Financial Management

The Chicago Board of Education has greenlit a revised property tax levy that injects an additional $40 million into the city's school system, a decision that underscores a profound dilemma facing one of the nation's largest public school districts. This move, achieved through a contentious vote,

As the last of the substantial federal emergency relief funds allocated during the pandemic has expired, college campuses across the nation are confronting a stark financial reality that threatens to dismantle the very mental health support systems that were expanded to meet an unprecedented

The idea seems entirely counterintuitive: how can pausing pay raises possibly result in a bigger paycheck for employees who are already feeling the financial strain of an increasingly expensive world? For Colorado's Eagle County School District, this very strategy is being seriously considered not

In a significant move to address the long-standing challenges of a fragmented and often inaccessible early childhood care system, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has nominated Christi Smith, a respected leader in the state’s family services community, to serve as the first-ever director of the newly

A cascade of wage garnishment notices is set to descend upon millions of American households, signaling not just personal financial turmoil but a potential shockwave to the entire U.S. economy. As the federal government resumes its most aggressive collection tactics on defaulted student loans,

In a decisive move that wades directly into the long-standing educational debate over the impact of classroom population on learning, the Abilene Board of Education has formally approved a significant update to its non-resident student enrollment policies, directly lowering grade-level capacity to