by Sara Olstad | Jan 29, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON – On the fifth anniversary of the enactment of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, high-ranking congressional Democrats called Wednesday for Republicans to stop blocking reforms that would protect women in the workplace. “There is no reason on God’s green...
by Sara Olstad | Jan 28, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s nod to an Army Ranger who was almost killed by a massive roadside bomb in Afghanistan drew the longest sustained applause of the State of the Union speech Tuesday night. “Cory is here tonight. And like the Army he loves, like the...
by Sara Olstad | Jan 28, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – First lady Michelle Obama’s guests at the State of the Union speech tonight include former NBA player Jason Collins, two Boston Marathon bombing survivors and representatives of Punch Pizza, the Minnesota-based company that raised the minimum wage for its...
by Sara Olstad | Jan 22, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON – A majority of Supreme Court justices appeared to be sympathetic toward victims of abuse in a case Wednesday concerning reparations for child pornography victims. The case, Paroline v. United States, involves a woman referred to only as “Amy,” who was...
by Sara Olstad | Jan 15, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON – Holocaust survivor Jack Rubin told a Senate committee Wednesday that aging Holocaust survivors in the United States are better served by home health care than care in nursing homes, which can trigger memories of being held against their will during World...
by Sara Olstad | Jan 14, 2014 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – Most of the Mexican immigrants who leave the United States to return to their home country do so on their own terms, not as a result of deportation, according to a survey released Tuesday by the group, Mexicans and Americans Thinking Together. Between...
