by jpitney | May 13, 2025 | Higher Education, Taxes
Jessica Blake at Inside Higher Ed: House Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee released the full version of a long-awaited tax bill Monday that does for higher ed exactly what they suggested it would in a draft version Friday: dramatically increase the excise...
by jpitney | May 12, 2025 | Claremont McKenna College, Free Speech, Higher Education
Henry Long at The Claremont Independent: A commencement speaker should embody the principles of the College, and Rushdie has done just that. CMC is neither a Christian college nor a Muslim one. It doesn’t stand for religious dogma or some vague notion of belonging....
by jpitney | May 11, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives
At The Hill, Don Wolfensberger explains the procedural trick by which House Republicans barred resolutions of inquiry: Last week a special rule was scheduled to consider just five matters, all resolutions to disapprove regulations promulgated during the Biden...
by jpitney | May 10, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives, Senate
At The Atlantic, Yuval Levin writes that Congress was assertive in the 1980s and 1990s, but… The reasons for the subsequent decline in Congress’s stature and assertiveness are complex, but some of the very measures Gingrich took to consolidate power on Capitol...
by jpitney | May 9, 2025 | Claremont McKenna College, Journalism, Journalists, Uncategorized
A list in progress (updated May 10, 2025) Nate Weisberg `24 — editor, Washington Monthly Chandler Presson `21— Interiors Market Editor, Modern Luxury Lery Hiciano `20 — staff writer, Taipei Times Blaise Malley `20 — freelance Torrey Hart `19 — newsletters...
by jpitney | May 8, 2025 | Budget, California Politics
Eric He, Rachel Bluth and Lindsey Holden at Politico: Ten people briefed on the matter said state lawmakers are being told to brace for a shortfall of at least $10 billion when Newsom presents his revised budget next week. In early January, the governor’s Department...
by jpitney | May 7, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists
Brandon Cantwell at The Tribune Chronicle: The drizzle and overcast skies over the Mahoning Valley set the mood as members of the Youngstown Press Club gathered Saturday afternoon to honor fallen journalists. Fifteen members of the club stood before fellow...
by jpitney | May 6, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists, Local Government
The 2025 Pulitzer Prize for a distinguished example of coverage of significant issues of local or statewide concern, demonstrating originality and community connection, using any available journalistic tool, Awarded to Alissa Zhu, Nick Thieme and Jessica Gallagher...
by jpitney | May 5, 2025 | Courage, Public Service
The 2025 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award went to Vice President Michael R. Pence for risking his life and career on January 6, 2021. The Award goes to public servants for making a courageous decision of conscience. Caroline Kennedy and Jack Schlossberg...
by jpitney | May 4, 2025 | Civility, Texas
Crayton Webb and Danielle Rugoff at the Austin American-Statesman Forty-five years ago, a group of young Texans from business, professional and academic circles came together to convene the various segments of the state in a nonpartisan, nonpolitical and...
