by Zamone "Z" Perez and Benjamin Rosenberg | Jan 15, 2020 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — The last three Senate committees considering the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement approved it Wednesday, paving the way for a Senate vote on the Trump administration’s trade pact to replace NAFTA. Six Senate committees had to sign off on the massive...
by Olivia Olander and Rupa Palla | Jan 15, 2020 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Women and people of color should once again receive a tax incentive to purchase broadcast TV and radio stations to diversify station ownership that is now substantially under 10 percent, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee said Wednesday at...
by Leslie Bonilla | Feb 15, 2019 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s controversial nominee to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency told senators Thursday that he wanted to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two mortgage finance companies meant to make the housing market more stable and...
by Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff | Jan 31, 2019 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON –– Economic redistribution is the solution to global inequality, according to International Monetary Fund researchers who gathered Thursday at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. “We’ve seen protest after protest over the past 20 years in...
by Gabrielle Bienasz | Jan 30, 2019 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON —The Paycheck Fairness Act was reintroduced in the 116th congress Wednesday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other Democrats from the House and Senate. If passed, it would protect employee’s ability to discuss their salaries, require employers...
by Priyanka Godbole & Kristina Karisch | Mar 7, 2018 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of tariffs on steel and aluminum likely will have consequences for two American industries – whiskey and Harley Davidson motorcycles, related only because they come from states that are home to Senate...
by Kristina Karisch | Feb 22, 2018 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON —The United States needs to adjust its labor laws and regulations that are holding back growth of an expanding technology-based economy, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said Thursday. Speaking to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Technology Engagement Center’s...
by Priyanka Godbole | Feb 22, 2018 | Business
WASHINGTON – Otto Madrid is a former temporary protected status holder turned small business owner and citizen who fled El Salvador in 2001 because of devastating earthquakes. After arriving in the U.S., he settled in a Virginia suburb of Washington and got a job as a...
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 Priyanka Godbole & Caroline Vakil | Feb 6, 2018 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – Virtual currencies and the online platforms where they are traded must be regulated by the government, top financial regulators told lawmakers Tuesday. Jay Clayton, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission testified in front...
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 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...
