Education-to-workforce funding: Texas’ Workforce Commission is awarding $1.113M in JET grants to four Alamo-area schools to buy career-tech equipment for 202 students targeting high-demand roles. Career pathways dashboards: Ohio launched interactive tools linking high school outcomes to college enrollment, completion, employment, and earnings for up to six years—aimed at helping families and employers plan better. Youth employment pressure: UK data shows 981,000 16–24-year-olds are NEET (13%), with the NEET rate still above last year and a tougher education-to-work transition. Skills certification push in ASEAN: Thailand opened the 29th ASEAN Labor Ministers meeting, urging internationally recognized skills credentials and a digital skills passport to boost cross-border mobility. Workforce training in Africa: ASU’s five-year AYCE Digital initiative (with Mastercard Foundation support) will give 50,000+ young people digital skills and industry credentials, including for people with disabilities and refugees. Labor market signals: U.S. jobless claims dipped and BLS projects 5.9M more jobs by 2035, with healthcare and utilities among the fastest growers. Workplace rights: EEOC’s challenge to Yale Hospital age testing heads to a new phase as a judge weighs whether a trial is needed. Local hiring events: Idaho State University kicked off fall with a part-time job fair and back-to-business event connecting students to 30+ employers.