by Ariel Gans | Sep 29, 2021 | Business & Tech, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate wants to pass a federal data privacy law, but Federal Trade Commission officials and business representatives underscored that the agency lacks the resources to enforce it. While data has vast economic and social benefits, the need for strong...
by Jay Silver | Mar 19, 2021 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — Some New York passenger and freight rail associations are asking the administration President Joe Biden for infrastructure changes while also outlining plans to keep customers and workers safe following the COVID-19 pandemic. The groups are also promoting...
by Amanda Rooker | Feb 3, 2021 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — In the latest legal battle over the Dakota Access pipeline last Tuesday, a federal appeals court upheld most of a lower court ruling that said oil can continue to flow through the pipeline, but confirmed that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did...
by Alicia Diaz | Jan 29, 2021 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – President Biden’s move to extend the freeze on student-loan payments until October has given borrowers badly needed financial cushion and the chance to spend the extra cash on other basic necessities. Struggling families or student borrowers coping with...
by Dalia Faheid | Jan 24, 2021 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has frozen for 60 days last-minute rules from the Trump administration that would allow only higher-wage foreign workers to be employed in the U.S. Under a final rule issued Jan. 8 by the Homeland Security Department, only the...
by Madison Muller | Nov 18, 2020 | Business & Tech, Featured, Social Justice
In the months since George Floyd’s death on May 25, activists have taken to social media to organize and mobilize the ensuing racial justice movement like never before. Accessibility and immediacy of apps like Instagram and Twitter have enabled people to connect...
