UNIVERSITY | HENRY LIU & BAALA SHAKYA Senators propose smaller endowment tax hike than House bill The Senate Finance Committee’s Monday draft text for the Republican megabill reduces the top tax rate on universities’ investment returns to 8 percent, down from the 21 percent the House passed last month.
CITY KADE GAJDUSEK & KIVA BANK Thousands gather on New Haven Green for ‘No Kings’ demonstration Joining millions of others across the United States, around 3,000 marched through downtown New Haven to protest President Donald Trump.
UNIVERSITY ORION KIM & DAVIS ZONG Yale lab seeks new funders for research on kidnapped Ukrainian children The School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab launched — and Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 shared — a web page soliciting donations, while members of Congress called for the Trump administration to restore funding.
UNIVERSITY NORA MOSES Students, lawmakers speak out against Trump tax bill at Washington press conference On Thursday, Sen. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73, Rep. Jim Himes, and students from Yale and other universities warned that the bill’s proposed cuts and endowment tax would threaten access to higher education.
