Education Week
The Education Department released a long-awaited proposed change to Title IX aiming to clarify eligibility criteria for school sports.| Education Week
The Recycling Partnership applauds today’s announcement by the Biden Administration to combat plastic pollution and utilize a whole-of-government approach that includes recycling, reuse, and source reduction. The strategy makes it clear that emerging and comprehensive national policy can change our linear economy. | The Recycling Partnership
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The comprehensive policy agenda proposes eliminating the U.S. Department of Education under a conservative president.| Education Week
The union head's call to support Kamala Harris is one sign of Democratic support coalescing around the vice president.| Education Week
A key federal funding source for schools would disappear under the conservative policy agenda.| Education Week
A federal appeals court ruling has put the funding mechanism for the nearly 30-year-old E-rate program in legal jeopardy.| Education Week
A conservative policy agenda could offer the clearest view yet of K-12 education in a second Trump term.| Education Week
Food for the Spirit has been active in campaigns for a New York State farm bill, as well as a nationwide effort supporting a transformative farm bill. Despite recent setbacks in the House Agriculture Committee, they continue to push for fair and just agricultural policies. They encourage engagement through story sharing, contacting legislators, and learning about farm bill basics. The post Advocating for a Transformational Farm Bill appeared first on Food for the Spirit.| Food for the Spirit
As the nation’s English-learner population continues to grow , researchers look to the Title III for how to best support these students.| Education Week
Join us for a virtual film screening event titled "Power of Narrative: Creating An Equitable Food & Farm Bill" hosted by Black Farmers United NYS, Equity Advocates, and others, showcasing a 15-minute film featuring BIPOC voices in food and farming. The event includes insights from guest speakers and is part of a collective farm bill campaign.| Food for the Spirit