Health & Human Services:

• Tennessee Launches First Grants under $207M Rural Health Transformation Fund
• South Dakota Announces First Awards for Rural Health Transformation Grant Program Management
• Helena Provider uses Grant to Open more Youth Psychiatric Beds (Montana)

K-12 Education:

• Gov. Landry proposes moving $150 Million from Public School Funds to Avoid Teacher Pay Cut (Louisiana)
• Florence Nonprofit’s $150K grant to Florence 1 Schools will Fund 7 Education Projects (South Carolina)
• Salem Schools awarded $13K for Summer Eats Program (Massachusetts)

Justice & Public Safety:

• Calif. firefighters receive $21K Grant for New Extrication Equipment (California)
• State OKs $1.3M in Safety Grants for Gilbert Public Schools (Arizona)

SLED Information Technology:

• Texas Tech University wins $4.5m State Grant for Semiconductor Development (Texas)
• US to Award $2 Billion to Quantum Companies, Take Equity Stakes

Higher Education:

• Ohio Doles Out $26M in STEM Scholarships at 59 Colleges
• City of Salem Scholarship & Education Committee Awards 2026 Scholarships to 10 Graduating Seniors (Massachusetts)
• NTCC receives $275,416 JET grant from Texas Workforce Commission

Cybersecurity:

• State Officials Urge Congress to Reauthorize Cybersecurity Grant Program

Economic Development/Regulations:

• OIT Announces Strategic Realignment to Better Serve Coloradans and Make State Government More Efficient
• Healey-Driscoll Administration Joins with IBM, Red Hat to Launch AI Accelerator During Boston Tech Week (Massachusetts)
• Governor Abbott Announces MP Materials Rare Earth Magnet Manufacturing Expansion in Northlake (Texas)
• Mayor Mamdani Announces Commission on Government Efficiency to Make Government Work Better for New Yorkers

Community Development:

• Mayor Mamdani Highlights Housing Production Agenda in Block by Block as Support for Plan Grows (New York)
• State Awards $92.9 Million to New Mexico Tribal Communities

Natural Resources/Environment:

• Sherrill Proposes ‘Guardrails’ for Data Centers (New Jersey)
• ohDEER Coming to Southern Maine, Bringing All-Natural Deer, Tick, Mosquito and Rabbit Control to Local Families

Transportation:

• Leaders Highlight Success of Grant Program for Local Road Repairs in Rhode Island