U.S. Department of Education releases portion of frozen funds

The U.S. Department of Education has released $1.3 billion that had been held back from programs across the country.

On July 16, 10 U.S. Senators, including North Dakota Senator John Hoeven, sent a letter to the Trump administration saying that freezing $6 billion in funding was hurting programs that were not in their words, “radical leftwing programs.” The money released on Monday is expected to h…