by Silvia Martelli | Nov 11, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The 30,000 veterans who live in Washington deserve the political rights that would come with statehood for the District of Columbia, activists said at a Veterans Day rally on Monday advocating to make the nation’s capital the 51st state. The...
by Joe Snell | Nov 11, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The top Assembly Republican is calling out Gov. Tony Evers for making an appointment to an obscure federal government relations office without asking for consent from a legislative committee as required by law. The dispute is another in a string of public...
by Silvia Martelli | Nov 8, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump awarded a posthumous Presidential Citizens Medal Thursday to former Army Col. Rick Rescorla, a Vietnam veteran who died while leading evacuations from the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The Presidential...
by Sam Cabral | Nov 7, 2019 | Breaking News, Featured
WASHINGTON – Several top diplomats repeatedly warned of the consequences of rescinding legal protections for immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti, but the Trump administration ignored them, according to a report out Thursday from the Democratic staff...
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by Sara Wilson | Nov 7, 2019 | Featured, Politics
Private prisons that receive federal funds should be held to the same standards of accountability as government-run prisons to ensure that inmates’ rights are protected, Maryland Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin said Tuesday introducing a measure to set transparency...
by Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | Nov 7, 2019 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Maryland’s four historically black colleges and universities could face layoffs, expired contracts and programming issues if the federal funding for HBCUs nationwide is not renewed for at least two years, the state’s two U.S. senators warned Wednesday at...
