State Rep. Bruce Antone. Credit: Florida House Quality Journalism for Critical Times Last year, Rep. Bruce Antone, a Democrat from Orange County, was one of the forces behind creating a…
CAPTION: Emissions spew from a stack at the coal-fired Brandon Shores Power Plant in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Policy, politics and progressive commentary WASHINGTON –…
Exposure to mixed coal mine dust that contains silica — a carcinogen — can lead to the development of pneumoconiosis, commonly known as black lung disease. (Getty Images) A subcommittee…
A protester at a Planned Parenthood Great Northwest rally in Boise, Idaho, holds up a sign about the EMTALA case on April 21, 2024. (Otto Kitsinger/Idaho Capital Sun) As expected…
State Senate Democratic Whip Jay Chaudhuri of Wake County addresses the news media along with several Democratic colleagues in front of the state Legislative Building after they staged a June…
The Pennsylvania Capitol on Monday, March 6, 2023. (Capital-Star file photo) The Pennsylvania Senate voted on Thursday to withhold state funding from colleges and universities that divest from or boycott…
Worcester residents gathered at Doty Memorial School to discuss the future of the small elementary on June 26, 2024. Photo by Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger WORCESTER — Pizza, nostalgia, tears: Residents packed…
The Federal Building in Burlington houses the U.S. District Courthouse. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger BURLINGTON — A Northfield man will serve a little more than two years in prison…
Sign for the Wisconsin Elections Comission. (Wisconsin Examiner photo) Republican Wisconsin Elections Commissioner Robert Spindell had a heated back and forth with a voting rights activist during a commission meeting…
Dairy cows. (Photo by Lance Cheung/U.S. Department of Agriculture) Two more reports of avian flu in Sioux County dairy herds were announced on Thursday, marking the 13th report of bird…