by Hannah Schoenbaum | Feb 4, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Facing pressure from President Joe Biden to counter China’s stronghold over the computer chip industry, House Democrats on Friday pushed through their long-awaited companion bill to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer’s $250 billion...
by Jonathan Lehrfeld | Feb 3, 2022 | Featured, Sports
Nine soldier-athletes from the Air Force, Army and Army National Guard will represent both the U.S. military and Team USA at the Beijing Winter Olympics, taking place between Feb. 4 and Feb. 20. Five of the service members headed to Beijing are in the U.S. Army World...
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,...
