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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos quietly dropped a controversial rule directing states to give private universities a larger share of coronavirus relief funds than specified by Congress. The move comes after a federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled last week that the rule involving the distribution of $13.5 billion in federal aid was illegal. The Education Department did not announce the decision to drop the rule, but put in an update on its CARES Act funding page that following the ruling the rule “is no longer in effect.” htt...
as parents seek an alternative to chaotic remote school experiences this spring. Florida Virtual School's enrollment is up 54 percent year over year for its individual online course offerings and 64 percent for full-time programs. Public schools' online programs managed by the for-profit provider K12 Inc. have grown from 122,000 enrollments in fall 2019 to 170,000 a year later. Applications to Connections Academy, a virtual school provider owned by Pearson, are up 61 percent. The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School filled up months before it...
Bemidji, Minn. – Motorists on Highway 371 will experience lane closures, pilot cars and short-term delays as crews begin resurfacing the highway from Hackensack to Highway 200. The construction will create a safer and longer lasting road. The contractor for the $1.1 million project is Hawkinson Construction Co. Inc. The project is expected to last through mid-October, weather permitting. For more information, visit the website at http://www.mndot.gov/d2/projects/2020/hwy371-resurface. Road work continues to be a critical service. MnDOT is c...
St. Paul, MN: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is encouraging farmers and agronomists to scout fields now for the invasive weed Palmer amaranth. Palmer amaranth is listed as a noxious weed in Minnesota and was first discovered in the state in 2016. All above and below ground parts of the plant must be destroyed, and it cannot be moved. Left uncontrolled, a single female Palmer amaranth plant typically produces 100,000 to 500,000 seeds. It is resistant to multiple herbicides, can...
Saint Paul, MN — Today, LIUNA Minnesota and North Dakota announced its endorsement of Tina Smith for U.S. Senate and a bipartisan slate of congressional candidates for the 2020 General Election. In addition to endorsing Smith, the infrastructure union will lend support to Dan Feehan for Congress (D - First District), U.S. Representative Angie Craig (D - Second District), U.S. Representative Dean Phillips (D - Third District), U.S. Representative Tom Emmer (R - Sixth District), U.S. Representative Collin Peterson (D - Seventh District) and U...
LODGE GRASS, Mont. (AP) - When Lauri Dawn Kindness was growing up, her hometown on the Crow Indian Reservation had an arcade, movie theater, gas stations and family cafe along streets shaded by towering cottonwood trees near a bend in the Little Bighorn River. Today, there's only a small grocer and a propane dealer among the deserted lots scattered through downtown Lodge Grass. Kindness is back here after more than a dozen years in the U.S. Army, including four combat tours, and she wants to...
SPOKANE — Someone shot a projectile through the Lakeside High School football team’s school bus on the way home to Plummer, Idaho, from a game Friday night, missing students but leaving at least one cut by shards of glass. When coach Chris Dohrman first heard the bang, he thought something had struck the bus. Then he turned around and saw shattered glass. “There’s no way a rock would go through one side and out the other,” Dohrman said. “I don’t know who would do that. The people in Clark Fork are good people. I think this was an individual wh...
The family of a soldier who died at Fort Hood Army Base suspects foul play may have contributed to his death and says the official version of the story leaves more questions than answers. Navajo Nation leaders issued a statement on Monday demanding a congressional inquiry into the deaths of two tribal members stationed at Fort Hood — Spc. Miguel Yazzie, 33, and Pvt. Corlton Chee, 25. Yazzie and Chee died over the summer, but in separate incidents at the base in Killeen, Texas. "We spoke with the families of Pvt. Chee and Spc. Yazzie and they h...
A man accused of raping unconscious women at his homes in Santa Fe and Seattle is scheduled to stand trial this week on charges of kidnapping, rape and voyeurism in New Mexico. Redwolf Pope, 44, also faces two counts of rape in Seattle. Officials there have requested extradition, but a Santa Fe County magistrate ruled in October Pope would remain in jail in New Mexico until the case here is resolved. The charges against Pope, filed in 2018, arose out of a joint investigation by police in Santa...
Sports have been a toss-up across the state of Arizona, arguably none more so than on the Native American Reservations. But now, sports could be on the horizon for some. The entire Conference 3A North Region canceled fall sports a few months back and winter sports have been in jeopardy, but with a proposal to the Arizona Interscholastic Association on the table, sports could come back starting in January 2021 for schools in northeast Arizona. Schools from the 1, 2 and 3A conferences have...
WASHINGTON (CN) — Nearly six months after Congress earmarked $8 billion for Native tribes in the CARES Act, the Treasury Department argued to the D.C. Circuit on Friday that it can lawfully hand out portions of the coronavirus relief funds to Alaska Native corporations. Over a dozen tribes have challenged the plan by the Trump administration to send federal money to the so-called ANCs. They argue Congress intended for the pandemic relief to go only to the 574 tribes — many hard hit by the deadly outbreak and the economic fallout it tri...
BRADLEY, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – There are some changes in the leadership of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians. During Friday’s Tribal Council meeting, the panel said goodbye to Ed Pigeon, who stepped down after 21 years of service, including the last 12 as its Vice Chairman. Ben Brenner, the Senior Director of Operations for the Gun Lake Tribe the past three years, was chosen to fill the vacancy on Council, and the members tabbed Jodie Palmer as the new Vice Chair. Palmer, along with Phyllis Davis and Jeff Martin, had won ree...
Grand Forks Public Schools has received a $10,000 grant from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians to support Native American students in the Grand Forks school district. The funds will be used to help students financially with fees, including after-school care, band instruments, electronic devices, college applications, testing, sports and lunch tickets. The money also will be used to cover the cost of hosting cultural events for the Grand Forks community. The grant will allow the school district “to assist Native American students w...
