by Camille Erickson | Apr 26, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Census data shapes almost every corner of public life — from the amount of federal money funneled to school lunch programs, new bus routes and rural health clinics to the number of congressional seats allocated to a state. As the country barrels toward...
by Camille Erickson | Apr 21, 2019 | Topics
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s proposed 2020 budget would cut transportation funding by $5.9 billion, shifting rail infrastructure costs onto states and shrinking long-distance Amtrak routes like the Lake Shore Limited. But Democrats in Congress show...
by Camille Erickson | Apr 16, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights should take immediate action to intervene and increase its oversight of the Trump administration’s policy separating the children of undocumented immigrants from their parents because it created a cycle of...
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by Camille Erickson | Apr 11, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The last time Mana Kharrazi spoke with her uncle in Iran on the phone, she told him he could not visit the U.S. because of President Donald Trump’s so-called “Muslim ban,” an executive order barring travel from seven mostly Muslim-majority...
