The Early Learning Fellows program has been supporting legislators and legislative staff members since 2011 who are experienced or emerging leaders on early learning issues.

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American workers may be grumpy this week after losing an hour of sleep over the weekend, due to the ritual of clock-changing to conform to daylight saving time (DST).

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Did you know the child support program collected over $32 billion in child support during FY 2015?.

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A state trial court judge in South Dakota has ruled that a South Dakota law requiring remote sellers to collect sales tax is unconstitutional. This ruling was expected for precisely the reason the judge stated—a lower court must follow Supreme Court precedent. 

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Thirty or so years ago, I was standing in the back of the Indiana Senate chamber talking with Robert Garton, who was then president of the Senate.

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It was 50 years ago—March 4, 1967—when  Indiana lawmakers passed a bi-partisan measure and the governor signed into law HB 1005, establishing the Legislative Services Agency (LSA) and the Legislative Council to oversee the work of the LSA.

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The Congressional Review Act had only been used once before the 115th Congress. But with the inauguration of President Donald Trump, and a Republican majority in Congress, using the act is proving to be much more successful than in years past.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will not decide—at least not this term—whether transgender students have a right to use the bathroom consistent with their gender identity due to changes in position on this issue from the Obama to Trump administrations.

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In the fall of 2016, the U.S. celebrated a fifth straight year of record-high national graduation rates, at an all-time high of 83.2 percent.

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States collectively spent $77.7 billion total in higher education in academic year 2014. This is slightly more than the federal government’s own $75 billion in higher education spending, which includes $30.4 billion provided by the Pell Grant program.

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