…By midday yesterday, OMB issued a corrective note explaining that the footnote excluded Medicaid and Head Start, as well as other programs like SNAP and Pell grants. That was good,…

…4-year institutions increased from $8,425 in 1999–2000 to $9,280 in 2001–02, while the median value of total grants increased from $5,862 to $6,747. The median percentage change in total grants…

…about the case in this previous post by Carlson, and there’s more here, including a link to a recording of oral arguments before the court. DC Circuit grants postal watchdog’s…

…other rudimentary protection against the weather. Enforcing it even if there was nowhere else to go. By taking up City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, SCOTUS will decide whether it…

The Trump administration just slashed NIH grants. I think this terrible policy shift is entirely constitutional and legal. I think it is also a severe (entirely deliberate) blow to US…

…physicians what they already k new, Depakote was a very valuable medication for “off-label” (unapproved uses). In the irony department, prescribing and administering Depakote for off-label uses is legal, and…

…information about products’ energy use. Label is voluntary, and Congress ordered it The Energy Star label is voluntary for products that meet certain efficiency levels, and differs from Department of…

Grants v. Loans for Iraq For at least two distinct reasons, this is an interesting development: Defying weeks of intense White House lobbying, a narrowly divided Senate voted last night…

…Bill would provide block grants to the states to help individuals pay for health coverage. Graham taking it out of context what Obama said on keeping company healthcare insurance, rolls…

…federal government awarded $1.8 billion in grants to help states fight the opioid epidemic, including $900 million in grants over three years allocated to the CDC to help states and…