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Colorado Officials Fight Military’s Attempt to Move Air National Guard Members to US Space Force
By Nick Coltrain On May 20, 2024 The U.S. military’s proposal to unilaterally move potentially hundreds of Colorado Air National Guard members involved in space operations to the Space Force is facing…
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Officers with Higher Rank Get Better Care than Those with Lower Ranks at Military Hospitals, Study Finds
By Patricia Kime On May 17, 2024 Officers who outrank their military physicians and personnel who have been recently promoted receive better attention and care in Defense Department health facilities…
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Homeless Vets Find Housing on Old Walter Reed Grounds, Regardless of Discharge Status
By Richard Sisk On May 20, 2024 Former Army National Guard Spc. Donald Carey, a Desert Storm veteran, had reached the point in his long bout with homelessness where he was telling himself and anyone…
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Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops
By Rebecca Kheel On May 13, 2024 A key House panel is endorsing a 4.5% across-the-board pay raise for service members on top of a 15% raise for junior enlisted troops in…
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‘Degree Forward’ is Making College More Accessible for Detroiters
By Micah Walker, BridgeDetroit | April 30, 2024 Andrew Linton’s college journey has been more than 10 years in the making. After high school, the native Detroiter went off to Virginia to attend…
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AP African American Studies Connects Michigan Students to Their Own History While They Make it
By Hannah Dellinger | April 29, 2024 As a crackling recording of Malcolm X’s “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech resonated in the background, eight students took their seats in a classroom at…
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Carroll ISD to Challenge Title IX Changes Protecting LGBTQ+ Students
KERA | By Juan Salinas II Published May 17, 2024 at 5:00 AM CDT Carroll ISD plans to challenge the Biden administration’s recent changes to Title IX that extend protections to LGBTQ+…
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More People in States Like Texas are Using Telehealth to Access Abortion, Researchers Say
KERA | By Bekah Morr Published May 15, 2024 at 5:00 AM CDT More pregnant people are turning to telehealth for abortion care than ever before, according to a group of abortion…
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Ohio Doctors are Watching the U.S. Supreme Court on a Law Requiring Emergency Care and Abortion
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News BureauPosted on: Thursday, April 25, 2024 COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Doctors in Ohio are closely watching a U.S. Supreme Court case involving abortion and a…
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