BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 3 -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release on June 1, 2025: * * * Burdick Job Corps the next thing on Trump's chopping block MINOT - The Trump Administration has announced he is "pausing" all contractor-operated Job Corps by June 30, 2025. North Dakota Democratic-NPL Chair Adam Goldwyn said, "For decades, the Burdick Job Corps has provided life-changing programs to train young people to advance in their careers. It's unconscionab  more

ALBANY, New York, June 2 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Governor Hochul's Op-ed in Empire Report: Washington Republicans Are Trying to Take Your Health Care * Today, Empire Report published an op-ed by Governor Kathy Hochul denouncing the disastrous impacts of the GOP's Big Ugly Bill. Text of the op-ed can be viewed online and is available below: In just a few weeks, we will be observing the 60th anniversary of the signing of Medicaid by P  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following written testimony by Mark Brown, president and CEO of Tuskegee University, from a May 21, 2025, hearing entitled "The State of Higher Education": * * * Good morning, Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, and Distinguished Members of the Committee: I am Mark Brown, the 10th President and Chief Executive Officer of Tuskegee University. I testify before you on the State of Higher Education a  more