by Andrew Marquardt and Hannah Schoenbaum | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture Thursday will unveil the members of a new commission to combat decades of discrimination by the department that Black farmers say has contributed to a sharp decrease in their ranks across the country. But some Black...
by Allison Novelo | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
Five years after the launch of Frederick County’s first human trafficking task force, local leaders say the increase of reported human trafficking cases during that period means the task force is “working well.” “Before the task force, nobody from hotel operators to...
by Hannah Schoenbaum and Isabel Miller | Feb 10, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — New York is slated to receive nearly $70 million to plug thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells scattered across the state as the Biden administration begins distributing funds from the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law. The infrastructure...
by Jordan Anderson | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A new watchdog report has uncovered potential conflicts of interest in dozens of sheriffs’ offices nationwide, including Pinellas County. The research shows Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri has received campaign donations from a group connected to...
by Julia Mueller | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Giving financial aid to stem the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan risks the “moral hazard” of the money helping the Taliban, the chairman of a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee said Wednesday. But experts countered that it would...
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by Catherine Buchaniec | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) — Amid recent reports of civilian deaths from military drone strikes, human rights groups urged the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to increase congressional oversight of the Pentagon’s drone program. The committee examined...
