Category: National News
SpaceX Launches Rockets & Resorts, Lands Contracts & Spacecrafts
The company SpaceX has experienced a series of victories this month, beginning with a successful test of an experimental rocket prototype. The Sequel to Starhopper On August 4th, an imposing silver vehicle, resembling a water tank or grain silo, launched almost 500 feet before settling on a ground pad. It goes by the name SN5, […]
Attorney General asks court to halt Scottsdale school construction over procurement violations
The Arizona Attorney General’s office filed a complaint Thursday against Scottsdale Unified School District asking a court prevent further construction on Hohokam and Cheyenne elementary schools, following multiple investigations into possible procurement and conflict of interest violations that have roiled the district’s administration. In the complaint filed in Maricopa County Superior court, the Attorney General claims the […]
With plan to pay off lunch debt, Whitmer seeks an end to lunch shaming in Michigan schools
The stories pop up regularly across the nation: A student is denied lunch, or forced to eat a peanut butter sandwich, because of an unpaid school lunch debt. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to end that practice. She’s proposed creating a $1 million fund in Michigan that will pay off the lunch debt of students whose […]
Coronavirus in Texas: Texas reports 22,806 cases and 593 deaths, releases online map of testing locations
Coronavirus in Texas As the coronavirus spreads across the state, The Texas Tribune is covering the most important health, economic and breaking developments that affect Texans, every day. Watch our Texas unemployment tracker, use our explainer on the coronavirus for essential information, and visit our map tracker for the number of cases, deaths and tests in Texas. MORE IN THIS […]
American Prison System During the Pandemic
The Federal Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Marshals Service are accused of contributing to the rapid transmission of coronavirus throughout the American prison population, due to a combination of alleged incompetence and disregard for regulations. In the United States, prisoners are dying from coronavirus, and rates of infection within the prison system continue to […]
Grattan on Friday: Morrison can only look on as Nationals ‘wicked problem’ damages his government
The Nationals’ crisis is a political version of what social scientists call a “wicked problem”. It’s without any obvious solution, and every future course is fraught. This is a “wicked problem” not just for the minor coalition partner, but for Scott Morrison also. He’s an alarmed and essentially powerless observer of a struggle destabilising the […]