Senate bill aims to keep rural grocery stores afloat
North Dakota has lost 47 rural grocery stores since 2014, according to the Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives. A ...
Senate to vote on advancing GOP funding bill to avert government shutdown
The GOP-controlled Senate will press forward with a procedural vote to advance a stopgap funding bill to avert a government ...
Chuck Schumer postpones book tour due to 'security concerns' amid funding bill backlash
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is postponing several book tour events this week amid the ongoing Democratic backlash to his vote last week to approve a GOP-led government funding bill. Schumer ...
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Texas school districts hopeful lawmakers will help plug $1.7 billion gap in special education funding
Proponents say the changes would better serve special education students with widely varying needs — and help schools pay for ...
Oklahoma bill would allow professional women's sports teams to access state funding
The bill from Sen. Mary Boren would incentivize women’s professional sports to locate in the state by expanding a state ...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasts Schumer over GOP funding plan vote
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s decision to vote for the House GOP funding bill ...
They’re ‘hogging our money’: D.C. kids tell Senate not to gut city’s funding
The window narrowed to reverse the $1 billion in cuts to D.C.’s budget as senators prepared to vote on the continuing ...