by Shannon Coan | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Reproductive health advocates expressed their fears about the future of abortion access at the National Organization for Women’s Racial Justice Summit recently. “We have never been closer to losing a fundamental constitutional right,” said Alexis McGill...
by Zachary Miller | Feb 16, 2022 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The federal debt ceiling has caused headaches for decades. Now, House Democrats are considering the value of doing away with it altogether. “The debt ceiling has become a political weapon used to extract concessions, or more recently, simply score...
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...
by Baylor Spears | Dec 8, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Inadequate federal investment in child care, senior care and other workers in the care economy has left many families struggling to get needed support, which hurts the economy now as caregivers leave jobs and in the future if children aren’t getting early...
by Jason Harward and Zinya Salfiti | Dec 7, 2021 | Education, Topics
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is pushing to fund universal preschool nationwide in the Build Back Better bill, but the program’s success will hinge on whether states agree to implement it. Advocates say the program, touted as universal pre-K because it...
