United States Secretary of Education

Ohio gambling regulators have widened their enforcement push against prediction markets offering sports event contracts, sending cease-and-desist letters to nine operators—including Polymarket and Robinhood—after winning a federal appeals court ruling against Kalshi. The letters warn operators they must comply with state sports-betting regulations or stop allowing Ohio residents to trade on sporting events within 14 days, or face fines, lawsuits, or criminal charges.

The move intensifies a broader national legal fight over whether prediction markets' sports-related contracts qualify as federally regulated financial "swaps," which would exempt them from state gambling oversight, or as de facto sports betting subject to state licensing and consumer-protection rules. Ohio's action follows its earlier court victory over Kalshi and signals that state regulators intend to pursue the full field of prediction-market operators rather than targeting a single company. The outcome could shape how prediction markets operate nationwide, as similar disputes are playing out in other states while federal regulators and courts weigh in on the swaps-versus-gambling classification question.

Michigan's K-12 public schools employed about 381,571 people in 2024-25, the highest staffing level in at least 18 years, even as statewide enrollment fell by more than 180,000 students since 2007-08. Full-time equivalent staffing rose roughly 10% from 2019-20 to 2024-25 while enrollment dropped from about 1.49 million to 1.42 million. Non-instructional roles grew 21%, outpacing the increase in classroom teachers, who now number around 117,000. An analysis by Bridge Michigan found three-quarters of districts added staff over the past decade despite enrollment declines in 73% of them, alongside falling proficiency rates in English and math in most districts.

The trend follows a nationwide pattern identified by an Epoch Times investigation, which found only 17% of roughly 200,000 new U.S. public school positions since 2007-08 were classroom teachers. Analysts point to pandemic-era federal aid enabling unsustainable hiring, with Michigan districts potentially needing to cut up to 5,100 teaching positions as one-time COVID funds expire, even as the state continues raising per-pupil funding.