FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Parents have been pressuring Fairfax County Public Schools to make changes to the school calendar in order to get more instructional time for students. Now, the district ...

Akron officials are pursuing zoning changes that would eliminate minimum lot sizes, a rule that can block construction on small vacant parcels. Leaders say the update could reduce permitting friction ...

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman has reversed his position on eliminating the Senate filibuster. During his 2022 campaign, Fetterman advocated for abolishing the filibuster to help pass legislation. Fetterman ...

Researchers have discovered how microscopic imperfections and atomic vibrations can be used to control a powerful quantum effect in an advanced material. The effect can turn alternating electrical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Tuesday said it was “wrong” for Democrats to attempt to eliminate the filibuster during the Biden ...

On May 27, two nonprofit fair housing and fair lending organizations and two private fair lending consultancies filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging ...

A Supreme Court court ruling last month rejected the state’s previous congressional map as an illegal racial gerrymander and set off a redistricting race across the South. By Emily Cochrane Emily ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking the legislature to add an amendment to the November ballot that would eventually eliminate property taxes for 92 percent of Floridians. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ property ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday unveiled a proposal aimed at reducing — and eventually eliminating — property taxes for many Florida homeowners, calling it a measure that could significantly ...

In Tampa, Gov. Ron DeSantis announces that state lawmakers must return to Tallahassee Monday. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday unveiled his property tax proposal and called for the Legislature ...

The bill would codify and expand on Trump’s executive order to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in federal contracting. A bill introduced in the House and Senate in late April ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has thrown his support behind proposed legislation that would give combat-wounded service members who are medically retired from the U.S. military their full retirement ...