by Amy Sokolow | Aug 25, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Army veteran Toni Hackney has always wanted a family, but as a single woman with endometriosis, she knew she would need fertility assistance. A year after she sought approval from the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover the cost of in-vitro...
by Hannah Farrow | Aug 21, 2020 | Featured, Politics
As schools transitioned to online learning because of the pandemic, nationwide calls to child abuse hotlines went way down. Experts say that’s because teachers, who are mandated by the state to report abuse, can’t gather the full picture over virtual environments. Now...
by Megan Sauer | Aug 20, 2020 | Breaking News, Featured, Politics
The Congressional Progressive Caucus on Thursday launched its investigation into White House efforts to “sabotage” the United States Postal Service to make mail-in voting more difficult in the presidential election. At a hearing, Caucus co-chair Rep. Mark Pocan,...
by Hannah Farrow | Aug 20, 2020 | Featured, Politics
Florida congressmen, including Rep. Ross Spano, Vern Buchanan, Greg Steube and Darren Soto, along with Sen. Marco Rubio, met virtually last Thursday with a multi-federal agency panel to discuss the state of Florida’s seasonal and perishable produce. Rep. Spano led the...
by Samone Blair | Aug 19, 2020 | Featured, Politics
The Biden for President campaign held a roundtable Friday, advocating for the need to invest in broadband for rural and tribal communities as part of the Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s Build Back Better economic plan. “Just imagine the future...
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by Nicole Girten and Henry Ren | Aug 17, 2020 | Featured, Politics
Political content creators have not shied away from the social media app TikTok despite President Donald Trump’s executive order that could potentially ban the app. In fact, banning the app, some creators say, could have the unintended consequence of motivating young...
