Many Colorado private schools use scholarships provided by ACE Scholarship, a Denver-based nonprofit organization that provides partial, need-based scholarships for K-12 students from low-income families to attend private schools. It hopes to greatly increase the number of students it can assist under the new federal law.

"The only companies getting $20M sole source awards.. are Alaska Native corporations, Native Hawaiian organizations, tribally-owned organizations," Murphy said.

So far, 23 states have joined the new federal tax-credit program that allows individuals to donate to organizations that give scholarships for private school tuition or extra support services for public school students.

New research looks at the long-term impact of a controversial federal program from the 1990s that demolished housing projects and replaced them with mixed-income developments.

In addition to issuing the guidance, the SBA removed from its website the Biden-era “Guide for Demonstrating Social Disadvantage,” stating that its continued presence could cause confusion given that race-based presumptions have been inoperative since 2023.

Despite having a similar state program expire, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker remains on the fence about whether to opt Illinois into the federal Education Freedom Tax

The federal government shutdown has dragged into another week, and Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to ending it. Many federal workers have missed paychecks, including air traffic controllers, who are working unpaid. A partisan argument over if ...

Under a provision of H.R. 1 – a provision that only applies to states like Illinois that expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act – that 6% cap will gradually be cut starting in FY 2028 until it reaches 3.5% in FY 2032.

Program is shrinking as compliance rules reshape who can access federal contracts, raising questions about opportunity and participation.