by Ashley Hickey | May 12, 2014 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — The Myrtle Beach area has seen double-digit growth in international visitors since partnering with a national initiative to promote the U.S. as a major tourist destination, the head of the area’s chamber of commerce told a Senate panel Thursday. “Today,...
by Ashley Hickey | May 8, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Federal first responders and law enforcement officers still cannot communicate on a shared radio channel during a terrorist attack, a decade after the 9/11 Commission highlighted this inability to communicate as a major problem, the Department of Homeland...
by Ashley Hickey | May 7, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – U.S. military leadership testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday regarding need to slow the growth of military pay and other benefits as a result of imposed reductions in defense spending. Published in conjunction...
by Ashley Hickey | Apr 30, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — As a new survey shows large counties across the U.S. identifying human sex trafficking as a major problem, lawmakers and advocates have pointed to Houston as a critical city in their efforts to address the issue. Thirty-three Texas counties were among 400...
by Ashley Hickey | Apr 24, 2014 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Twenty children representing 15 countries received their Certificates of Citizenship Tuesday during a patriotic ceremony at President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington, D.C. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services periodically holds these...
