BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Alabama Department of Human Resources Board voted unanimously Thursday to ask Alabama’s congressional delegation to seek the same two-year delay already granted to states with the nation’s highest SNAP payment error rates. Under the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act, states with the highest payment error rates have two additional years before […]

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Schools that discipline students of color at higher rates than white students won’t be in violation of federal civil rights law for that disparity alone, the U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday. The Education Department’s regulatory changes prohibit the agency’s civil […]

Criticized by a federal judge for sloppy legal work, the government on Thursday grudgingly withdrew subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times reporters to testify about their sources for articles about President Donald Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet.