Landing close to midnight, travel-worn Soldiers emerge from a charter aircraft into a blackened night and are immediately blanketed with seasonal humidity. For the nearly 100 Soldiers of the 40th Infantry Division from Los Alamitos, California, arriving at Yokota Air Base in Japan on June 7, 2021 is just the beginning of their overseas training. They will join Orient Shield 21-2, a joint exercise with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force and several other U.S. Army units performing multi-domain operations.
Units like the 311th Medical Logistics Support Team from the Ohio Army Reserve, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade from Wheeler Army Airfield in Hawaii and 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry from Fort Benning, Georgia, will contribute key roles to the upcoming annual exercise that rotates between JGSDF divisions and U.S. Army units.
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Texas officials have yet to distribute $17.9 billion earmarked for schools in the last two federal coronavirus relief packages, even as their counterparts in other states have begun to direct federal dollars meant to help schools and students hit hard by the pandemic.
The delay has some school administrators and advocates concerned that Texas officials have other plans for the money: supplanting state funding already in draft budgets working their way through the Legislature.
Gov. Greg Abbott requested a waiver in February for $5.5 billion of the relief money the portion approved in December from a requirement that states spend the same proportion of the state budget on education as before the pandemic.
Congressional Democrats condemn Abbott for not releasing billions in federal stimulus dollars intended for Texas public schools
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All 13 Texas Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Austin, signed a letter on Monday to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona condemning Gov. Greg Abbott’s for not releasing federal stimulus funding intended for public education.
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The letter comes as Abbott and other state leaders have held up the disbursement of $17.9 billion of additional federal funding intended for Texas school districts. The money was allocated through multiple aid packages passed by Congress over the past year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Congressional Democrats condemn Abbott for not releasing billions in federal stimulus dollars intended for Texas public schools
Texas Democrats in Congress asked the Department of Education to pressure the state to send federal funds to schools as quickly as possible. Author: The Texas Tribune, DUNCAN AGNEW Published: 11:07 AM CDT April 20, 2021 Updated: 11:13 AM CDT April 20, 2021
All 13 Texas Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Austin, signed a letter on Monday to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona condemning Gov. Greg Abbott for not releasing federal stimulus funding intended for public education.
The letter comes as Abbott and other state leaders have held up the disbursement of $17.9 billion of additional federal funding intended for Texas school districts. The money was allocated through multiple aid packages passed by Congress over the past year in response to the COVID-19 pand
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