January 27, 2012
Here’s your weekly quick look at few developing stories in the political arena: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords officially resigned from Congress on Wednesday. She resigned to focus more on her recovery from being shot in January, 2011 at a political event in Arizona. Giffords’ pledged to return one day saying, “Everyday, I am working hard. I [...]
January 27, 2012
History made. The MTA board approves project labor agreement. from Mark Ridley-Thomas on Vimeo. Yesterday, I got to witness an historic day in Los Angeles. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board voted in favor of negotiating an agency-wide Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy. The purpose of a PLA agreement is to facilitate the construction [...]
January 26, 2012
This Tuesday, President Obama proceeded to address the nation through his State of the Union speech for the fourth time since he’s been elected. As always, everyone from around the world checked in to see what issues he and his administration will be prioritizing in the near future. However, this year’s speech is a little [...]
January 19, 2012
Central Ohioans are feeling the financial crunch. However, one might not recognize the economic crisis being experienced by a growing number of Columbus residents if they went by the unprecedented amount of construction and physical growth of the city itself. To get a clearer picture of how well families are doing, one need look no [...]
January 17, 2012
Janelle Monae speaks on her recent performance for the 44th president at a fundraiser that took place a month back at the University of Illinois, Chicago. As a young voter, she was very clear about continuing to support him in November. In the featured excerpt, Janelle highlights some of Obama’s statistics during his 4-year tenure [...]
