Aarushi Sahejpal

Feb 9, 2025 | themainemonitor.org | Stephanie McFeeters |Aarushi Sahejpal |Jinpeng Li |IRWJinpeng Li

Maine counties received $261 million through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which pumped billions in federal funding into Maine to help government agencies respond to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and invest in critical infrastructure. The deadline to obligate these funds was December 31, 2024, and the deadline to spend them is December 31, 2026.

Feb 6, 2024 | source.opennews.org | Nausheen Husain |Dhrumil Mehta |Aarushi Sahejpal

“Where did you learn to teach?” This is the question that the authors of this post–all recently appointed professors of data journalism–found themselves confronted with after their first semester of teaching data journalism. The question came from enthusiastic students who enjoyed our classes, top performers who seemingly had learned a great deal in their first courses with us. It gave us warm fuzzies, but the question also gnawed at us.