by Allison Novelo | Nov 4, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — When the pandemic struck and schools closed, women stepped into the full-time role of both breadwinner and caregiver. Unable to juggle it all, many were pushed out of their jobs, and so began the nation’s first female recession. “Women spent 30% more of...
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by Julia Mueller | Nov 4, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republicans argued at a House Judiciary hearing Thursday that the controversial Texas SB 8, which bans abortions after the first detection of a fetal heart beat at six weeks, would protect mothers and children alike and aid in ending abortion procedures...
by Julia Shapero | Nov 4, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday expressed some skepticism about former President Donald Trump’s claims of executive privilege during the first hearing in a case challenging documents requested by a House select committee investigating the Jan. 6...
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by Isabel Miller | Nov 4, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday pushed back against the argument made by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., that the reconciliation package should not contain the paid family and medical leave program. “We can afford it. It’s universal. It’s a...
by Cristobella Durrette | Nov 4, 2021 | Politics
Here’s how members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation voted on major issues during the week of Nov. 1, 2021. HOUSE SOVEREIGN DEBT CONTRACT CAPACITY ACT: Voting 391 for and 29 against, the House on Monday required (HR 4111) the Secretary of the Treasury to direct...
by Jay Shakur | Nov 2, 2021 | Featured, Politics
MANASSAS, Va. — Education dominated concerns for many voters in Virginia as GOP gubernatorial hopeful Glenn Youngkin has leaned into conservative outrage over mandates and Critical Race Theory, which polls have suggested might put him in the governor’s mansion. “The...
