Beth Fukumoto: Political Parties Need To Make Their Members Toe The Party Line
A commitment to the principles and policies define the party and is a promise to the voters who place their trust in it.
A Working Group That Emerged From A Tragedy Sets Out To Reform Child Welfare Services
After the disappearance of Isabella Kalua, lawmakers formed the Malama Ohana Working Group to design and propose ‘transformative changes’ to the state system.
UNC’s retreat on DEI is emblematic of a simple truth the right refuses to see
The author says the UNC Board of Governors repeated a mistake made frequently by the powers-that-be in American society last week when it voted to eliminate the system’s diversity, equity…
Is Colorado really the clean energy leader it claims to be?
An oil and gas field in Kiowa County, Colorado, is pictured on Oct. 5, 2022. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) This story originally appeared in Capital & Main. Oil and gas companies…
A bipartisan push to make air travel easier for new parents packing breast milk and formula
New parents share stories of tense encounters with airport security over breast milk and formula. A bill from U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, a California Democrat, would strengthen guidelines for U.S.…
SLC airport expects its construction investment dollars to double in economic benefits
People walk through Salt Lake City International Airport in Utah on April 3, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) Salt Lake City International Airport returned to pre-pandemic…
After lawsuit against state Republicans, lawmakers change law about presidential electors procedure
Senate Bill 1014 allows state executive committees to make the rules for nominating presidential electors as long as the rules are consistent with rules of the national political party. If…
Tennessee to offer free diapers through Medicaid, Cover Kids
(Getty Images) Low-income Tennessee parents will soon have access to monthly supplies of free diapers under a new program approved last week by federal regulators. Beginning in August, the state…
This DeSoto Co. hospital transfers some patients to jail to await mental health treatment
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Mississippi Today and co-published with the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, the Sun Herald and MLK50. Sign up for…
Virginia Explained: Data center expansion, with all its challenges and benefits
Data centers in Ashburn, Virginia (Gerville / Getty Images) Humanity is almost a quarter of the way through the 21st century and Virginia — home to 70% of the world’s…