Judge in Colorado lawsuit temporarily halts Trump plan to cut $600 million for teacher training
U.S. District Judge Myong Joun sided with Colorado and seven other states that had requested a temporary restraining order.
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A record number of Americans can’t afford their rent. Lawmakers are scrambling to help
Single mom Caitlyn Colbert watched as rent for her two-bedroom apartment doubled, then tripled and then quadrupled over a decade in Denver — from $750 to $3,374 last year.
Claudine Gay to be Harvard’s 1st Black president, 2nd woman
Harvard University has named Claudine Gay as its next president, making her the first Black person and the second woman to lead the Ivy League school. Gay is currently a...
Landlords finding ways to evict after getting rental aid
Although the $46.5 billion Emergency Rental Assistance Program has paid out tens of billions of dollars to help avert an eviction crisis, some tenants who received help are finding themselves...
U.S. hospitals seeing different kind of COVID surge this time
Hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the wrath of the omicron variant and getting thrown into disarray that is different from earlier COVID-19 surges.
Biden to allow eviction moratorium to expire Saturday
The Biden administration announced Thursday it will allow a nationwide ban on evictions to expire Saturday, arguing that its hands are tied after the Supreme Court signaled the moratorium would...
After court nixes eviction ban, race is on for federal help
The recent court ruling striking down a national eviction moratorium has heightened concerns that tenants won’t receive tens of billions of dollars in promised federal aid in time to avoid...
States struggle to get rent relief to tenants amid pandemic
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last July that New York would spend $100 million in federal coronavirus relief to help cash-strapped tenants pay months of back rent and avert evictions.
Those without broadband struggle in a stuck-at-home nation
In Sandwich, N.H., a town of 1,200 best known as a setting for the movie “On Golden Pond," broadband is scarce. Forget streaming Netflix, much less working or studying from...
New Hampshire a last chance for struggling 2020 Democrats like Michael Bennet
Andrew Yang is among a handful of candidates who are polling in the single digits as New Hampshire's primary nears. He joins Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval...