by Maggie Harden | Mar 22, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday to pass a $1.3 trillion omnibus bill that would fund the government until September. The bill includes several controversial provisions, including increased funding for border security and no long-term fix for DACA...
by Maggie Harden | Mar 22, 2018 | Featured, Politics
POLITICAL COMMENTATORS are calling 2018 the “year of the woman” based on the record-breaking number of women running for Congress this year. According to estimates from the Center for American Women and Politics, 575 women have declared their intention to...
by Maggie Harden | Mar 14, 2018 | Education
After 17 people were shot to death at a Parkland, Florida high school last month, students and gun control advocates decided to organize a nationwide school walkout . The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was the 11th fatal school shooting since Sandy...
by Maggie Harden | Mar 6, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Companies need to have long-term strategies to ensure change resulting from the #MeToo movement doesn’t fade away, panelists said Tuesday at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce forum in honor of International Women’s Day. In the wake of several recent high-profile...
by Maggie Harden | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao testified in support of President Trump’s infrastructure plan at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing Thursday, despite serious criticism over the plan’s funding gaps. “Infrastructure is the...
by Maggie Harden | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – A controversial Department of Labor proposal could cost service workers billions of dollars in tips, experts say — and female service workers would be hit the hardest. The proposal has met harsh criticism, and earlier this month, the agency’s inspector...
by Maggie Harden | Feb 21, 2018 | Living
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s infrastructure proposal sets aside $50 billion in block grants specifically for rural infrastructure projects — 25 percent of the proposed $200 billion federal infrastructure funding – but the money may not end up helping...
by Maggie Harden | Feb 7, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Despite recent reports of sexual misconduct by senior military leaders, no more than 1 percent of generals have been accused of improper sexual relationships or sexual misconduct, Department of Defense and military experts said Wednesday at a...
by Maggie Harden | Jan 31, 2018 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — The substantial declines in teen pregnancy over the last 20 years have saved the country billions of dollars, a sign that President Donald Trump’s recent cuts to teen pregnancy prevention programs could end up costing the government in increased...
by Maggie Harden | Jan 30, 2018 | Featured, Politics, SOTU2018
Keep up with #SOTU18 as reporters Anna Laffrey and Maggie Harden fact-check President Trump’s first State of the Union address in real time. 22.47How did Trump do overall with accuracy? Politifact says several of his points were “fatally flawed” and...
by Maggie Harden | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The world is the closest to significant global catastrophe it’s ever been, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced Thursday as it moved the symbolic “Doomsday Clock” thirty seconds closer to midnight. The scientists primarily cited nuclear threats and...
by Maggie Harden | Jan 24, 2018 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The recently passed federal tax bill is one of the most significant tax code rewrites in U.S. history, according to Laura Wheeler, a senior fiscal researcher at Georgia State University. Wheeler and four other tax experts, speaking Wednesday at the Urban...
