WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- In a public comment letter submitted to the U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a coalition of civil rights and education organizations has raised concerns regarding potential inequities associated with the new individual tax credit for contributions to scholarship granting organizations (SGOs). This tax credit was announced in Notice 2025-70 and is part of the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). While these organizations, whi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- A coalition of attorneys general from 19 states, led by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), expressing strong support for four related proposed rulemakings concerning endangered and threatened wildlife and plants. The letter emphasizes their intent to reinstate previous regulations that align with the original mandates of the Endangered Species Act. The coalition believes that the prop  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- Save Our Springs Alliance, a non-profit organization, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service expressing strong opposition to recent proposed rule changes concerning the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The alliance is particularly concerned that these changes threaten to undermine decades of bipartisan support for the protection of endangered and threatened species. The letter states that nearly 84% of Americans continue to support the ES  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release: * * * VA provides over $77 million in grants to state Veterans cemeteries * WASHINGTON The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded more than $77 million in grants in fiscal year 2025 for the expansion and improvement of 20 state Veterans cemeteries throughout the nation and one establishment grant for Alaska's first state Veterans cemetery. VA's National Cemetery Administration reimburses state  more