In April 2011, students at the University of California-Merced were asked if they would be willing to sign a petition that would allow the redistribution of their GPAs to students having trouble fulfilling graduation requirements.  Those students with an “excessive” GPA of 4.0 would have a reduction to a 3.8 and the extra 0.2 points [...]

On Tuesday, November 7, 2011 Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) introduced legislation in the Diaper Investment and Aid to Promote Economic Recovery Act, to allow for free diapers and diapering supplies for children in day care.[1]  This bill would be combined with the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, which gave $5 billion [...]