Two GOP senators hold judicial nomination hearings while the Senate’s away

by Jessica A. Floyd | Oct 24, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Even though the Senate is on recess, the Senate Judiciary Committee continued confirmation hearings for federal judge nominees for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Federal Claims Court and the U.S. District Court in Oregon. Republican Sens. Orin...

State Spending on Higher Education Has Dropped. Hispanic and Black Families are Bearing the Costs

by Jessica A. Floyd | Oct 18, 2018 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON – While state revenues have generally returned to pre-recession levels, state spending on higher education is 16 percent lower than in 2008 – and the higher tuitions at public colleges and universities intended to fill the funding gap are especially...

Investors Want Faster Treasury Action to Allow Investments in Underserved Communities

by Jessica A. Floyd | Oct 17, 2018 | Business & Tech, Politics

WASHINGTON — Investors are beginning to take advantage of tax incentives included in last year’s tax reform law in 8,700 areas designated by governors and certified by the Department of Treasury as “opportunity zones,” a U.S. Conference of Mayors official said...

Bipartisan “running mates” talk economic agendas for the middle class

by Jessica A. Floyd | Oct 11, 2018 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON – Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican and Colorado’s Democratic governor, John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., said Wednesday the labor and education systems are broken and can’t be fixed until politicians stop vicious partisanship to help the middle class. Speaking...

Nominee for Census Director says he will be “Independent”

by Jessica A. Floyd | Oct 3, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Census Bureau told a Senate committee on Wednesday that he would be “independent from improper influences” in conducting the 2020 census, which for the first time in decades will ask whether people...