The Guardian

Ministers raise inheritance tax threshold for farms after backlash

U-turn lifts limit from £1m to £2.5m after protests and warnings that family farms were at risk Ministers will increase the threshold for taxing inherited farmland from £1m to £2.5m after months of ...
BBC

Government waters down inheritance tax plan for farms

Government proposals to tax inherited farmland have been watered down, with the planned threshold increasing from £1m to £2.5m. The climbdown follows months of protests by farmers and concern from ...
The Economist

Switzerland votes decisively against inheritance tax

THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS, the youth wing of Switzerland’s Social Democratic Party, do not have any MPs in parliament, but they know how to make a stir. On November 30th the country held a referendum on ...
The Hill

SNAP is back, but these cuts and changes are taking effect immediately

(NEXSTAR) – With the government shutdown finally over, states are working to get food assistance flowing again. They’re also working to implement new restrictions and cuts to who can qualify for SNAP ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Can the Writing Program Be Saved?

U ndergraduate writing programs introduce college students to the rhetorical and argumentative structures they will be expected to master during their four years on campus and beyond. Learning the ...
The Chicago Maroon

UChicago to Overhaul Undergraduate Writing Program and Introduce New Core Writing Course

Starting in autumn quarter 2025, the University will begin a multi-year restructuring of the undergraduate writing program, which had previously run concurrently with the humanities Core sequence.
The Stanford Daily

One year later: Where the creative writing program stands

Nearly a year after the University announced it was phasing out all 23 of the creative writing lecturers over the course of the next two years, the first set of lecturers have said their goodbyes to ...
al.com

Ivey takes step toward implementing Alabama’s $500 million rural healthcare program

Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday named a 20-member advisory group to help prepare for a healthcare initiative that is part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4. Alabama is ...
Arizona Daily Star

U of A is closing 40-year-old writing program

The University of Arizona is terminating its Writing Skills Improvement Program, a move that closes the door for students to receive instruction from specialists with professional degrees in writing, ...
The New York Times

Has Your Family Argued About Housing and Inheritance?

We want to hear from you for a New York Times Magazine feature about how much of America’s family wealth is tied up in parents’ homes. By Francesca Mari Francesca Mari covers housing for The New York ...
NPR

NEA cancels decades-long creative writing fellowship

Alice Walker. Charles Bukowski. Louise Erdrich. Juan Felipe Herrera. These are just some of the authors who received a Creative Writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts over the ...