Ovi Mathivanan
ASUCR Senate Meeting
On Jan. 14, 2026, the Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside (ASUCR) meeting began at 7:01 p.m. and adjourned at 7:11 p.m.,...
Senate blocks Venezuela war powers resolution
On Jan. 8, the U.S. Senate advanced Senate Joint Resolution 98 (S.J.Res.98), a motion that would have required President Donald Trump to seek congressional...
New California anti-discrimination, anti-semitism law poses free speech concerns
On Jan. 1, 2026, several of the 794 bills signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom in 2025 took effect, with various amending...
Long-awaited Mid County Parkway project receives new funding
On Dec. 10, the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) awarded a $107 million construction contract to Skanska USA Civil West California District Inc., the...
Nursing is no longer a professional degree
As federal policymakers prepare to overhaul graduate student loan borrowing caps, a longstanding gap in federal education policy has resurfaced: nursing will no longer...
Flight disruptions continue as government shutdown ends
On Nov. 6, 2025, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), an agency within the United States Department of Transportation responsible for regulating all aspects of...
AWS outage causes service interruptions at UCR and worldwide
On Monday morning, the Amazon Web Services (AWS) shutdown left crucial web tools inaccessible due to the outage. Many instructors on campus exercised leniency...
Threats to Medicaid funding for Planned Pa
On Sept.11, 2025, The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit allowed the Trump Administration to go ahead with cutting Medicaid funding...