by Nicole Girten | Jun 26, 2020 | Featured, Politics
U.S. Rep. Ross Spano emphasized holding China accountable for the spread of COVID-19 during a telephone town hall Thursday night. “We’ve had 127,000 folks in our nation that now have died,” Spano said in response to a caller from Lakeland. “In large part it’s a result...
by Jack Kelly | Jun 4, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured, Politics
Georgia voting rights activist Stacey Abrams and Michigan’s top election official said Wednesday that the federal government must provide support to states to protect voters from COVID-19 and ensure all Americans can vote by mail in the November election....
by Jack Kelly | May 5, 2020 | Featured, Politics
An underfunded or broke United States Postal Service could threaten the freedom and fairness of Washington’s elections, the state’s top election official said last week. Secretary of State Kim Wyman, a Republican, urged Congress to provide emergency funding to ensure...
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by Jack Kelly | Apr 23, 2020 | Featured, Politics
Wisconsin’s congressional delegation is split along party lines when it comes to Gov. Tony Evers’ extended stay-at-home order and the potential reopening of the state. Evers’ order, which is meant to slow the spread of COVID-19, has been in place since March 25 and...
by Silvia Martelli | Mar 27, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Over the past four years, a United Nations agency has successfully trained more than 1,800 African lawyers, prosecutors and judges to protect and uphold freedom of the press in courts across the African continent. In 2016, the United Nations...
by Silvia Martelli | Mar 23, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Childhood obesity may increase if the US Department of Agriculture’s proposed changes to school meal standards become law, reversing progress made by the Obama administration, experts say. New rules proposed in January would reduce the vegetables and...
