Wisconsin has enacted a new law requiring school districts to create policies banning student cell phone use during class. Many districts, including Milwaukee Public Schools, already have policies restricting phone use, but will now review them for compliance. Some school administrators report that stricter phone policies have already led to improved student engagement and behavior….
NEW YORK ‒ Zohran Mamdani dared President Donald Trump to keep going after him in a combative speech after his Nov. 4 New York City mayoral election victory. Mamdani, the subject of months of attacks from the president, called Trump out by name as the democratic socialist hailed a “mandate for change” with his victory….
NEW YORK − President Donald Trump doesn’t appreciate comparisons to Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor. In a wide-ranging interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes” that aired Nov. 2, Trump, a Queens native, weighed in on the mayor’s race in his hometown ahead of the Nov. 4 general election. Norah O’Donnell asked Trump what he…
As Western North Carolina heads into the winter season, a group of nonprofits and local leaders are scaling back funding to keep the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Blue Ridge Parkway facilities open with basic visitor services and limited staffing amid the ongoing federal government shutdown. Friends of the Smokies, the nonprofit partner of…
President Donald Trump has endorsed U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ bid for a fourth term in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, delivering her a major boost with the Republican Party’s right flank ahead of a highly competitive 2026 race. Trump announced his endorsement in a post on Truth Social on Sunday, Nov. 2, calling Miller-Meeks “an incredibly…
At the end of his regular pregame press conference on Nov. 1, Milwaukee Bucks head coach Glenn “Doc” Rivers took a moment to make a call for action for government leaders and members of the community to address the freezing of funding of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) due to the government shutdown. On Oct….
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a bipartisan bill into law that will largely ban student cell phone use in public school classrooms. School boards are required to create a policy by July that generally prohibits cell phone use during the school day, with some exceptions. Exceptions to the ban can be made for emergencies, managing…
On Nov. 1, Michelle Higgs plans to check the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace portal and see how much more she will pay next year if Congress fails to extend enhanced subsidies. She estimates that her current plan, which also covers her husband and two young children, would increase by more than $2,000 per…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell poured cold water on hopes for a holiday rate cut, dialing back expectations as the labor market cools and inflation persists. Powell said a December cut is far from guaranteed. Even as the central bank on Oct. 29 trimmed its benchmark federal funds rate to a range of 3.75% to…
White House officials fired all six members of the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts, a federal agency which would have been tasked with advising on the design elements of the new $300 million White House ballroom championed by President Donald Trump. The move comes just a week after the entire East Wing was demolished to…