HHS threats to freeze low-income child care assistance cause confusion, concern in Alabama

When Talia Shelby heard on the radio the federal government was freezing a program that helps pay for her 3-year-old daughter ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Trump Administration’s Five-State Funding Freeze Is Unlawful, Harmful, and a Major Threat to People in Every State

The Trump Administration’s drastic and unprecedented effort to freeze funding for families’ child care and other essential ...
Yahoo

‘Doomsday vault’ in Switzerland stores human poop to protect microbes for 100 years

A team of scientists in Switzerland is collecting and deep-freezing human poop in what they call a "doomsday" vault. The goal is to protect the invisible microbial world inside us for future ...

Trump administration freezing $10 billion in social service funding for Illinois, four other blue states

The pause in funding comes about a week after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it was freezing child ...
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Dane County Board proposes deputy hiring freeze to fund human services

MADISON — Dane County Board of Supervisors are proposing a hiring freeze on 20 sheriff's deputy positions to save roughly $2.3 million as they work to close a $31 million budget gap. The Personnel and ...