by Stavros Agorakis | Mar 20, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — With Democrats facing a November election in which 24 of their Senate seats are up for a vote, the North Dakota seat, now held by Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, is within the grasp of the Republican Party – and experts expect the battle to get ugly....
by Stavros Agorakis | Mar 20, 2018 | Featured, Living
TAMPA, Fla. — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has extended temporary housing set to expire this week by more than two months for Puerto Rican citizens who relocated to the United States after Hurricane Maria, a FEMA representative said. Puerto Ricans...
by Stavros Agorakis | Mar 20, 2018 | Featured, Living
TAMPA, Fla. — The Baymont Inn & Suites sits on the edge of the University of South Florida campus outside Tampa. A ceiling fan blows humid air around the lobby, where an array of giant stuffed animals observe tourists coming and going in the early spring warmth....
by Stavros Agorakis | Mar 20, 2018 | Education, Featured
TAMPA, Fla. — Adriana Figueroa planned to move to the U.S. mainland from Puerto Rico for college, but Hurricane Maria moved up her plans. She’s now finishing high school in the Tampa area – one of at least 13,000 Puerto Rican students who relocated after the storm....
by Stavros Agorakis | Mar 14, 2018 | Education, Featured
SOUTH RIDING, Va. — Noon time at Freedom High School usually means the beginning of lunch in the cafeteria. But at the lunch bell Wednesday, dozens of students spilled out onto the track instead, walking silently for 17 minutes in the bitter cold to commemorate the...
by Stavros Agorakis | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — When Li was seven years old, he left Mexico to reunite with his family in New Jersey. Seventeen years later, holding a temporary visa through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, he walked for two weeks to send a message to Congress — pass...
by Stavros Agorakis | Feb 28, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has made it clear she is intent on restructuring or repealing Obama administration regulations. Front and center is a rule that requires colleges to show that their graduates earn enough money to repay their loans — an...
by Stavros Agorakis | Feb 27, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, aided by Iran, is increasingly likely to wage war against Israel, and the U.S. should intervene to try to de-escalate the tensions, Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Chris Coons, D-Del., said Tuesday after a trip to the...
by Stavros Agorakis | Feb 14, 2018 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — With only 19 days until protection for “dreamers” expires, Congress is more divided than ever in reaching a bipartisan fix that satisfies the demands of Republicans, Democrats and President Donald Trump on immigration. After a Senate vote on altering the...
by Stavros Agorakis | Feb 7, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The participation of North Korean athletes with the South Korean Olympic team is raising eyebrows around the world, with some experts saying North Korea is trying to politicize the event. Athletes from both countries will march together in the opening...
by Stavros Agorakis | Feb 6, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Tensions flared over college affordability at a Senate hearing Tuesday, with some lawmakers calling for more regulation on the issue. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee’s priority should be to help the 40 million students with...
by Stavros Agorakis | Jan 30, 2018 | Featured, Immigration, SOTU2018
WASHINGTON — During his first State of the Union address, several of President Donald Trump’s remarks Tuesday were met with silence or lukewarm applause from Democrats. None of them appeared to divide the House chamber more, though, than his immigration reform...
