June 10, 2026 Check out the new child nutrition programs Food Industry Toolkit! This centralized webpage organizes Team Nutrition resources for food industry partners who provide food products to organizations operating school meal programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the Summer Food Service Program. Food industry partners can navigate resources by topic,…

BEAUMONT, Texas – A Homeland Security Task Force investigation in Angelina County has resulted in the convictions and sentencings of 17 individuals related to a methamphetamine trafficking organization in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Jose Pedro Guzman, Jr., 35, of Corrigan, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine…

Anti-immigrant policies are fanning the flames of a youth mental health crisis. Here’s how governments can respond. By Sindy Benavides, Dr. Cheryl Aguilar | June 10, 2026 Last fall, families in Wilder, Idaho gathered for horse races when helicopters and armored trucks suddenly descended. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents — armed with guns, flashbang…

BEAUMONT, Texas – A Bryan drug dealer has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Matthew Forrest Jarrett, 38, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison by…

PLANO, Texas – An illegal alien has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison as part of a Homeland Security Task Force investigation for trafficking cocaine in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Abrahan Solano-Zarate, 42, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and…

By Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline June 9, 2026 Nearly 200 residents at the St. Joseph’s Center nursing home in the affluent Connecticut suburb of Trumbull were evacuated last year after Legionella bacteria was found in the facility’s water system. Two months later, they were evacuated again over critical failures in the building’s fire safety systems.…

By Robbie Sequeira, Stateline June 10, 2026 With many students and educators already using widely available artificial intelligence tools, state lawmakers and school districts are playing catch-up on AI policies. In Maryland, for example, AI usage policies for K-12 schools are “all over the map,” Democratic state Sen. Katie Fry Hester said. In some school…

John Whitehead’s Commentary By John & Nisha Whitehead June 10, 2026 “I love the inflation.”—Donald Trump (June 2026) “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody.”—Donald Trump (May 2026) America has become an occupied nation. Not by one invading army, but by many occupying powers: the police state, the surveillance state,…

By Sneha Dey and Hien An Ngo, The Texas Tribune June 10, 2026 Texas high school students made gains in every subject from algebra to U.S. history, according to results from state tests released Wednesday, a sign of recovery amid years-long efforts to make up for pandemic-related learning disruptions. The STAAR end-of-course exams tested students…