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Iowa Lands Returning Education Waiver: $9.5M Block Grant Boosts Classroom Control

Iowa is the first state approved for the Trum...

The waiver consolidates four ESEA programs (T...

Iowas broader request to fold in 10 streams i...

Supporters say it streamlines administration ...

EU’s New Merger Control Puts Innovation & Investment at the Core of Competition Law

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The European Commission opened a May 2025 con...

The review would shift merger analysis toward...

Options include a unified counterfactual fram...

The Commission is also considering greater re...

Nebraska’s Education Crossroads: Funding Flaws & Teacher Shortfalls Threaten 2030 Literacy Goals

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Nebraska set 2030 targets to lift ELA and mat...

Teacher shortages are easing as unfilled role...

A TEEOSA funding error overpaid Omaha Public ...

Key priorities include reducing chronic absen...

Why Vermont’s Big Education Spending Isn’t Closing the Quality Gap

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In 1987, Gov. Madeleine Kunin proposed a foun...

In 1997, the Vermont Supreme Court’s Brigham ...

Act 60 and later updates (Acts 68 and 130) so...

Vermont now faces pressure to revisit school ...

Why Michigan School Districts Are Rejecting $321M in Safety & Mental Health Aid

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Nearly 80% of Michigan districts, including m...

In Marquette-Alger RESA, 11 of 13 districts r...

Districts say the provisions could force waiv...

About $321 million in School Aid Fund dollars...

New CRA Bank-Size Thresholds for 2026: What Community Banks Need to Know

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Effective Jan. 7, 2026, the Fed and FDIC rais...

Intermediate small banks are those with at le...

The thresholds apply through Dec. 31, 2026 un...

Banks near the cutoffs may shift CRA exam cat...

CFPB Funding Clash: OLC Opinion vs Judge Jackson, Appropriations Risks Ahead

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A Nov. 2025 OLC opinion says Dodd-Frank lets ...

Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled in NTEU v. Vou...

The dispute leaves CFPB operations vulnerable...

Although the Supreme Court upheld the CFPB’s ...

Fed & GOP Push to Index Bank Thresholds to GDP—What It Means for Community Banks

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Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowma...

Analysts estimate indexing since 2018 would l...

Backers say this would make supervision more ...

Key uncertainties include which thresholds re...

Trump’s Plan to Ban Big Investors From Buying Homes: Political Move or Practical Fix?

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Trump proposed banning large institutional in...

Large institutions are only about 3.2% of U.S...

Public single-family rental and real-estate f...

Analysts say the policy is unlikely to materi...

Federal, State Cuts Threaten Colorado’s Rural Colleges and Workforce Growth

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Colorado community, rural, and minority-servi...

Federal pullbacks to MSI and TRIO-related fun...

Colorados FY 2025-26 budget adds about $38.4 ...

Instability threatens high-cost workforce pip...