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 Mary Yang | Dec 14, 2021 | Living
Madison resident and farmer Mylia Vang didn’t apply for some of the $100 million in COVID-19 relief grants for Wisconsin farmers because she didn’t know the money existed. Vang, 44, who makes between $20,000 and $30,000 per year selling asparagus, zucchini and other...
by Baylor Spears and Mikayla Denault | Nov 23, 2021 | Education
WASHINGTON — From lack of technology and internet access to teacher shortages to outdated buildings or classrooms, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed and exacerbated longstanding problems of students and schools across the country. To address these continuing issues, the...
by Hannah Zhihan Jiang | Nov 4, 2021 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to the president, and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., once again traded barbs at a Senate hearing Thursday after Paul accused Fauci of starting the COVID-19 pandemic by funding risky biological research in Wuhan, China....
by Mary Yang | Oct 27, 2021 | Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON — High coronavirus infection and death rates among workers in the U.S. meatpacking industry went unreported because of a “political decision” to not track cases, according to the report released Wednesday of an investigation by the House Select...
