By Michael Pepper and Malachi Parker | Special To The OBSERVER - A new law prohibits suspensions for "willful defiance," tardiness and truancy in public schools for grades 6-12, and requires administrators to document disciplinary or other interventions in students' records.
To All Interested Agencies, Groups and Persons: ON or about January 16, 2024, the City of Cranston, Rhode Island, will request the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to release Federal …
In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts Indian Country recently. With the close of 2023 at hand, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, provided an update on the Committee's busy year. During 2023, 11 total Indian Affairs bills passed the U.S. Senate out of 21 that passed the Committee.