About 50% of US Department of Education employees cut. What does that mean for Kentucky?
U.S. Department of Education workforce cuts will present challenges in ‘critical areas,’ Kentucky’s top education official said.
Trump defends decision to cut nearly half of Education Department staff
President Donald Trump on Wednesday backed his administration's efforts to lay off about half of the Education Department staff.
Education Department cut by half. Will Trump still try to shut it down?
The cuts come after President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to shutter the Education Department. Critics argue cutbacks are less about improving student outcomes and more about instituting a conservative agenda.
Education Department, with mass layoff, cuts nearly half its staff
The staff reductions are the latest effort by the Trump administration to decrease the federal government’s role in education.
'A catastrophe': Democrats sound off on Trump's cuts to Education Department
Three state governors, all former educators, derided the decision to terminate nearly half the federal agency's workforce.
Education Department Cuts Half Its Staff as Trump Vows to Wind the Agency Down
The Education Department plans to lay off more than 1,300 of its employees as part of an effort to halve the organization’s staff -- a prelude to President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency
Education Department to slash half its workforce
"Employees will not be permitted in any ED facility on Wednesday, March 12th", for any reason," the message said.
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Florida remains identified as transgender Kentucky woman 36 years later
In 2019, the Lake County Sheriff's Office contacted the DNA Doe Project, a nonprofit that works to identify Jane and John Doe ...
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What dismantling the Education Department could mean for Kentucky
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order to begin dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. Kentucky school districts receive an average of $2,000 per student in federal funds.
Kentucky woman's 1988 murder case finally solved after 36 years
In the 80's a woman was found dead in a wooded area in Orlando, Florida. It took years to identify the then Julie Doe.
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Body in decades-old Florida cold case ID'd as transgender woman
The Lake County Sheriff's Office said its detectives have made a breakthrough in a cold case dating back nearly four decades.
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Battery-maker cancels Kentucky project, will return DOE grant
A Massachusetts company said Thursday it is canceling plans for a new manufacturing line in Kentucky that would make a key ...