by Emily Anderson Stern | Feb 3, 2022 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — In the two-and-a-half decades since he earned his master’s degree in counseling from the University at Albany, Matthew Flowers Jr. has been chipping away at his student loan debt. The Troy resident had to delay buying a house until last year...
by Zoya Mirza | Feb 3, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — More needs to be done to return ancestral remains and artifacts to Native communities, and tribal leaders should have a bigger say in the federal government’s efforts, experts and members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs said Wednesday. The...
by Cristobella Durrette | Feb 3, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON–Lawmakers on Wednesday took steps that could close gaps in data on recycling facilities and programs in the United States and provide funding for pilot programs to improve recycling in underserved communities. “As part of the Infrastructure...
by Zoya Mirza | Feb 2, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Censorship and suppression of political opposition across social media platforms is the norm in many Arab world countries, which use intentionally vague cyberspace laws that allow these regimes to prosecute anyone who poses a threat to their authority,...
by Julia Mueller | Feb 1, 2022 | Featured, Politics
An appellate court is expected to rule soon on the constitutionality of New York’s mask mandates WASHINGTON — Even as the COVID-19 omicron variant surges, many school districts around the country — as well as some states like Virginia — are relaxing mask...
by Julia Mueller | Feb 1, 2022 | Featured, Politics
Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens. Today’s question: How are changes made to the U.S. Constitution? In the aftermath of the Revolutionary War, representatives...
