The share of young people between 16-24 who are neither in school nor working was declining. Then came the pandemic and extended school closures, which resulted in a surge of disengaged young people. Striking numbers from Mila Koumpilova's big new Chalkbeat piece on the problem:

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EXCLUSIVE: A federal agency has halted election security activities, ended funding for a threat monitoring system, and is taking action against certain employees who monitored election misinformation, an agency official confirmed to state officials in email obtained by Votebeat.

U.S. agency has stopped supporting states on election security, official confirms CISA is moving against employees who helped monitor misinformation, the official says in an email to state officials. votebeat.org/2025/03/11/cis…

Breaking news from the Votebeat team: "President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order Tuesday that would dramatically change the administration of U.S. elections." votebeat.org/2025/03/25/tru…

After our staff spoke with election officials and experts across the country, here's more on what the executive order means for elections in the United States: votebeat.org/2025/03/25/tru…

The child care voucher program is facing a perfect storm of budget threats, and may need nearly a billion dollars in extra funding this year to stay intact. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

His executive order targets a simple technology that helps speed up vote counting in some large cities. Getting rid of it could be costly. votebeat.org/2025/03/28/tru…

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Great to see Jennifer Smith Richards Becky Vevea on WGN TV News to talk about our joint ProPublica-Chalkbeat Chicago investigation into Chicago's failure to address its costly tiny schools. wgntv.com/chicago-educat…

We're thrilled to welcome Jonathan Thornton as our new Chief Philanthropy Officer! civicnews.org/news/civic-new…