by Nick Hagar | Feb 29, 2016 | Business, Living
WASHINGTON — A prominent financial figure highlighted a new way of funding social programs Monday – social impact bonds, contracts that bring private money to ventures that can improve society. By bringing increased capital to social programs, social impact bonds...
by Jack Corrigan | Feb 19, 2016 | Living
[rev_slider alias=”Blackhawks”] WASHINGTON — In an East Room packed with government workers and hockey fans alike, President Barack Obama welcomed the Chicago Blackhawks to the White House Thursday to celebrate the team’s third Stanley Cup...
by Erin Bacon | Feb 10, 2016 | Health & Science, Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – Better police training and specialized criminal justice procedures could cut down on the disproportionately high numbers of mentally ill people who wind up in the nation’s courts and jails, several criminal justice experts told a Senate committee...
by Drew Gerber | Feb 10, 2016 | Living, National Security
WASHINGTON– The House on Tuesday passed a bill that would require anyone employed by the Defense Department to report cases of suspected child abuse on military installations to state child protective service agencies in addition to reporting such suspected...
by Noah Fromson | Feb 8, 2016 | Health & Science, Living
Chipotle closed all of its stores nationwide Monday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a mandatory employee food safety meeting. The chain is responding to health issues from the summer and is working to implement new safety protocols. See how consumers reacted when they...
by Natalie Escobar | Feb 3, 2016 | Living
WASHINGTON- Tighter restrictions for access to federal food assistance programs will jeopardize the health of low-income people who struggle to get healthy food, witnesses at a House subcommittee hearing said Tuesday. Representatives of nonprofit groups receiving...
by Alex Lederman | Jan 20, 2016 | Living
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices questioned lawyers Wednesday about whether tribal sovereignty over Indian reservations can be lost to non-Indian settlements in a case that could affect the territorial boundaries of Indian reservations and tribes’ rights to...
by Alex Lederman | Jan 20, 2016 | Living
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard a case Wednesday that could affect the territorial boundaries of Indian reservations and tribes’ rights to jurisdiction over that land. At issue is whether those settlements are ruled by the tribes or by federal and state...
by Nicolas Rivero | Jan 19, 2016 | Health & Science, Living, Topics
WASHINGTON – A group of medical industry leaders offered a $1 million reward on Tuesday to anyone with a workable idea for a system enabling doctors to quickly and accurately identify patients. In the United States, electronic medical records are stored in a patchwork...
by Nicolas Rivero | Jan 13, 2016 | Living
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board unveiled a wish list Wednesday for improvements in regulation that it hopes will be carried out this year. NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart said full implementation of Positive Train Control, a railroad safety...
by Natalie Escobar | Jan 6, 2016 | Living
WASHINGTON – An activist group called Priests for Life on Wednesday urged Catholic parishes to expand their efforts to educate and mobilize voters in the 2016 election campaign, saying that too often some churches have censored themselves. “This is not about the...
by Ashley Gilmore | Mar 19, 2015 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON— Lowering the voting age to 17 could increase youth participation in the next several election cycles, a national expert argues. The voting age in the United States is currently 18, as dictated by the 26th Amendment, which took effect in 1971 and lowered...
