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Lawmakers, advocates prepare to move forward with toxic exposure legislation

Lawmakers, advocates prepare to move forward with toxic exposure legislation

by Charlotte Varnes | Mar 28, 2022 | Featured, Living, National Security

WASHINGTON –– When Jen Burch first returned from a tour in Afghanistan nearly a decade ago, she was seriously sick. Her temperature was so high that it was flagged going through the airport en route to Okinawa, her home base at the time. When she arrived, she took a...
TRANS RIGHTS POST-SOTU: TEXAS COURT, HHS AND ADVOCATES RESPOND

TRANS RIGHTS POST-SOTU: TEXAS COURT, HHS AND ADVOCATES RESPOND

by Jenny Huh | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Living, State of the Union

WASHINGTON – A day after President Biden’s State of the Union, a Texas judge issued a temporary restraining order, blocking the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from investigating two parents for providing gender-affirming health care to...
Health Action Conference Tackles Intersection Between Health Access and Racial Justice

Health Action Conference Tackles Intersection Between Health Access and Racial Justice

by Ali Bianco | Jan 25, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science, Living

WASHINGTON – A father slept by his sister’s side as she cried in the hospital after losing four of her limbs to unchecked diabetes. The family didn’t have insurance, so they couldn’t have treated her condition earlier.  Laura Guerra-Cardus witnessed their struggle...
Video: Local businesses concerned about Sunday’s anti-vaccine-mandate rally

Video: Local businesses concerned about Sunday’s anti-vaccine-mandate rally

by Jenny Huh | Jan 22, 2022 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON – Sunday’s anti-vaccine-mandate rally at the National Mall has local business owners concerned, especially after posts on social media suggested some attendees plan to enter stores to challenge the District’s mandate.  “It’s hard enough with...
Census report on child support payments doesn’t account for income disparity

Census report on child support payments doesn’t account for income disparity

by Ellisya Lindsey | Jan 20, 2022 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON — A semi-annual U.S. Census Bureau report on child support payments for the year 2017 fails to take into account the circumstances of parents with different levels of income, a practitioner said this week.  “We want to help people to have an appreciation...
Restricted zoning harms communities of color, experts say

Restricted zoning harms communities of color, experts say

by Jorja Siemons | Jan 18, 2022 | Featured, Living, Politics

WASHINGTON – Restrictive zoning policies are a chief force behind the nation’s continued housing shortage, experts said at a Bipartisan Policy Center panel on Tuesday. “We are experiencing the longest economic expansion in history (and) at the same time, seeing the...
Lawmakers: Elderly and Disabled Americans Struggle Most With Financial Literacy

Lawmakers: Elderly and Disabled Americans Struggle Most With Financial Literacy

by Jenny Huh | Jan 13, 2022 | Featured, Immigration, Living

WASHINGTON – Lower financial literacy among Americans, especially those 65-and-older and those with disabilities, creates challenges for long-term money management, experts and nonprofit leaders told lawmakers on Thursday. “Seniors end up as greeters at Walmart when...
For Hmong farmers, access to COVID-19 funds hampered by multiple challenges

For Hmong farmers, access to COVID-19 funds hampered by multiple challenges

by Mary Yang | Dec 14, 2021 | Living

Madison resident and farmer Mylia Vang didn’t apply for some of the $100 million in COVID-19 relief grants for Wisconsin farmers because she didn’t know the money existed. Vang, 44, who makes between $20,000 and $30,000 per year selling asparagus, zucchini and other...
VA home loan program popular among veterans gets bad rep from sellers

VA home loan program popular among veterans gets bad rep from sellers

by Mary Yang | Dec 8, 2021 | Living

WASHINGTON – Although the Department of Veterans Affairs backed a record 1.44 million homes loans for veterans and service members in the 12 months ending Sept. 30, members of Congress and veterans’ advocates said Wednesday that sellers remain leery of VA-backed loans...
Congress wants a national climate corps. These local groups have already been doing the work.

Congress wants a national climate corps. These local groups have already been doing the work.

by Yiming Fu | Dec 8, 2021 | Living

WASHINGTON — As the possibility of a national civilian climate corps is being considered in Congress, Black and brown community leaders hope lawmakers will collaborate with and learn from local efforts that have already taken root across the country. The Biden...
Watchdogs say Government could do more to help Homeless Youth

Watchdogs say Government could do more to help Homeless Youth

by Ali McCadden | Nov 30, 2021 | Living

WASHINGTON — When Dani Seltzer is invited to talk to schoolchildren or chats with people in her Arlington, Virginia, community about what homelessness looks like, she says the image in people’s minds at the start of her talks is usually an adult man or woman asking...
Safety, equity and climate justice top priorities in new Transportation, Interior partnership

Safety, equity and climate justice top priorities in new Transportation, Interior partnership

by Mary Yang | Nov 17, 2021 | Living

WASHINGTON — Expanding public access to national parks by increasing transportation options will be a top priority in discretionary federal spending, said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday. Buttigieg and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on...
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