Medicaid cuts, prison closure among potential Oregon budget impacts

Oregon's projected $63 million budget deficit will be a major focus of the 35-day legislative session that is scheduled to begin Feb. 2.
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U.S. Cyber Command has a new Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

Novotny steps into the role amid leadership turnover and other turmoil at the military’s top cyber enterprise.
The Virgin Islands Consortium

Sweeping Plan to Break Up Federal Education Functions and Hand Key Programs to Four Other Agencies Unveiled

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced on Tuesday that the Department of Education is forging new partnerships with ...

Medicaid fight between governor, GOP lawmakers spills into NC auditor’s findings

Millions in savings from job vacancies, as the state health agency is making cuts, shows bureaucracy “being placed ahead of the needs of North Carolinians,” the auditor said.
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Education Department takes a major step forward in plans to dismantle it

The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump ...
Chalkbeat

K-12 moving to Labor as Trump administration accelerates bid to dismantle Education Department

The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor and parceling out ...
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Mom says Medicaid services crucial to autistic daughter's development, attorney for families suing NCDHHS talks

Families of children with autism say cuts to provider reimbursements are hurting their daughters and sons. The issue over how much to pay providers for services rendered to patients draws back to this ...