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October 7, 2026 | Education, Featured, News, | By Trisha Powell Crain

A+ launches new tools to help schools target RAISE Act money

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama schools have millions of new dollars to spend on students with greater needs. Now one of the groups that helped push the RAISE Act into law is trying to help schools make those dollars count. The new guides from A+ Education Partnership are designed for school leaders, school board members, parents […]

A+ launches new tools to help schools target RAISE Act money

October 7, 2026 | Education, Featured, News, | By Trisha Powell Crain

4 dead from storm as Isaias brings threat of floods across the Southeast

4h ago | News, | By Associated Press

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Isaias peeled off hotel and condominium rooftops and facades along the Florida Panhandle before charging north Saturday, dishing out torrential rains and the threat of flash floods and tornadoes across the Southeast. At least four deaths were linked to the storm, including two people killed when trees fell onto homes in […]

4 dead from storm as Isaias brings threat of floods across the Southeast

4h ago | News, | By Associated Press

Trump strikes deal with Putin to get diesel in sharp reversal of US policy weeks before midterms

4h ago | News, | By Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a stunning reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. Trump said on social media on Friday that he struck the deal with […]