Kim Lyons is a veteran western Pennsylvania journalist who has covered people and trends in politics and business for local and national publications.
The cap is supported by President Donald Trump and Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
By Jesse Valentine - January 15, 2026
The CBO warns 100,000 Americans could become uninsured under the proposal.
By Jesse Valentine - January 14, 2026
This would force women into aggressive surgeries or hours of unnecessary labor instead of their doctors utilizing standard and safe D&C (dilation and curettage) or D&E (dilation and evacuation) procedures.
By Bonnie Fuller - January 13, 2026
Plus a new campaign ad out of Pennsylvania.
By Jesse Valentine - January 12, 2026
Roys is one of several Democrats running for Wisconsin governor in 2026.
By Bonnie Fuller - January 06, 2026
Garrity previously celebrated the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
By Jesse Valentine - December 30, 2025
Electric bills have gone up by 13% since Donald Trump returned to the White House
By Jesse Valentine - December 23, 2025
Nearly a half million Michiganders will pay higher insurance premiums in 2026.
By Jesse Valentine - December 17, 2025
Chrysa Ostenso of Ladysmith, WI says her health insurance premiums are expected to jump by $1,500 a month.
By Jesse Valentine - December 16, 2025
Mary (not her real name) tells her story to Bonnie Fuller for COURIER Texas.
By Bonnie Fuller - December 11, 2025
DOGE axed an $8.4 million initiative to help homeless children in Nevada.
By Jesse Valentine - December 10, 2025
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell gave Donald Trump a $6 billion gift.
By Jesse Valentine - December 09, 2025
Major retailers, including Walmart and Home Depot, say that Trump’s tariff policy is forcing them to raise prices.
By Jesse Valentine - December 03, 2025
Election day is Dec. 2.
By Jesse Valentine - November 26, 2025
Lawler has turned to MAGA extremists and Obamacare opponents for help with his reelection bid.
By Jesse Valentine - November 26, 2025
Turkey prices are up 24% from last year.
By Jesse Valentine - November 25, 2025
Collins is considered the most vulnerable Senate Republican facing reelection next year.
By Jesse Valentine - November 24, 2025
About 888,000 North Carolinians could see their health care premiums double if Obamacare tax credits expire.
By Jesse Valentine - November 21, 2025
Candidates in Iowa and Ohio dismissed the effort as a “hoax” and a political hit
By Jesse Valentine - November 20, 2025
A Yale Law professor described the White House’s actions as “illegal and immoral.”
By Jesse Valentine - November 18, 2025
Plus as ad from South Carolina
By Jesse Valentine - November 14, 2025
More than 60% of Arizonans voted to enshrine a abortion rights into their state constitution.
By Jesse Valentine - November 14, 2025
Abortion may be legal in Wisconsin, but the hurdles still involved forced mom Gracie Ladd, 33, to flee the state anyway.
By Bonnie Fuller - November 13, 2025
3.8 million people could become uninsured next year if the subsidies expire
By Jesse Valentine - November 12, 2025
Ninety-nine percent of House Republicans vote with Trump at least 95% of the time
By Jesse Valentine - November 12, 2025
A whistleblower complaint says Veterans Guardian defrauded veterans and the government.
By Jesse Valentine - November 06, 2025
Remember the viral victory speech with the toddler under the podium? That kid’s mom could be Virginia’s next governor.
By Bonnie Fuller - November 03, 2025
Reid added that he doesn’t want to debate “who was right and who was wrong” in the Civil War
By Jesse Valentine - October 31, 2025
Kennedy has zero concern about reproductive health. Instead, he is enacting Donald Trump's Project 2025 plan to ban abortion pills.
By Bonnie Fuller - October 31, 2025
Ciattarelli’s grandfather immigrated to the United States in 1908 and didn’t become a citizen for 20 years.
By Jesse Valentine - October 31, 2025
Collins is widely considered the most vulnerable Senate Republican up for reelection next year.
By Jesse Valentine - October 28, 2025
Ciattarelli has received more than $10k from a gambling ring operator linked to the Gambino crime family.
By Jesse Valentine - October 27, 2025
Lawler promised to defend contraception access, but is aligned with groups working to restrict it.
By Jesse Valentine - October 22, 2025
The Coast Guard spent $172 million on new private jets for Kristi Noem.
By Jesse Valentine - October 22, 2025
Miyares and his wife made $2.5 million from a family rental company accused of slumlord practices.
By Jesse Valentine - October 16, 2025
Nevada is one of eight states with universal mail-in voting.
By Jesse Valentine - October 15, 2025
Former President Trump has said he wants to do away with the popular health care law.
By Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star - May 08, 2024
The former President made reference to ‘cutting’ the program, and the Biden campaign took it as a call to action.
By Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star - March 17, 2024
On a call with reporters ahead of former President Donald Trump’s speech to a National Rifle Association gathering in Harrisburg, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) said the choice between President Joe Biden and Trump is clear when it comes to guns.
By Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star - February 09, 2024
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is launching a new ad today with a focus on health care costs, part of a larger push by the campaign to persuade Americans that former President Trump would revisit his attempts to do away with the Affordable Care Act if (ACA) elected to a second term.
By Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star - November 30, 2023Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .