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Oregon has extended its policy dropping mandatory reading, writing, and math proficiency requirements for high school graduation. The state first paused these “Essential Skills” tests back in 2021 during the pandemic, saying they were hitting students of color, English learners, and students with disabilities harder. That pause is now extended through the 2027–2028 school year. …
This makes it the first state to enforce these rules under the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB Act), moving ahead of the national 2027 deadline. The policy targets the “expansion population”—typically adults aged 19–64 who do not have a disability and are not pregnant. The state started notifying roughly 70,000 enrollees earlier this …
ACCOUNTABILITY PUSH: President Trump authorizes the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ensure only legal citizens receive assistance as 22 blue states resist SNAP data-sharing demands. pic.twitter.com/TnAhQ8itPB — Fox News (@FoxNews) December 1, 2025 The Trump administration’s new requirements for the nation’s largest food aid program went into effect Monday, with the aim of reforming the …
A controversial aristocrat has launched an appeal to find a bride – and says he’ll pay her £50,000-a-year to give him male heirs and help run his sprawling 1,300-acre Somerset estate. But despite edging ever closer to his eighties, Sir Benjamin Slade, 79, isn’t ready to settle for second best and has drawn up a long …
Florida is set to end all state vaccine mandates, state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced at a news conference Wednesday. For decades, the state has required numerous vaccines for kids attending school, including shots that protect against Measles-mumps-rubella, polio, chickenpox and Hepatitis B. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/desantis-ladapo-end-vaccine-mandates-150731720.html
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says they plan to reduce leverage requirements for banks this summer. Reducing the Supplementary Leverage Ratio (SLR) would allow banks to hold less capital against low-risk assets like Treasuries and reserves pic.twitter.com/fM0e8S6wmL — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) May 24, 2025
A Colorado regulatory panel agreed Friday to raise fees on industrial companies by as much as 67% and to implement a new system, beginning in 2027, under which those firms must report even small levels of emissions for 342 different toxic air contaminants. … However, groups such as the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, American Petroleum …
This doesn’t sound like democracy, Blinken. Ukraine will basically never hold elections again with these requirements. pic.twitter.com/Yy1oV4nkCC — Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) May 14, 2024 NEW: Secretary of State Antony Blinken is rocking out in Kyiv, Ukraine, singing "Rocking to the Free World" to Ukrainians. Your tax dollars at work. Blinken is in Ukraine to …
The Vanguard Cash Plus Account is a cash management account that features a bank sweep insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) and offers a competitive yield on your short-term savings. You can use the bank sweep as a low-risk place to keep cash for your immediate needs as well as for emergencies. You also …
The highly touted bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, one of the top legislative victories of President Biden’s tenure, is quietly tied to a number of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives that critics argue contravene the law’s objectives. The legislation, which Biden signed in August 2022, is designed to shore up U.S. semiconductor supply chains, earmarking $52.7 billion …
#recession … #CentralBanks Pushing on a String edition https://t.co/xkicXfqREG — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) March 21, 2024 Waaait what?! What did the Swiss Central Bank just say?! 😳 ⚠️ SNB'S SCHLEGEL: BANKS NEED TO PREPARE SIGNIFICANTLY FOR MORE COLLATERAL 🚨 Emmhhh smells like problems… 👇🏻 https://t.co/gt8wMBnERI — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) March 21, 2024 #JustDarioDaily – The …
We did it! Mask requirements are back in healthcare settings in LA County as of today Dec 29th! Thank you to everyone who has been tirelessly working on protecting our community for months, you made this happen! pic.twitter.com/KxAWn7ZDr9 — Joaquín Beltrán Free Palestine (@joaquinlife) December 29, 2023 Here is the official @lapublichealth Health Officer order …
via dailymail.co.uk: Nearly half of US companies intend to eliminate Bachelor’s degree requirements for some job positions next year, a new survey has revealed. And 55 percent said they’d already eliminated degree requirements this year, according to an Intelligent.com survey of 800 US employers, carried out in November. It comes after Walmart, IBM, Accenture, Bank …
The Federal Reserve Board today announced technical details related to reserve requirements for depository institutions, which will remain zero… Reserve requirements for depository institutions Source: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/files/bcreg20231127a1.pdf Wut Mean?: The Federal Reserve Board announced that the reserve requirements for depository institutions will remain at zero. However, as legally required, it provided annual adjustments to the reserve …
This means that they will only teach to the most retarded student thereby dragging all students down to that level. https://twitter.com/_/status/1701985297645342885 h/t Tonight We Ride!
‘Government confirms measures to reverse the rise of gender-neutral toilets as part of wider efforts to protect single sex spaces. Government accelerates plans for separate male and female toilets in new non-domestic private and public buildings; Builds upon action to protect and enhance single sex spaces; Changes will also encourage the provision of self-contained, private …
DISCRIMINATION: A Citizen Journalist has revealed Best Buy is partnering with McKinsey & Company on a Management Training Program. The program is not open to white applicants. “Candidates must meet the [racial] requirements below” Any comment @BestBuy? pic.twitter.com/lxfivezCa6 — O’Keefe Media Group (@OKeefeMedia) August 8, 2023 The civil rights violation lawsuit should pay damned good …
by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/large-bank-capital-requirements-20230727.pdf Wut mean?: Following its stress test earlier this year, the Federal Reserve Board today announced the individual capital requirements for all large banks, effective on October 1. Large bank capital requirements are in part determined by the Board’s stress test results, which provide a risk-sensitive and forward-looking assessment of capital needs. The …
by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/pdf/2023/7/11/GOV1510-23.pdf https://www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/pdf/2023/7/11/MBS1248-23.pdf https://www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/pdf/2023/7/11/18775-23.pdf https://www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/pdf/2023/7/11/a9319.pdf https://www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/pdf/2023/7/11/a9319.pdf Wut mean? The National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), along with the Depository Trust Company (DTC) and the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC), are increasing their minimum capital requirements for members. These changes were proposed in December 2021 and approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in …
The NHTSA proposed mandatory implementation of AEB systems in passenger vehicles, but testing has shown how faulty these systems can be. The NHTSA wants to address this issue by collecting more data and advancing pedestrian AEB rulemaking. via thetruthaboutcars: Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) floated the notion that every new passenger …