by Madeline Fox | Mar 19, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON–The conservation division of the Library of Congress restores and cares for artifacts—paper, photos and books—in the Library’s massive collection. Projects can range from the large Waldseemuller Map, the only known remaining copy of the map that first...
by Madeline Fox | Mar 19, 2015 | Topics
By Shelbie Bostedt & Madeline Fox WASHINGTON – Fresh out of college and working a 60-hour-per-week unpaid internship in Seattle, Hawk Kinkaid was strapped for cash. With a 90-minute commute to and from work each day, a conventional job wasn’t in the cards....
by Madeline Fox | Mar 11, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, a possible 2016 Democratic candidate, spoke Wednesday about data-driven government — and also ended up fielding questions about his potential opponent’s recent e-mail controversy. O’Malley pioneered...
by Madeline Fox | Mar 10, 2015 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON — When it comes to paying for roads and bridges, mass transit and rail improvements and transportation safety, the federal government is going broke. It has been for years. As cars become more fuel-efficient and people drive less, there’s even more to...
by Madeline Fox | Mar 2, 2015 | Topics
ARLINGTON, Va. – An Army Air Force sergeant, shot down during World War II, was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery today as part of the Defense Department’s new effort to account for missing Americans. Army Air Force Tech Sgt. Charles L. Johnston was the...
by Madeline Fox | Feb 25, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers need to move forward on a comprehensive, long-term surface transportation reauthorization bill, business and transportation leaders said Wednesday. With less than 100 days left until the existing surface transportation authorization...
by Madeline Fox | Feb 18, 2015 | Living
By Madeline Fox WASHINGTON – Sexual violence in war-torn regions is a known problem, but less attention is paid to the severe issue of the lingering peacetime gender inequality that it reinforces, said London professor Jelke Boesten. In a panel at the U.S. Institute...
by Madeline Fox | Feb 11, 2015 | Living
By Madeline Fox WASHINGTON — Congress must move quickly to pass a long-term, robust federal surface transportation bill, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Wednesday. Foxx, speaking before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, urged action on...
by Madeline Fox | Feb 4, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON — The federal government as well as states need to focus more on victims in their efforts to create stronger anti-trafficking laws, Reps. Ted Poe, R-Texas, and Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., said Wednesday. The House passed Poe’s Justice for Victims of...
by Madeline Fox | Feb 3, 2015 | Energy
WASHINGTON – The U.S. needs more pipelines, railroads and other infrastructure to support the growth in domestic oil and natural gas production, transportation and energy industry leaders told a House infrastructure subcommittee Tuesday. The hearing, which focused on...
by Madeline Fox | Feb 2, 2015 | Business, Living
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama advocated for a six-year, $478 billion infrastructure funding plan in his 2016 budget, released Monday, as Congress faces a May deadline to extend the federal infrastructure fund. Under Obama’s plan, U.S. companies would pay a...
