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Hate crimes in the United States rose from 2022 to 2023.
By Jesse Valentine - April 15, 2024
Cao is a former U.S Navy captain.
By Jesse Valentine - March 29, 2024
Kiggans has flirted with baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
By Jesse Valentine - March 08, 2024
Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. GOP senate candidate Bernie Moreno doesn't care.
By Jesse Valentine - March 07, 2024
Syngenta AG owns approximately 1500 acres of U.S farmland.
By Jesse Valentine - March 04, 2024
Hovde is running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin despite primarily residing in California.
By Jesse Valentine - February 26, 2024
McCormick says we need leaders with the moral clarity to condemn antisemitism.
By Jesse Valentine - February 09, 2024
Of the nearly dozen gun bills lawmakers will soon take up, one is particularly noteworthy because it’s backed by unlikely allies: mental health advocates and a pair of House members who’ve long been at opposite ends of firearm legislation.
By Annmarie Timmins, New Hampshire Bulletin - January 31, 2024
The United Auto Workers of America endorsed the re-election of President Joe Biden Wednesday, just months after he became the first sitting U.S. president to walk a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan.
By Ashley Murray, States Newsroom - January 24, 2024
Gunter has repeatedly referred to Brown as “Scam Brown”
By Jesse Valentine - January 17, 2024
The state of Texas robbed Amanda Zurawski of her fertility and almost her life when it wouldn’t permit her an abortion so she’s gone to the state’s Supreme Court to change the law - “this is why I’m on earth”
By Bonnie Fuller - January 10, 2024
Health care-focused organizations across the state are hopeful that the 2024 legislative session will be a year that reins in health costs and allows patients to have greater access to the care they need.
By Danielle J. Brown, Maryland Matters - January 08, 2024
Five people died on January 6, 2021 – including a police officer who was bludgeoned to death.
By Jesse Valentine - January 05, 2024
On Wednesday, the New Hampshire House passed a bill that would make registering to vote an online experience.
By Ethan DeWitt, New Hampshire Bulletin - January 04, 2024
Most Americans believe wealthy individuals and big corporations don’t pay their fair share in taxes.
By Jesse Valentine - December 22, 2023
Even the Republican senator's home county gave Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear a larger share of the vote than four years earlier.
By - December 15, 2023
Republicans Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton have taken thousands of dollars in donations from chemical companies and their affiliated PACs.
By Jesse Valentine - December 08, 2023
Eric Hovde's proposal is similar to Sen. Rick Scott's unpopular 2022 plan to make every American pay income taxes.
By Jesse Valentine - December 07, 2023
A bipartisan package of bills in Michigan signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, creates specified criminal penalties for assaulting health care workers.
By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance - December 06, 2023
Both former President Donald Trump and former U.S. Rep. George Santos have lied about their records and been accused of defrauding veterans.
By Jesse Valentine - December 05, 2023
Millions of Texas families’ health and well-being would be jeopardized if the legislation were repealed.
By Jesse Valentine - December 04, 2023
More than 3 million Floridians will lose their health insurance if Scott and Trump succeed.
By Jesse Valentine - November 30, 2023
Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.
By Jesse Valentine - November 06, 2023
The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.
By Jesse Valentine - November 03, 2023
It might not surprise Mississippians that The Cook Political Report, regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent elections experts, shifted their 2023 Mississippi governor’s race forecast on Monday in Democrat Brandon Presley’s direction.
By Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today - October 24, 2023
Also: Several states take steps to tackle climate change, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death sparks a wave of financial donations to progressive causes.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 25, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci countered Republican Sen. Rand Paul’s misinformation about ‘herd immunity’ with facts at a Senate committee hearing.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 23, 2020
Also: The House of Representatives passed a bill to protect pregnant workers, and South Carolina voters don’t need an excuse to vote by mail.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 18, 2020
Democratic nominee Sara Gideon is targeting Collins’ record seven weeks before Election Day.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 15, 2020
The U.S. Constitution limits presidents to serving two terms.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 14, 2020
Also: Good news for the 2020 census, and Maine is set to use ranked-choice voting in November.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 11, 2020
Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) made profitable stock transactions just after receiving a private briefing on the coronavirus.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 10, 2020
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany repeatedly lied about Donald Trump’s coronavirus response.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 09, 2020
Also: A Georgia church takes a stand against LGBTQ discrimination and a federal court hands a victory to Texas voters.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 04, 2020
Campaign spokesperson Hogan Gidley defended Kyle Rittenhouse’s actions before admitting moments later that vigilantism was a ‘bad idea.’
By Dan Desai Martin - September 02, 2020
Pastor James Ward encouraged Donald Trump to be a ‘peacemaker.’
By Dan Desai Martin - September 01, 2020
There is no evidence to back up his claim, which appears to stem from a viral Facebook post that circulated over the summer.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 01, 2020
The White House press secretary also ignored questions about the 17-year-old who shot and killed two people in Kenosha last week.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 31, 2020
Also: The cast of ‘The West Wing’ reunites to promote voting, and Pennsylvania may legalize recreational marijuana.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 28, 2020
‘All they can talk about is COVID.’
By Dan Desai Martin - August 27, 2020
The Democrats’ Green New Deal would create over a million jobs a year.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 25, 2020
Also: The world’s largest plastic recycling plant is coming to Pennsylvania, and gay lawmakers make history at the Democratic National Convention.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 21, 2020
John Kerry called out Donald Trump’s embarrassing international behavior.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 18, 2020
Former first lady Michelle Obama lamented the lessons children are learning from Donald Trump.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 17, 2020
Philonise Floyd led a national moment of silence to remember his brother George and others lost to ‘hate and injustice.’
By Dan Desai Martin - August 17, 2020
Also: Kansas could elect its first transgender lawmaker, and the Supreme Court upholds a decision to make voting easier in Rhode Island.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 14, 2020
Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s comments come one day after it was revealed Trump and his wife had requested absentee ballots for the upcoming election.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 14, 2020
Perdue has voted to eliminate insurance protections for people with preexisting health conditions.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 13, 2020
Households will pay more for over the lifetime of appliances thanks to tariffs and anti-environmental policies.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 13, 2020
A new campaign ad launched by Michigan GOP Senate candidate John James is riddled with misinformation.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 12, 2020
Trump and his campaign now claim the California senator is ‘phony.’
By Dan Desai Martin - August 11, 2020
Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) said school reopenings went ‘real well’ despite several high-profile coronavirus outbreaks.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 11, 2020
Barbara Cegavske is defending a new law that would send mail-in ballots to all active voters in the state.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 11, 2020
Loeffler praised college football players for expressing opinions about health policies.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 10, 2020
Strong fundraising and an unpopular president have helped Democrats expand the map of Senate pick-up opportunities this November.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 10, 2020