(The Center Square) – The Washington State University Board of Regents voted Friday to raise tuition by the maximum amount next school year as enrollment has declined roughly 20% since the pandemic. While freshmen enrollment saw slight increases systemwide for the second year in a row this fall, the overall student population decreased by roughly 3%. The regents […]

(The Center Square) – Residents of North Carolina’s most populous mountain city are no longer under a boil water notice, Asheville officials announced on Monday. Extensive rain and flooding from Hurricane Helene on seven-plus weeks ago severely damaged a bypass line at the North Fork Reservoir, supplier of 80% of the city’s water, causing the […]

President Joe Biden is using some of his last days in office to promote aggressive climate change goals, even as his successor plans to scrap them. Biden is in Brazil for the G20 summit after becoming the first president to set foot in the Amazon rainforest. He said both the United States and Brazil are […]

House Democrats are pushing caucus leaders to change a messaging game they say cost their party the election.  Lawmakers made their way back to Washington, D.C., last week for the first time since Democrats saw stinging losses in the White House, Senate, and House on Election Day.  As the House Democratic Caucus gathered to debrief […]