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...
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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...
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by Annie Klingenberg | Jan 21, 2022 | Featured, Sports
Surfing is among the most popular sports in Gaza. But Israeli restrictions on Gazan surfers using equipment like wetsuits and buying new surfboards presents challenges for the athletes. Published in conjunction with...
by Cristobella Durrette | Jan 21, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Thursday grappled with balancing the energy consumption of cryptocurrency’s mining process alongside the opportunities for blockchain technology at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing. “Blockchain...
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by Courtney Degen | Jan 21, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and experts suggested ways Thursday that the federal government could reduce racial economic disparities, including increasing school choice, creating trust accounts for newborns and providing relatives of Black World War II veterans with...
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by Michael Korsh | Jan 21, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — With the 2022 midterm elections 10 months away, members of a House homeland security subcommittee on Thursday questioned the security of the 2020 presidential election and the upcoming midterms. During the hearing of the Cybersecurity,...
