WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected Kansas State University (KSU) to receive approximately $2 million in funding over the course of five years to provide technical support to tribes addressing environmentally contaminated land. The university will help tribes with technical support around cleaning up these lands, known as brownfields. “Tribes have […]
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has taken the first step in scrapping President Barack Obama’s healthcare program. Republicans have made repealing the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, one of their top priorities when President-elect Donald Trump takes office. By a vote of 51-48, the Senate voted early Thursday to approve rules that allow repeal […]
U.S.-President-elect Donald Trump is holding his first news conference in nearly six months Wednesday and is sure to face questions about U.S. intelligence conclusions that Russia meddled in the November election to help him win. He is also expected to be asked how he plans to address potential conflicts of interest involving his global business […]
Washington, DC — Newly available data for 2015 reveals that states with weak gun violence prevention laws and higher rates of gun ownership have the highest overall gun death rates in the nation, according to a Violence Policy Center (VPC) analysis of just-released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for […]