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INCREASED BENEFITS FOR FOSTER CARE YOUTH GAINS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT BUT LITTLE TRACTION IN CONGRESS
Lawmakers announced bipartisan support earlier this month for legislation providing additional benefits for foster youth and families during the coronavirus pandemic after young people from the foster care system, and organizations, called for emergency aid. However, the bills remain stalled in Congress.
ADVOCATES ACCUSE ICE OF SERVING PORK, SPOILED HALAL MEALS TO MUSLIM DETAINEES
Advocacy groups have accused U.S. immigration officials of providing pork and rancid halal meals to Muslim detainees at a Miami processing center.
WA SENATORS CALL FOR 2020 CENSUS DEADLINE EXTENSION TO BOOST RESPONSE RATES
Sen. Maria Cantwell and Sen. Patty Murray, both Democrats, signed a bipartisan letter last week calling for an extension in the enumeration deadline for the 2020 census.
SENATE CANCELS HEARING FOR TRUMP NOMINEE AFTER OUTRAGE OVER ALLEGED RACISM
The Senate Committee on Armed Services canceled a nomination hearing Thursday morning for Anthony J. Tata to be the undersecretary of defense for policy at the Pentagon after outrage over Tata’s alleged racism.
TAMPA BAY SMALL FARMERS MISS OUT ON FEDERAL CORONAVIRUS ASSISTANCE
Many say community support is keeping business alive during the pandemic.
GREAT AMERICAN OUTDOORS ACT TO “SPUR GROWTH” IN NORTHERN INDIANA ECONOMY
The Great American Outdoors Act, which will fund repairs and updates in national parks and other public lands, passed the U.S. House Wednesday and awaits President Trump’s signature.
WASHINGTON STATE VETERANS CEMETERY TO RECEIVE $3.5 MILLION FOR EXPANSION
The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded nearly $3.5 million in new funding Thursday for the expansion of the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake.
HOUSE HEARING “EXPOSES” PROBLEMS NORTH DAKOTA TRIBAL COMMUNITIES FACE
A hearing in the House Energy & Commerce Committee last Wednesday presented several issues that tribal communities face, including difficulties with healthcare related to the coronavirus pandemic.
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOCUS ON CHINESE-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS DURING COVID-19 HEARING
China will exploit the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic downturn in Latin American and the Caribbean “to the hilt”, the Ranking Member of the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, and Trade Subcommittee said Wednesday during a hearing about the Trump Administration’s response to the pandemic in the region.
PROTESTERS INJURED BY POLICE BEFORE TRUMP PHOTO-OP TESTIFY:
‘IT HURTS’
House Dems and Republicans clashed at a hearing on U.S. Park Police's use of force to clear protesters before Trump's infamous photo-op with Bible.
INCUMBENT DOESN’T OBJECT TO CHALLENGERS’ NOMINATING PETITIONS DESPITE THEIR EXPECTATIONS
“We know the games that they unfortunately play and the tactics they utilize to basically try to silence the voices of anyone who dares to challenge the establishment,” said Anthony Clark, Democrat candidate for Illinois’ 7th U.S. Congressional District in the March 17, 2020 primary election.
LEADERS PREPARE FOR CENSUS THROUGHOUT CITY, FOCUS ON HARD-TO-COUNT AREAS
City officials are teaming up with civic organizations to prepare for the 2020 Census, especially in hard-to-count neighborhoods like predominantly Latino Humboldt Park. According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Chicago households responded to the 2010 census at a rate of only 66% whereas 74% of households responded nationwide.
SCENES AROUND SOUTH CAROLINA: VOTERS ON THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Medill reporters are traveling throughout South Carolina this week to ask the state’s voters their thoughts about the Democratic presidential primary and which candidates will receive their support. Here is a look at what they found during their first day of reporting and observing.
Q’s ON THE QUAD: CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
When asked if they could name five presidential candidates, the majority of Clemson University students surveyed before the South Carolina primary could only name former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Q’s ON THE QUAD: CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY
Medill School’s Q’s on the Quad visited Claflin, a historically black university in Orangeburg, South Carolina, to ask students how they feel about Democratic presidential primary candidates’ plans on supporting HBCUs.
Q’s ON THE QUAD: SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
The majority of the South Carolina State, a historically black university, students surveyed by Medill School’s Q’s on the Quad said they have been to at least one Democratic presidential candidate’s local town hall.
Q’s ON THE QUAD: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
The day after the New Hampshire primary, Medill School’s Q’s on the Quad asked students at the University of South Carolina in Columbia whether what’s happening in other state’s primaries would affect who they will be voting for on Saturday’s South Carolina primary.
Q’s ON THE QUAD: COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
The majority of the College of Charleston students surveyed Sunday by Medill School’s Q’s on the Quad expressed no interest in voting for former Vice President Joe Biden in the presidential primary, although a recent East Carolina University poll found 37% of likely South Carolina Democratic voters supported Biden.