by Haley Velasco | Jul 11, 2017 | Business & Tech
Net neutrality has a big day coming on July 12, when an Internet-Wide Day of Action will highlight how the web would look if telecom companies were allowed to control it for profit. Organizing groups such as Fight for the Future, Free Press Action Fund, and Demand...
by Eric Englert | Jul 7, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security will take the lead in fighting agro-terrorism and ensuring a safe food supply by providing a better-coordinated response between agencies in the event of an outbreak, officials say. Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts authored the...
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by Beixi Xu & Yemeng Yang | Jul 6, 2017 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – With a major housing finance reform bill pending in Congress, Jerome H. Powell, one of four sitting governors on the Federal Reserve Board, said Thursday that the nation is overdue for substantial changes in the mortgage market. Powell, a former...
![USDA Warns that Bee Numbers are in Decline, Pushes for Better Monitoring]()
by Eric Englert | Jul 5, 2017 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON—Native bees contribute an estimated $3.5 billion to the U.S. economy each year, but their dwindling numbers must be addressed to avoid the possible extinction of some species, Department of Agriculture officials said Wednesday. Among all native, or...
by Mengjie(Jessie) Jiang | Jul 5, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – Too many countries are benefiting from NAFTA free tariffs because the rules setting standards for what constitutes a locally made product in the U.S., Canada and Mexico aren’t strict enough, a top United Auto Workers official said Thursday. At a three-day...
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by Hannah Levitt | Jun 30, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
As millions face worsening hunger and a humanitarian threat in South Sudan, international aid workers warned Friday that governments have not taken leadership or sufficient responsibility to resolve the crisis. Specialists at a Center for Strategic & International...
