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Laredo College is holding its Spring 2025 Health Fair this weekend, offering free health services to the community.

The City of Laredo reaffirmed its commitment to supporting individuals with autism and their families through a proclamation ...

“The COVID-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent ...

President Donald Trump will nominate Susan Monarez, the acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department ... on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ...

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin said President Trump told students “he doesn’t give a damn about them” with a recent move against the Department of Education.

THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ON ITS WAY TO BEING DISMANTLED. MANY PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT SERVICES THAT PROTECT CHILDREN. AJ JEFFERSON SAYS BASIC NEEDS FOR CHILDREN ARE ...

On Friday, Trump said the Small Business Administration will handle federal student loans, and the Department of Health and Human Services will take over programs for students with special needs.

Ben Curtis/AP Share WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take ...

(AP Photo/Ben Curtis)(Ben Curtis / AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a ...

Completely dissolving the department requires an act of Congress. Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, who is chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said he would ...