Michael Kirby

Full list of Michael Kirby results

• House passes childcare bills as element of recovery

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  Childcare, school reopening intertwined with 2020 politics

• Spring lessons learned for addressing COVID this fall

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  Six months into the global pandemic, are we any better prepared for the fall wave?

• Strategies for safely reopening schools as White House pushes full resumption of in-person instruction

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  The time for school reopening preparation is running out, but these strategies can help

• Pandemic compounds known challenges facing students

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  At a recent hearing of the House Education and Labor Committee, lawmakers learned about the profound challenges awaiting teachers and students when classes resume in the fall

• Fact-checking vote by mail: FEC commissioner takes to Twitter to defend practice

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  In a 66-part tweet, Ellen Weintraub aims to set the record straight on the security, and integrity, of voting by mail

• Mayors and governors to Congress: Massive budget shortfalls threaten recovery

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  Local and state government leaders paint a dire budget picture for House panel, with funding testing and contact tracing critical to economic recovery

• Local governments: Act now for Election Day

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  The federal Election Assistance Commission offers 7 key to-do items for local governments and election commissions

• Quick Take: FCC advisory committee on diversity and digital empowerment lays out tasks ahead

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  Working groups on digital connectivity press on as the pandemic exposes and exacerbates the digital divide; goals set and preliminary solutions discussed

• COVID-19: Severe state and local budget pressures fall on Washington

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  Tough choices to confront governments amid coronavirus, economic pause as Cassidy-Menendez legislation proposes relief

• Latest CARES Act follow-on bill excludes first responders

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  With hazard pay not included in recent bill, members push to fund local-level government in next round