by Julia Shapero | Nov 18, 2021 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday tapped Mike Fong, a Spokane native and former deputy mayor of Seattle, to lead the Small Business Administration’s Pacific Northwest office. “Small businesses are the engine of our economy and this is an incredible...
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by Andrew Marquardt | Nov 17, 2021 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – Many of the more than 3,000 active lawsuits filed by state and local governments in the nationwide legal saga of the opioid epidemic share a similar argumentative foundation: by downplaying risk and exaggerating upsides, pharmaceutical companies put lives...
by Courtney Degen | Nov 17, 2021 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Department of Education is engaged in ongoing monitoring of the use of COVID-19 relief funds after approving the funding plans of 46 states, department officials told lawmakers at a hearing on Wednesday. Congress has passed three separate bills since...
by Catherine Buchaniec | Nov 17, 2021 | Environment, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — When it comes to power and positioning in the Arctic, the United States trails behind Russia, regional experts told lawmakers on Tuesday. “Our presence in the Arctic is late to the game,” said retired Coast Guard Admiral Paul Zukunft. “Russia has de...
by Hannah Schoenbaum | Nov 17, 2021 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — Fingers trembling on a 38-degree November morning, Glenda Bullock fumbled with the zipper of her shared tent at the New Jersey Avenue and O Street NW homeless encampment in Truxton Circle. The spiky-haired 60-year-old, who has experienced decades of...
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by Julia Mueller | Nov 17, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics
WASHINGTON — Threats to human rights and democracy were central to lawmakers’ conversations Tuesday at a House Foreign Affairs hearing to examine the Biden administration’s policy priorities for Latin America and the Caribbean. “It is a turbulent time for the Western...
