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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla joined President Trump at the White House last year on Sept. 30 to announce a voluntary agrreement to reduce some prescription drug prices. One element aimed to lower prices in the taxpayer-funded Medicaid program, but the program is still being built, and details about which drugs will be discounted remain under wraps.

A year ago, President Trump pledged to lower Medicaid drug prices. Has that happened?

The Trump administration's efforts to lower drug prices included promised changes to Medicaid. But it's still unclear which drugs will be affected. And each state has to opt in.

Pickerington students board a school bus in September.

During Central Ohio's COVID Surge, Teachers Fear In-Person Classes Put Them At Risk

Schools around Central Ohio took a cautious approach to the academic year. Many started remote, and pledged to return to distance learning should COVID-19…

Columbus Board of Education building on April 15, 2020.

DeWine Says Columbus Schools Would Break Agreement If All Students Don't Return To Class

Gov. Mike DeWine says Columbus City Schools would be breaking a deal with the state if they don’t have middle and high school students back in classrooms,…

A Day Before Deadline Ohio Lawmakers Send Budget To Governor

With a little over a day till the deadline on Wednesday, the new two-year state budget is on its way to Gov. Mike DeWine after overwhelmingly bipartisan votes in the House and Senate late Monday evening.

A masked student walks the hallway at Worthington Kilbourne High School in March 2021, as students came back to in-person learning with a mask mandate in place.

Central Ohio schools tackle increased chronic absenteeism as students head back to class

The Ohio Department of Education reports that in the 2021-2022 school year, 30% of students were chronically absent - double the rate before the pandemic.

Supreme Court Weighs Whether Religious Schools Can Fire Lay Workers

The pair of cases is the second time in less than a decade that the court has been asked to consider arguments involving discrimination lawsuits from teachers fired by parochial schools.

Families Of Children With Special Needs Are Suing In Several States. Here's Why.

A number of lawsuits question whether schools have addressed the needs of special education students during the pandemic. But the very nature of special education makes it hard to find one solution.

Kendra Mendoza's son, Joshua, has cerebral palsy. She says he loves school, but got little of the therapy he needed this spring.

Schools Say They Have To Do Better For Students With Disabilities This Fall

When U.S. schools went online-only in the spring, many struggled to provide vital services to students with disabilities. Families, advocates and many educators say this fall has to be different.

The case of transgender high school student Gavin Grimm, seen here last year, has been sent back to a lower court by the Supreme Court.

Congress Erases K-12 Rules, A Financial Aid Foul-Up And Other Education News

From DACA to FAFSA, a Senate squeaker to a Supreme Court do-over, it was a busy week for education news in the nation's capital.

Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. The committee is continuing to hold closed-door interviews as part of an investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Bill Gates tells lawmakers he was not aware of Epstein's crimes

Gates is sitting for a closed-door interview before the House Oversight Committee about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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