Troubling signs at Healey’s transportation funding task force
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…
Biden celebrates ‘the power of an education’ on Brown v. Board 70th anniversary
A section of the Brown v. Board mural is seen on April 2, 2024, at the Kansas Statehouse. The mural appears outside the former Kansas Supreme Court room where 11…
Vice President Harris coming to Philadelphia to speak at SEIU convention
Vice President Kamala Harris, center, laughs with crews working with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority to replace a lead water line on Lakewood Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Elliott neighborhood on…
Lawmakers Weigh Sexual Assault Evidence Measure That Biden And Schumer Once Railed Against
“I am not ‘Mr. Soft on Crime,’” protested Joe Biden on the floor of the US Senate. “But this is crazy.” It was 1994. Republicans had proposed an amendment to…
Dog bites and shark week: Whitmer talks about how to run a tough campaign in 2024
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer talks about how to campaign at a Fight Like Hell PAC training in East Lansing, Michigan on May 17, 2024. (Photo: Anna Liz Nichols) What do candidates…
Workers at Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance reject union after months-long campaign
Supporters listen as UAW President Shawn Fain speaks at a press conference at the UAW Local 112 office on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Coaling, Alabama. Local Mercedes-Benz workers in…
Farm bill text released in U.S. House, setting up fight with Senate
A farmer harvests corn near Slater, Iowa on Oct. 17, 2020.(Perry Beeman/Iowa Capital Dispatch) WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Agriculture Committee Friday released the draft bill text of the long-awaited…
Farm bill text released in U.S. House, setting up fight with Senate
U.S. Rep. Glenn G.T. Thompson delivers opening remarks on the first day of 2024 Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg, Jan. 6, 2024. (Commonwealth Media Services) WASHINGTON — The U.S. House…
With GOP opposed, U.S. Senate panel advances bills to combat AI in elections
Over the last year or more, several states have passed legislation restricting the use of AI in political ads or requiring that it be disclosed. (Photo via Getty Images) Members…
States are required to background check child care workers. Many are falling short.
Childcare in Fort George Mead (Photo via Flickr | CC-BY-SA 2.0) More than a decade ago, Celia Sims sat in a room with parents whose precious children had died while…