Conservatives believe school vouchers will expand educational choices for poor parents and solve many of the problems plaguing public schools across America. Poor students who attend private schools ...

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As the only shelter for unhoused teens and young adults in Fayette County, Arbor Youth Services has seen a surge in the number of people needing its services over the past several years. But moving ...

The Texas House is debating and voting on a $337 billion state budget today, and within that budget will be $1 billion for what is imprecisely called school vouchers. If this sounds familiar, it’s ...

WASHINGTON -- Housing vouchers, formerly called “Section 8 vouchers,” are one of the most common ways tax dollars help lower-income Americans avoid homelessness. Here in DC, the Housing Authority ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The four Democrats vying for the District 77 seat in the Texas House of Representatives are united on at least one thing: No ...

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Remember that statewide vote Arizona held on vouchers? No? I didn’t think so, because no such vote ever took place. There’s a reason for that. Every time voters in other states have been asked the ...