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DOL is rescinding the EO 11246 contractor regulations. What changes for workplace compliance, what remains, and what the separate disability rule did.

An end-of-year bid to rescind $810 million raised a bigger question than any single program: can timing let the executive cancel spending before Congress can act?

Congress has changed how the Crow Tribe can use existing water-settlement funds in Montana. Here is what S. 240 changes—and the questions that still decide whether a legal settlement becomes durable water infrastructure.

A nonpartisan guide to understanding what housing-affordability promises would actually change, for whom, and how.

A nonpartisan guide to asking what a health-care cost promise would actually change, for whom, and how.

A nonpartisan, fact-led guide to checking election claims, understanding common voting processes, and finding official information that applies to your address.

Legislatures are setting or debating minimum teacher salaries as schools compete for staff. The practical question is not simply whether teachers deserve more; it is whether a pay floor is funded, sustained and designed to keep experienced educators in the classroom too.

An early deposit can look like a surprise or a mistake. It is usually a calendar change—not a second benefit—and the key is knowing which payment schedule applies to you.

The administration’s move against Microsoft and seven other companies has put an obscure employment-based immigration step into public view. Here is what PERM does, what the suspension appears to cover, and why the dispute reaches beyond corporate paperwork.

DHS has proposed new fees that schools would have to pay before recommending international students for work authorization. The proposal is not final, but it has already changed a practical question about studying and working in the United States.