Ballot question fundraising and spending largely hidden from public view
VOTERS WILL WEIGH in on a slew of ballot questions this November, with the competing sides raising and spending millions of dollars trying to convince them which way to vote…
‘We fight the good fight and continue forward’
The UAW strike begins and UAW President Shawn Fain talks to picketing workers at Ford-owned Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan the night of September 14, 2023. (photo: Anna Liz…
‘We’re flying blind’: CDC has 1M bird flu tests ready, but experts see repeat of COVID missteps
The Center for Disease Control headquarters is seen on Oct. 13, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images) This story appeared in KFF Health News, a national newsroom…
Despite what some politicians say, crime rates are decreasing
An FBI Evidence Response Team investigator walks behind a crime scene. The FBI’s Quarterly Uniform Crime Report, which was released in early June, suggests that violent crime dropped by 15%…
Nashville gets first rainbow crosswalk to support LGBTQ community
More than 100 people on Saturday painted crosswalks in the colors of the LGBTQ Pride flag at the intersection of 14th and Woodland Streets. in East Nashville. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee…
SC’s GOP ‘sister senators’ say farewell: ‘This is what a Senate seat costs!’
Sen. Katrina Shealy, R-Lexington, holds up Wednesday, June 26, 2024, with white gloves the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award given last fall to the five bipartisan “sister senators”…
DeSantis, extremist Republicans hammering, wounding DEI
Arian Simone, co-Founder of the Fearless Fund, speaks onstage during AfroTech Executive Brooklyn at William Vale Hotel Williamsburg on September 22, 2023, in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty…
Lawmakers reach agreement on $10 billion school bond
In summary The money will pay for repairs and upgrades at thousands of K-12 school and community college buildings. The Legislature announced today a $10 billion bond to pay for…
Dear presidential candidates: Yinz guys are (still) neglecting western Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh skyline. (Getty Images) PITTSBURGH — President Joe Biden campaigned in Pittsburgh during a weeklong swing through Pennsylvania in April, a visit sandwiched between stops in his birthplace of Scranton…
Universities try 3-year degrees to save students time, money
Students walk between buildings during a class change at Montana State University in Bozeman. (MSU photo by Colter Peterson/Provided by MSU) With college costs rising and some students and families…