by Caroline Vakil | Mar 21, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON — House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer said Wednesday he hopes Congress will pass a resolution to protect “dreamers” who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children ahead of the massive annual spending bill that must be passed by Friday to avoid a...
by Caroline Vakil | Mar 20, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Several Supreme Court justices questioned the constitutionality of a California law requiring crisis pregnancy centers to disclose that they do not provide abortion services and educate women on where those services are available during oral arguments...
by Caroline Vakil | Mar 15, 2018 | Featured, Politics
CANONSBURG, Pa. —House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that Democrat Conor Lamb’s narrow win in Pennsylvania’s special election is “a tremendous victory” and said Lamb’s repeated statements that he would not vote for Pelosi as the party’s House...
by Caroline Vakil | Mar 13, 2018 | Featured, Politics
In a western Pennsylvania district that President Donald Trump won by 19 points, experts says there’s a good chance that Democratic women, and by some GOP female voters, could turn out in large enough numbers to boost Democrat Conor Lamb to a seat in Congress in...
by Caroline Vakil | Mar 13, 2018 | Featured, Politics, Topics
MT. LEBANON, Pa. — Republican Rick Saccone and Democrat Conor Lamb are facing off Tuesday to represent Pennsylvania’s 18th district, a place where no Democrats even bothered to run in the last two cycles and President Trump won by 20 points in 2016. Polls show the two...
by Caroline Vakil | Mar 11, 2018 | Featured, Politics
MOON TOWNSHIP, PENN. – President Donald Trump touted steel tariffs and his upcoming talks with North Korea as he urged western Pennsylvania Republicans to vote for Rick Saccone in a Saturday night campaign rally leading up to a tight special election against Democrat...
by Caroline Vakil | Mar 7, 2018 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — The Highway Trust Fund, which provides federal funding to highway and transit programs, is expected to run out of money by 2020, but experts disagreed on whether to raise gas taxes or try alternative means to generate more revenue during a House highways...
by Caroline Vakil | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — One Amtrak passenger train collided with a CSX freight train while traveling in South Carolina on Feb. 4 resulting in two deaths and over 100 people injured. On Jan. 31, another train carrying passengers to a GOP retreat hit a garbage truck in...
by Caroline Vakil | Feb 27, 2018 | Education, Featured, Living, Topics
WASHINGTON — Regina Montoya, a senior at California State University, Sacramento, is managing a busy schedule this semester: two internships and a full course load. But she used to face a very different challenge: when the dorms were closed, she was homeless....
by Caroline Vakil | Feb 21, 2018 | Business
WASHINGTON – Electric and self-driving cars could have real environmental benefits and make more public space available, Anand Shah told a panel discussion at the Center for Strategic & International Studies Wednesday. How? Because such vehicles could allow cities...
by Caroline Vakil | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Employers need to provide more treatment and recovery services to those affected by the opioid epidemic, said Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) during a congressional hearing Thursday. 70 percent of U.S. companies offer programs to help employees facing substance...
by Caroline Vakil | Feb 8, 2018 | Energy, Featured
WASHINGTON – The U.S. system that provides electricity to people is old and wastes energy, but regulations and government funding for older infrastructure are getting in the way of upgrades, energy industry experts told the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural...
