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Wednesday: Learning

Trump administration must restore grants for school counselors, judge rules

The Trump administration must release millions of dollars in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in schools, a federal judge ruled Monday. Congress funded the mental health program after the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The grants were intended to help ...

Government shutdown imperils dozens of Head Start preschool programs

WASHINGTON — Head Start programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation's neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government shutdown, leaving many scrambling to figure out how to keep their doors open. The early education ...

Who benefits from the MAHA anti-science push?

Two advisers to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sat on a stage in California this spring, addressing an audience at a natural products industry trade show that drew tens of thousands of people from food brands, investment banks, supplement sellers and other ...

World premiere ‘Lake Superior Suite’ by local composer

MARQUETTE — "The Lake Superior Suite," a composition for piano written by the well-remembered and admired piano teacher and Marquette resident, William E. Weber, will soon premiere at three special engagements at three community venues. This is the first time Weber’s three-movement suite is ...