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by Courtney Degen | Jan 21, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and experts suggested ways Thursday that the federal government could reduce racial economic disparities, including increasing school choice, creating trust accounts for newborns and providing relatives of Black World War II veterans with...
![House subcommittee questions election security, voting rights]()
by Michael Korsh | Jan 21, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — With the 2022 midterm elections 10 months away, members of a House homeland security subcommittee on Thursday questioned the security of the 2020 presidential election and the upcoming midterms. During the hearing of the Cybersecurity,...
by Katherine Huggins | Jan 20, 2022 | Featured, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Officials from the newly formed Joint Office of Energy and Transportation previewed their plans Thursday to accomplish President Joe Biden’s goal of establishing a national network of electric vehicle chargers. “This administration knows...
![Satya Rhodes-Conway to U.S. mayors: Telework is challenging our downtowns]()
by Ariel Gans | Jan 20, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway stressed the negative effect of telework on Madison businesses Wednesday, and urged mayors gathered from around the country to consider its long-term implications on their cities as well as solutions to get people to increase...
by Quinn Clark | Jan 20, 2022 | Education, Featured
When students left their classrooms for virtual learning from home, it was more problematic for teachers to detect learning problems, leaving students and parents to fill in the gaps. That’s why it’s not surprising that students’ test scores have dropped, said Dr....
by Isabel Miller | Jan 20, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Democrat lawmakers said President Joe Biden is not doing enough to stop offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico during a House subcommittee meeting Thursday. The criticism came during a House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources session, which...
