by Haley Hinkle | Mar 20, 2015 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON—The number of nursing school graduates entering the workforce has grown significantly over the past 15 years, but health care professionals say not to worry: The jobs will be there over the next decade. Changes in the economy and the retirement of...
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...
by Paige Leskin | Mar 19, 2015 | Education
By Paige Leskin WASHINGTON — Nearly two years have passed with no resolution of a complaint 22-year-old Olivia Ortiz filed with the Department of Education about how the University of Chicago handled her sexual assault report. When Ortiz reported her assault to...
by William Hicks | Mar 19, 2015 | Topics
WASHINGTON — Think you know a lot about politics? Think you know who will win the next election? Well, it’s time to put your money where your mouth is. Created in 2012, PredictIt is an online political futures market run out of the University of Victoria in...
by Joshua Rosenblat | Mar 19, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Martin O’Malley wouldn’t bite. “Frankly, I’m a little sick of the email drama,” the potential 2016 presidential candidate said in response to a question about Hillary Clinton’s latest controversy in early March. The “drama,” the former Maryland...
by Tyler Pager | Mar 19, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager and Paige Leskin GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — It’s movie night in downtown Gitmo. The feature showing on the outdoor screen on the warm Wednesday night: American Sniper. As couples and small groups in plain clothes choose their seats, others stop...
by Haley Hinkle | Mar 19, 2015 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON—As the nursing workforce expands and baby boomers retire, the need for educators who are willing to train those new nurses is higher than ever. Nursing educators instruct students both in the classroom and in clinical settings. The number of nursing...
by Medha Imam | Mar 19, 2015 | Business
By Medha Imam WASHINGTON – A bipartisan bill that aims to expedite entrepreneurship and innovation by creating a new class of immigrant visas is stalled in Congress. The Startup Act would launch a new program for 75,000 immigrant entrepreneurs who are already in the...
by Madeline Fox | Mar 19, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON–The conservation division of the Library of Congress restores and cares for artifacts—paper, photos and books—in the Library’s massive collection. Projects can range from the large Waldseemuller Map, the only known remaining copy of the map that first...
by Tanner Howard | Mar 19, 2015 | Environment
By Tanner Howard WASHINGTON – Spring may begin Friday, but you wouldn’t know that if you looked at the cherry blossoms that line the capital’s Tidal Basin. An unusually cold February has delayed the peak bloom days of the cherry blossoms. Typically, the blossoms reach...
by Yunita Ong | Mar 19, 2015 | Politics, Topics
By Yunita Ong WASHINGTON — If former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush wants to be the United States’s next president, experts say he will have to work hard to win over the growing voter bloc of millennials. “Millennials are the future of this country – there are 93 million...
by Bailey Williams | Mar 19, 2015 | Living, Politics, Topics
By Bailey Williams WASHINGTON — Even with Utah’s new Mormon-supported pro-LGBT law, Utah and other states need more protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens, advocates say. But the barrier to those gains does not necessarily stem from a lack...
