by Madeline Fox | Feb 4, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON — The federal government as well as states need to focus more on victims in their efforts to create stronger anti-trafficking laws, Reps. Ted Poe, R-Texas, and Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., said Wednesday. The House passed Poe’s Justice for Victims of...
by Preston R. Michelson | Feb 4, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON — Paid leave and workplace flexibility for parents is not just important for women — fathers need to be included as well, according to experts and report released at the progressive Center for American Progress on Wednesday. “There has been a trend over the...
by Jesse Kirsch | Feb 2, 2015 | Living
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by Madeline Fox | Feb 2, 2015 | Business, Living
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama advocated for a six-year, $478 billion infrastructure funding plan in his 2016 budget, released Monday, as Congress faces a May deadline to extend the federal infrastructure fund. Under Obama’s plan, U.S. companies would pay a...
by William Hicks | Feb 2, 2015 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON — Despite overcast, rainy skies, Potomac Phil, the lesser known “close relative” of Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow Monday morning at a Dupont Circle ceremony, signaling six more weeks of winter. Being from Washington, the groundhog also made a...
by Madeline Fox | Jan 28, 2015 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON — Loretta Lynch faced down terrorists, traffickers and drug lords during her tenure as U.S. attorney for the eastern district of New York. The experiences served the attorney general nominee well in front of a Senate committee and dozens of camera...
by Tara Longardner | Jan 28, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON– For the ninth consecutive year, more freedom has been lost than found in countries worldwide, an advocacy group said Wednesday. Washington-based Freedom House is an independent, nonpolitical watchdog organization that’s led by former senior...
by Shelbie Bostedt | Jan 27, 2015 | Environment, Living
WASHINGTON – Pollution in the air, water and soil contributes one in seven deaths worldwide, according to a report released Tuesday by the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution. The report used World Health Organization data to gauge the number of deaths from...
by Haley Hinkle | Jan 27, 2015 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON- The House passed five bills on Tuesday to increase government efforts to reduce human trafficking by creating policies to find and protect victims of sex trafficking and to make it easier to prosecute offenders. At least 100,000 children are victims...
by Madeline Fox | Jan 27, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON – Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Tuesday announced his fix for the soon-to-expire Highway Trust Fund — a $1 trillion, five-year plan he plans to introduce to Congress. The Rebuild America Act, Sanders’ plan, is one of many infrastructure...
by Madeline Fox | Jan 26, 2015 | Business, Living
WASHINGTON – Low-income drivers pay prohibitively expensive insurance premiums, according to a study released Monday by the Consumer Federation of America. All price quotes for the researchers’ test subject, a 30-year-old female high school graduate with a clean...
