Filing a civil rights complaint with the Office of Civil Rights can be parents’ last stop. Following cuts and restructuring, this federal office is no longer serving that same resource.
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The federal government is betting on tax incentives and private capital to drive growth, but questions remain over costs, oversight and who benefits.
Legal scholars argue that when executive branch agencies impose conditions on federal funds, courts should give these cases special scrutiny.
As Canada moves forward with the Canada Strong Fund, it’s important to acknowledge and address its potential risks.
Conflict between Washington and the states is perennial and by design. Lack of clarity about who’s in charge on what issue keeps power from becoming concentrated.
A small portion of university research funding comes from individual donors. Most universities have policies in place to protect against wrongdoing.
The federal government is spending more on contracts for Indigenous business, while finally tackling ‘Black cladding’ fraud. But those reforms don’t go far enough.
A study of the 2013 shutdown that lasted 16 days revealed long-term negative effects on federal workers and led to weakened government performance.
There’s a new element at play that’s heightening the stakes of budget negotiations in Congress. And it could lead to a shutdown.
Some 20,000 home care packages will be brought forward to be delivered before the end of October.
Harvard University is the latest school that is nearing an expensive settlement with the Trump administration. The different deals are complex, but share a few similarities.
Since the 1800s, Congress has enacted laws to ensure that federal workers are hired on the basis of their professional qualifications - not their political loyalty.
Musk’s slashing of government jobs, programs and departments isn’t the first effort by a president’s appointee to streamline government. William Howard Taft tried to do it − but very differently.
Over a dozen federal agencies have offices in the Philly area. Understanding what they do can highlight how mass layoffs and cutbacks might affect the region.
Legal experts are concerned that President Donald Trump is expanding executive powers beyond the law – creating what they call a constitutional crisis.
FEMA pools national resources to help states quickly manage disasters. Without that federal support, each state would be left to build its own expensive response capabilities.
Narrowing the ‘tax gap’ has been a long-standing goal of the government agency.
Meaningful action has largely been delayed. Australians will need to wait for yet another discussion process to be complete before they see what protections may eventually be introduced.
Many Americans seem to prefer to keep working well past retirement age, but it’s not clear whether the choice is motivated by the need to keep earning money or the desire to continue being productive.
The Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline is a bad deal for Canadians, the federal government and our planet. The only question now is how best to mitigate the damage.
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