Tag Archives: Biden Administration

Ariana Figueroa, Missouri Independent U.S. Supreme Court justices Tuesday grappled with whether the Biden administration exceeded its authority when it set regulations for kits that can be assembled into untraceable firearms, and a majority of justices seemed somewhat skeptical the rule was an overreach. In Garland v. VanDerStok, the nine justices are …

Jimmy Williams The Biden administration is proposing a new strategy to curb rising rents across the U.S.: limit corporate landlords to annual rent increases of no more than 5%, or else they would lose a major tax break. This proposal comes amid widespread struggles among American households to afford rising …

Jimmy Williams The Biden-Harris Administration has announced a historic milestone in Federal funding and investments in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), surpassing $16 billion from Fiscal Years (FY) 2021 through the current data for FY 2024. This total, a significant increase from the previously announced $7 billion, encompasses substantial …

by Ariana Figueroa, Missouri Independent The Biden administration announced Thursday it’s proposing changes to the asylum system that would allow immigration officials to reject asylum seekers who have a criminal record that poses a threat to national security or public safety and quickly remove them. Those changes will occur during …

John Cole, Pennsylvania Capital-Star Social worker Kelli Gray fought back tears Monday as she recalled the moment she realized her student loan debt had been forgiven. “I went on the FAFSA website and it was all zeroes,” Gray said. She had $350,000 worth of debt forgiven as a result of the …

Chabeli Carrazana Originally published by The 19th For more than a decade, Erin Farias has watched the low-income families who send children to the day cares she runs navigate America’s broken child care system. Many of those parents had government assistance for school tuition, but half the time, Farias couldn’t …

Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune A federal judge in Texas rejected a lawsuit on Friday filed by Attorney General Ken Paxton against a Biden administration immigration program that allows each year up to 360,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to legally migrate to the U.S. U.S. District …

President Joe Biden is exploring new student debt relief programs designed to assist various categories of borrowers. These initiatives come in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate Biden’s previous attempt at mass loan forgiveness. On Monday, the Education Department unveiled the text of these proposals, detailing four …

Sergio Mendoza Reyes, Erin Douglas and Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune Democrats, environmentalists and advocates for migrants are expressing anger this week as President Joe Biden’s administration continues to push forward with plans to build sections of border wall along parts of Texas’ border with Mexico. Biden says he has …

The Biden administration is introducing a beta website for its new income-driven student loan repayment plan, called the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan. This initiative aims to improve the federal student loan system, providing relief to borrowers as federal student loan payments are set to resume in October. …

by Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder The Biden administration announced new initiatives Friday that could reduce health care costs, though none will take effect immediately. The changes include a proposed rule that would reduce the amount of time short-term health insurance plans can last and require companies that offer the plans to …

Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent A federal judge on Tuesday prohibited Biden administration officials from communicating with social media platforms about “protected speech,” a ruling emerging from litigation originally filed by former Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt. The ruling, by Judge Terry A. Doughty of the U.S. District Court for the …

The Biden administration on Monday announced $42.45 billion to connect all Americans to high-speed broadband internet by the end of the decade, likening the ambitious goal to FDR’s New Deal-era rural electrification program that brought the then-modern technology to farms and rural areas across the United States. The funds, which …

Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Texas and Louisiana lacked legal standing to challenge the Biden administration’s priorities on who should be deported. In a 8-1 decision, the court found that even though the states lacked legal standing to sue in this …

Shondiin Silversmith, Florida Phoenix For the first time in history, the White House has launched a national plan to address gender-based violence on a federal level, introducing seven strategic action plans to help communities across the United States. “As long as there are women in this country and around the …