by Jeff A. Chamer | Jul 2, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Rep. Carolyn Maloney is making a fresh push to limit overdraft fees collected by banks, as the New York Democrat reintroduced legislation she says will make such charges more reasonable. Banks and other financial institutions took in billions of dollars...
by Mark Dovich | Jun 28, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Here’s how members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation voted on major issues last week. SENATE OVERHAULING VOTER RIGHTS: Voting 50 for and 50 against, the Senate on Tuesday blocked a sweeping voting rights bill (S 1) that would, among other...
by Mark Dovich | Jun 25, 2021 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The State Department and the Pentagon are working on plans to evacuate thousands of Afghan citizens who worked for the United States during the 20-year war in Afghanistan, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed Thursday at a news conference. “We are...
by Katie Livingstone | Jun 1, 2021 | Education, Featured
To remotely teach her 5-year-old blind student how to navigate a new school this summer, Jennifer Freeman, an orientation and mobility in Escondido County, Calif., had to get creative. She made a large tactical map of the school, using raised bumps and lines to denote...
by Dalia Faheid | Apr 23, 2021 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Muslim groups across the country are calling on President Joe Biden’s administration to name a special envoy to monitor and combat Islamophobia, which a U.N. expert says has escalated to “epidemic proportions.” In the letter, the U.S. Council of Muslim...
by Dalia Faheid | Apr 20, 2021 | Featured, Politics
At the end of Ramadan in 2019, Zohaib Qadri was torn between keeping up with his hectic job planning a legislative agenda and compiling policy research as a Texas legislative aid or using paid time off to go to Houston to celebrate Eid al-Fitr with family and friends....
