by Zoya Mirza | Jan 25, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – In the late hours of a cold Saturday evening, Sadia Ali and her family sat huddled together in a car parked outside of a defunct federal office situated west of the Hamid Karzai International Airport. Holding hands and clutching onto overstuffed backpacks...
by Annie Klingenberg | Jan 25, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Since 1974, anti-abortion activists have gathered each January in Washington, D.C., to protest the abortion rights granted under Roe v. Wade in January of 1973. With the Supreme Court set to issue a major ruling on abortion rights later this year...
by Cristobella Durrette | Jan 25, 2022 | Featured, Politics
Here’s how members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation voted on major issues last week. HOUSE SUPPLEMENTAL IMPACT AID FLEXIBILITY ACT: Voting 414 for and 6 against, the House on Tuesday approved a bill (S.2959) to allow local education agencies involved in the...
by Courtney Degen | Jan 25, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Major voting rights legislation died in the Senate on Wednesday night, at least temporarily ending the potential for changes to Wisconsin election laws and a GOP-led effort to restrict voting rights in the state. The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act...
by Ariel Gans | Jan 21, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday encouraged local leaders to spend federal funds made available to them through COVID-19 relief and infrastructure packages. The money, he said while speaking at the U.S. Conference of Mayors at the Capital Hilton in...
by Quinn Clark | Jan 21, 2022 | Business, Featured
The first time the Twisted Plants food trailer made its appearance on the streets of Milwaukee, the trailer disconnected from the hitch. The second, the grill tipped over. That was in 2019, and what began as a food trailer specializing in plant-based comfort food...