by Christina Botteri | Mar 20, 2025 | Education, National, News, Policy, Tennessee
In a highly anticipated move on Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, calling it a “historic action that is 45 years in the making.” The East Room ceremony was attended by GOP governors from Texas,...
by Zachery Schmidt | Mar 17, 2025 | National, News, Policy
President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) last week to eliminate seven federal departments. According to the EO, Trump determined these bureaucratic agencies “unnecessary.” The departments that will be eliminated are: the Federal Mediation and Conciliation...
by Christina Botteri | Mar 11, 2025 | Education, National, News, Policy
The Department of Education announced a sweeping reduction in force (RIF) that will cut nearly 50% of its workforce, marking a significant step in what officials describe as the agency’s “final mission” under the Trump administration. The move, impacting approximately...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 3, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Representatives Tim Burchett (R-TN-02) and Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) are among a group of Republicans who are original cosponsors of a bill that would terminate the U.S. Department of Education. As written, the one-page, one-sentence bill would “terminate” the...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 17, 2024 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
A federal judge with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky granted Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman’s preliminary injunction request to block the Biden Administration’s new Title IX rule...
