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Cristian Hernandez
Cristian Hernandez is a junior at BU studying print journalism and political science. She is from Northern Virginia and has been around the politics-crazed environment of Washington for a long time. She loves the city with all its peculiarities and its political and power culture. During high school Cristian became interested in journalism and hopes to make it her career. In addition to writing she enjoys long runs and is looking forwards to exploring Woodley Park and the surroundings areas.
STORIES WRITTEN:
Offshore Wind Farms Closer to Becoming a Reality
WASHINGTON, April 22 —Change is blowing in the wind as hundreds of thousands of people living on the coast of Massachusetts transform the way they power their homes and businesses. Offshore wind farms are no longer breezy talk in Massachusetts. Developers and experts agree that offshore wind will become a reality in the next five years. There are two major projects at different stages of development, and one of them, Cape Wind, could begin spreading 130 turbines across Nantucket Sound as early as next year – making it the first offshore wind farm in the United States. Eventually, the project could produce 420 megawatts of energy.
Group works to connect Portuguese-American communities
WASHINGTON, April 15 —Nearly 20 years after its founding, the Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the U.S. is still working to connect Portuguese-American and other communities with Portuguese roots—from Brazil and the Azores, for example—all over the country.
Rep. Frank’s earmark requests for local projects total $40 million
WASHINGTON, April 9 —Rep. Barney Frank has requested more than $40 million in earmarks for local projects to be included in next year’s spending bills.
House subcommittee holds hearing on illegal immigration
WASHINGTON, April 2 —Lawmakers and immigration enforcement agencies agreed Thursday that deportation of criminal illegal aliens should be a priority. But they disagreed about some of the administration’s policy choices.
Dartmouth High students visit Capitol to lobby for human rights
WASHINGTON, March 26 —Twelve Dartmouth High School students woke up at the crack of dawn Wednesday to catch a flight to Washington for a whirlwind one-day trip to Capitol Hill. Their mission was to petition government officials to take action in the Darfur-Sudan human rights crisis.
Coast Guard supports bill that would crack down on illegal fishing
WASHINGTON, March 19 —A bill that would help prevent depletion of dwindling stocks of fish by strengthening enforcement against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing was endorsed Thursday by an industry group and the Coast Guard, which would be charged with enforcing its provisions.
As Franks's campaign contributions increase, top donors change
WASHINGTON, March 18 – Rep. Barney Frank, who has represented the 4th District since 1981, went from raising less then half a million dollars in each of the six election cycles before 2004 to raising more than $2 million in 2008, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. And the profile of Frank’s top donors has changed since he became the senior Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, with the bulk of his donations coming from the financial service sector.
Legislation could protect state’s Revolutionary War battlefields
WASHINGTON, March 6 – The House of Representatives passed legislation this week that would help preserve Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlefields. The bill, cosponsored by Rep. Jim McGovern, D-3, allots $50 million for the establishment of a national grant program to help acquire and protect battlefield sites.
Local projects may get funding from omnibus legislation
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27—Local projects may get up to $21.4 million in earmarked federal funding requested by Rep. Barney Frank. The money is included in the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, which passed the House Wednesday 245-178.
Local cities to get housing funds from stimulus package
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 – Federal funds will start flowing to local communities for the development and improvement of public housing projects, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The White House estimates thousands of jobs for local districts
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 —The economic recovery package passed by Congress last week could mean thousands of jobs for the New Bedford area, according to White House estimates.
Ted Danson: ‘Offshore drilling is a bad idea’
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 —Environmental advocates urged lawmakers Wednesday to reinstate the national ban on offshore drilling that Congress had lifted only last fall. Members of the House Natural Resources Committee were told offshore drilling would cause irreparable damage to oceanic ecosystems and strike an economic blow to the country’s fishing industry.
Stimulus bill would aid local school budgets
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 — President Barack Obama’s stimulus package could give more then $100 billion in education aid to the country’s 15,000 school districts over the next two years, including $19.2 million for New Bedford Public Schools by the end of 2010, according to estimates made public by the House Appropriations Committee.
Stimulus bill includes money to help computerize health records
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 – Nestled inside Barack Obama’s $819 billion economic recovery package are provisions that challenge the country’s hospitals and doctors to adopt electronic medical records. The stimulus package, which the House passed on Wednesday, provides $20 billion to spur the complete digitization of health records by 2014.
Former New Bedford school principals await inauguration
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 – Roberta Rivet spent 15 years serving as the E.C. Brooks Elementary School principal. Her husband, Leonard Rivet was principal of Roosevelt Middle School. They spent their careers telling students of all backgrounds that they could be and do anything they wanted when they grew up and now they see that dream becoming a reality with the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama.
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