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Green holiday closes in on 40 years
As Earth Day approaches its 40th anniversary, environmentalists continue to stress how the human race’s everyday actions affect the world. In an effort to give environmental concerns some political exposure, former Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson...
Government doubles Pell Grant funding
The healthcare legislation that President Obama and Congress approved less than a month ago included a change to student loans that will eliminate fees paid to private banks, expand Pell Grants and make it...
Campus split on health care
UH students appear to be almost evenly divided about the new health care law, according to a poll conducted by The Daily Cougar last week. Roughly 40 percent of the 412 students surveyed said they...
CPP helps spread census info at UH
In an effort to tackle the undercounting of students that occurred in the 2000 Census, the UH Center for Public Policy said it will organize and host a number of campus and community events...
Campus torn over health care bill
As President Barack Obama signed his historic health care overhaul bill into law Tuesday, he thanked his supporters in Congress and across the country for what he called, “a victory for the United State...
Health care bill passes House vote
President Barack Obama claimed a significant political victory on Sunday when the Democratic-controlled Congress voted to approve legislation that would extend health care coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and impose stricter...
Obama addresses US
In his inaugural State of the Union address Wednesday night, President Barack Obama pushed back against mounting criticism and pressed forward with promises of a new jobs creation bill to counter unemployment, as well...
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