List of Resources for Policy Information

News:

The Hill
Politico
The education section of the New York Times 
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Inside Higher Ed
(Some of these require subscriptions. Those that are not free are probably available to you via your institution’s subscription to Lexis-Nexis or other search engines)

Federal Legislation:

THOMAS website
Congressional Quarterly

Policy Analysis:

The Brookings Institution
Congressional Research Service
American Political Science Association