The Education Department closed for the entirety of Wednesday, with officials citing security reasons, and will reopen Thursday with a greatly reduced headcount. Employees who will be let go will ...

Iowa House lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday to require the University of Iowa’s College of Medicine and Dentistry to have ...

A multi-unit house located at 9817 Mill Station Road in Sebastopol has a new owner. The 3,123-square-foot property, built in 1945, was sold on Feb. 27, 2025. The $2,650,000 purchase price works out to ...

A congressional funding bill that could prevent a federal government shutdown narrowly passed the House Tuesday, but not without cutting funding for several local projects.

Democrats should benefit from a stiff midterm breeze in 2026. But with a tough landscape and three seats open, it’s unlikely ...

The plan, which cleared a two-thirds majority in the Maine House, faltered amid Republican opposition in the Senate.

"These bills do nothing to solve the problem," State Rep. Carol Glanville (D- Grandville) said. "When you weaken and cheapen the process of being a certified teacher, you are only putting our kids in ...

Senate Democrats have vowed to shut down the federal government rather than support a House-approved budget resolution to avert a pending government shutdown at the end of the day Friday.

Live updates and the latest news as U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum kick in and the Senate turns to a government funding ...

In his latest attack on education and transgender rights, Trump is punishing the University of Maine System, the state’s ...

Trump, who praised Tesla electric vehicles alongside Musk outside the White House earlier this week, vowed that protesters ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday Senate GOP "do not have the votes" to pass a pending budget bill, setting up a potential showdown over government funding.