by jpitney | Aug 27, 2025 | Civic Education, Civility, Public Service
Kyle Mitchell at WOOD-TV A new $12 million initiative launched by the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation is looking to expand civic engagement and education. The Ford50 campaign is looking to increase awareness and civility in politics at a time of great division...
by jpitney | Aug 6, 2025 | Public Service
Rebecca Carballo at Politico: More than a month ago, the Education Department began public meetings to discuss the overhaul of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that allows civil service and nonprofit workers to have their student loans canceled after...
by jpitney | Aug 1, 2025 | Public Service
Melody Gutierrez at LAT: Across the country, antagonists and antigovernment “sovereign citizens” are flooding states and counties with liens like the ones Jarrett and others show how to file. In the claims, they often allege government officials owe them money or...
by jpitney | Jul 23, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives, Public Service, Violence
Jade Walker at CNN: The House of Representatives is increasing funding and resources for lawmakers to provide them with additional security options. The “pilot program,” which is meant to assist lawmakers returning to their districts for the five-week recess, was...
by jpitney | Jun 28, 2025 | Public Service, Violence
Anna Liss-Roy at WP (h/t George Van Cleve): Abusive messages, fear of physical violence and violations of privacy are the cost of elected office in the United States in 2025, according to nine Gen Z and millennial state lawmakers interviewed by The Washington Post....
by jpitney | Jun 15, 2025 | Public Service, Violence
Lisa Lerer at NYT: The statements of shock and condolences streamed in eerily one after another on Saturday after the assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, and the attempted murder of another lawmaker and his wife. “Horrible news,” said Representative...
