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Fewer students, too many schools: Communities confront closures and consolidations

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Declining birth rates mean fewer students. And that means more districts grappling with whether to close or merge schools. “The big shrink” is how Marguerite Roza, director of Georgetown University’s Edunomics Lab, described what is happening nationally.  “When there are fewer young people, obviously it’s going to change the shape of public education,” Roza said.…

U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

Economy Act: An Overview

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This product is also designated as B-338717, Sept 15, 2026. The Economy Act provides authority for intra- and interagency transactions between agencies and major organizational units of agencies. The Act broadly applies to federal entities for the procurement of a wide variety of goods and services. However, the Economy Act does not authorize an agency…

U.S. Civil Service — Independent Agencies — Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Butterball Resolves EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit for $230,000

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Butterball, LLC, a poultry processing company doing business in Mt. Olive, North Carolina, will pay $230,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

Mortgage Insurance: HUD’s Risk-Sharing Program and Its Role in Financing Affordable Rental Housing

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What GAO Found Each year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insures billions of dollars in mortgages for multifamily properties through a variety of programs. HUD’s section 542(c) program provides FHA insurance for loans on affordable multifamily properties that are originated, underwritten, and serviced by housing finance agencies (HFA).…