by Bryan Wood | Mar 13, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats reiterated their objections to the massive cuts the White House proposed this week to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, in a Budget Committee hearing on Wednesday. “The president’s budget proposal should be discarded immediately. We...
by Bryan Wood | Mar 13, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission is “overbuilding” rural United States in its efforts to improve broadband access in states like North Dakota and South Dakota, according to telecommunications companies in rural service areas who...
by Beverly Banks | Mar 7, 2019 | Politics, Topics
Climate change, cyberinfrastructure, and personal security clearances dominated Wednesday’s House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing. The Government Accountability Office on Wednesday released a biennial report assessing the waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement...
by Beverly Banks | Mar 5, 2019 | Health, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Younger generations of pro and anti-abortion advocates are digging in their heels and preparing for a long, drawn-out legal battle as President Trump alters access to reproductive care and courts across the country continue to rule on abortion. This past...
by Beverly Banks | Mar 5, 2019 | Health, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — With the future of abortion rights on the verge of changing like no time since before Roe v. Wade, advocates are presenting new arguments to plead their cases. Both sides have amped up messaging in an effort to intertwine human rights and abortion since...