by Janea Wilson | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — U.S. territories like the Virgin Islands are in need of more federal funding to improve infrastructure so they can withstand hurricanes or improve trade, the head of the Virgin Islands Public Works Department told a House hearing on Thursday. Delegate...
by Cassidy Wang | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, Living, Topics
WASHINGTON — Democrats on Wednesday criticized a Trump administration plan to change the measure for determining whether someone is poor, making it harder to qualify for public assistance progrms. The House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing was held to...
by Joey Maya Safchik | Jan 31, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON – As Jewish people around the world commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the conversation about anti-Semitism continues on Capitol Hill. “It grieves and shocks me that anti-Semitism is rising again in Europe, the US...
by Angelina Campanile | Jan 30, 2020 | Featured, Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – Congress needs to get more aggressive in passing laws to reduce the rising number of phone scams against senior citizens, which cost seniors $38 million last year, top Social Security Administration officials said Wednesday. At the 25th hearing on the...
by Joey Maya Safchik | Jan 23, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — “Over 100 years ago, my great-grandfather came to New York City fleeing anti-Semitism,” said Rep. Max Rose, D-N.Y. The House Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism convened last week to discuss the thereat posed by domestic anti-Semetic...
by Cassidy Wang | Jan 22, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — An Economic Development Administration official told a Senate committee on Wednesday that the opportunity zone tax break is a “powerful vehicle” for bringing economic growth to distressed communities. However, Democrats were skeptical that the tax break...
by Alex Moore | Jan 16, 2020 | Living
WASHINGTON — With the 2020 elections looming, politicians need to take into account a growing dissatisfaction among voters over the lack of stable and affordable housing, senior leaders with the National Low Income Housing Coalition said Thursday. Speaking at the...
by Cassidy Wang | Jan 15, 2020 | Living
WASHINGTON — In its first hearing on the working conditions of airline ground workers, a House aviation subcommittee heard from workers and unions that wages are low, conditions are often unsafe and health care is inadequate. Esteban Barrios, a worker at Miami...
by Martha Castro | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in the 2013 New Jersey “Bridgegate” scandal on whether using government workers and property to punish a political enemy should be a federal crime. Aides to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie obstructed...
by Rupa Palla and Cassidy Wang | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON –Across the country, gentrification has exacerbated homelessness and the lack of affordable housing, experts and tenant advocates told the House Committee on Financial Services Tuesday. Karen Chapple, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley,...
by Gabrielle Bienasz and Charlotte Walsh | Mar 22, 2019 | Featured, Living
YORKTOWN, Va. — Colonial National Historical Park is home to Yorktown, the site of the final major battle in the American Revolutionary War. Now, historical Yorktown is once again fighting for its life, but this time, it’s not because of British troops — rather a...
by Heena Srivastava and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON –– Gail Sasse gave birth to her son, Joey, in late February, but she didn’t feel close to the baby until recently. Joey spent the first days of his life in the NICU after he began experiencing tremors — a symptom of neonatal abstinence syndrome. He...
