by Julia Mueller | Jan 13, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON– Tribal leaders called on lawmakers Wednesday to reduce disparities in Internet access that disproportionately hurt Native communities in everything from health care to education, saying that an inadequate federal response is making the problem worse....
by Hannah Schoenbaum | Jan 13, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump praised Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., as a “rising star” in the Republican Party and potential presidential contender at a fundraiser he hosted for her at his Florida resort Tuesday evening that Stefanik said raised $3.2...
by Jonathan Lehrfeld | Jan 11, 2022 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of American business is “competitive,” Suzanne Clark, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said Tuesday. “Competition is how we build our country, make it exceptional and move it...
by Ariel Gans | Jan 11, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — U.S. carbon dioxide emissions boomeranged toward pre-pandemic levels in 2021, a turnaround from more than a decade of downward trends, and freight transportation and coal are major culprits, according to a report released Monday by the Rhodium Group, an...
by Courtney Degen | Dec 8, 2021 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — The majority of Supreme Court justices on Wednesday signaled they would support the requirement that schools offering religious instruction be included in state-mandated tuition assistance programs. “Religious schools also teach secular subjects and...
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by Julia Shapero | Dec 8, 2021 | Featured, Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — Relatives of those who have died from the opioid epidemic urged the Department of Justice on Friday to prosecute the Sackler family for their role in the epidemic. The Sacklers owned Purdue Pharma, the company that developed the painkiller OxyContin. For...
