Reading Is Fundamental and Scooter's Coffee came together for a special event at Carroll Elementary School in Frisco, Texas where CEO Joe Thornton read books to children and each student took home three new books.

WASHINGTON DC (December 16, 2024) — For the past several weeks, Congress has been developing an end-of-year bill to extend federal funding before the December 20 deadline, further extend the 2018 Farm Bill, and provide economic assistance for struggling producers, among other priorities. After failed negotiations at the leadership level, the current draft of this bill does not include economic assistance for struggling producers.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (December 16, 2024) — Monmouth College has received a $100,000 grant from the US Department of Energy's Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (RENEW) initiative to help underrepresented students in STEM develop research skills and connections in their field.

LENEXA, KANSAS (December 16, 2024) — The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that Iowa Western Community College has been selected to receive a $478,474 grant to help recruit, train, and place workers in community revitalization and cleanup projects at brownfield sites in Council Bluffs, Iowa, North Omaha, Nebraska, and the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan statistical area.