The federal criminal case leveled against Konstantinos Diamantis, a former Connecticut lawmaker and state deputy budget director, paints a portrait of a man who was desperate for cash, had unfettered…
Don’t you just love that “new car smell?” Well, that’s coming… slowly… to Amtrak, as the nation’s passenger railroad replaces its old fleet of cars. GOODBYE AMFLEET: Amtrak’s remaining fleet…
Sen. Omar Fateh, DFL-Minneapolis, and Rep. Hodan Hassan, DFL-Minneapolis, celebrate a deal on minimum pay and labor standards for Uber and Lyft drivers at a news conference with Democratic lawmakers…
Former President Donald Trump speaks at the NRA Leadership Forum at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas on May 18, 2024. (Azul Sordo for the Texas Tribune) DALLAS—…
Minnesota Capitol. Photo courtesy House Information Services. The Minnesota Senate met for less than one hour as of Saturday afternoon despite having about 30 hours left to take up more…
(Photo illustration by Getty Images) People who are transgender need to be able to amend their birth certificates and driver’s licenses without interference from the state of Montana, plaintiffs in…
Children’s Defense Fund program director Graciela Camarena assists Lucia Salazar with filling out Medicaid and SNAP application forms for her family in Pharr, Texas, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. As the…
A school official at Farmington High School speaks with graduate Genesis White Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, before taking away her personalized graduation cap and…
Children’s Defense Fund program director Graciela Camarena assists Lucia Salazar with filling out Medicaid and SNAP application forms for her family in Pharr, Texas, in November 2023. States with the…
EARLIER THIS YEAR, a Massachusetts governor finally decided to stop kicking the transportation funding question into the long grass. Many of us cheered on the creation of a task force…