Biden administration

U.S Department of Education Approves Alabama’s Plan for Use of American Rescue Plan Funds

On Thursday, Aug. 12, the U.S. announced the approval of Alabama’s American Rescue Plan, Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) plan and it distributed the remaining ARP ESSER funds to them. Alabama’s plan explains how the state is using and plans to use ARP ESSER funds to safely reopen and sustain the safe operation of schools while expanding…

13 Attorneys General Sue Biden Admin Over Stimulus Tax Rule

(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Attorneys general from 13 states sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over a provision in the federal stimulus that bars tax cuts from being offset with relief money. In Alabama, the filing in U.S. District Court asks judges to strike down the provision that prohibits states from using $195 billion of federal…

Biden Expands Quick Bid to Undo Trump’s Immigration Policies

Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden talks with a protester. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, file) SAN DIEGO (AP) – The Biden administration is taking steps to address harm to thousands of families that were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, expanding efforts to quickly undo relentless changes to immigration policy over the last four years. President Joe Biden’s orders on family separations, border…