NEW YORK (PIX11) — New York Sen. Chuck Schumer announced new federal funding to increase security measures in houses of worship. The announcement was made this Sunday on Holocaust Day of Remembrance and following several threats made against multiple synagogues in New York City. Authorities said the threats were made via e-mail. On the other hand, Schumer […]
New civil rights regulations released last month by the Biden administration presented school districts across the nation with a clear choice: Either adopt policies that allow transgender students to use the bathrooms, wear the uniforms and be called by the pronouns that correspond with their gender identity, or risk losing federal funding. But several Republican-led states have responded with an equally clear message for their schools: Steer clear of such policies. The clashing state and federa
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed in 2021, is putting more than $28 million in federal funding towards bringing clean drinking water to New Mexicans, New Mexico’s congressional officials say. “Every New Mexican deserves the right to a clean and reliable supply of safe drinking water,” U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans Wednesday passed a bill, with heavy support from Democrats, that would define antisemitism for the Department of Education, amid nationwide college campus protests in which students are calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The 320-91 vote would codify the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism in Title VI of the Civil Rights […] The post U.S. House approves definition of antisemitism as campus protests continue appeared first on