When elected to serve in Congress, delegation members have to walk a tightrope of being in district vs. in D.C. (Getty Images) From Indiana to Washington, D.C., and back to…
Pumping up CEO pay at the expense of workers and long-term investment is the norm among America’s leading low-wage corporations. (Getty Images) Most of us believe in fair pay for…
Farm runoff, while improved, is still a contributor to poor Chesapeake Bay water quality. File photo from 2007 in Lexington, Ky. Photo by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Forty years of…
Initiative campaigns are pouring money into television advertising now that all court challenges are over. The Independent’s ad sale tracking shows $9.1 million has been spent so far, with millions…
This commentary is by Tom Pelham of Berlin. He was finance commissioner in the administration of Gov. Howard Dean and tax commissioner in administration of Gov. Jim Douglas. He served…
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft announcing a lawsuit Thursday against President Joe Biden’s 2021 executive order for federal agencies to promote voting (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent). His waning days as Missouri’s…
Alternatives to incarceration drastically cut the jail population in Sawyer County, which used to have the fourth highest lock-up rate in Wisconsin | Getty Images (This article is based on…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 02: An American flag flies above the construction site of a multifamily housing development on June 02, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Today’s U.S. labor…
A new study finds the prevalence of firearms in the United States, not mental illness, is the driving force in the number of firearm-related deaths. (Aristide Economopoulos/NJ Monitor) If you…
José Patiño, a 35-year-old DACA recipient and Arizona community organizer, says it took him a long time to overcome the fear of sharing his personal information — including his legal…