Ryan Wixon (center) looks at the camera as he takes a break from drumming. His daughters, Ahyoka, 10, (left) and Lily, 7, (right) gather around him. (Grace Deng/Washington State Standard)…
Nanette Mahler, left, and Tracy O’Neill, walk along Macon Wall Road in Cheatham County, Tennessee, near the site of a proposed Tennessee Valley Authority gas power plant project. Local backlash…
(Photo: Ronda Churchill/Nevada Current) Policy, politics and progressive commentary As state lawmakers discussed, yet again, legislation to authorize the use of red light cameras, some legislators turned the discussion to…
The three major-party candidates for Missouri attorney general, from left, Will Scharf, Andrew Bailey and Elad Gross (campaign photos). Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey insists his office is working to…
The Missouri Department of Social Services has turned the process of applying for SNAP into a Kafkaesque obstacle course, which a federal judge ruled in May violates federal law (Annelise…
Emigrant Peak Trail in the Custer-Gallatin National Forest (Photo by Jacob W. Frank of the National Park Service). Whether visiting the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, or the many other geologic wonders…
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – APRIL 12: DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison is joined by business and political leaders during a lakeside event held to announce that Chicago was chosen to host the…
Del. Kathy Szeliga (R-Baltimore County) has tried to recruit more conservative women to run for political office. File photo by Danielle E. Gaines. MILWAUKEE — The Republican presidential ticket is…
Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane at the State Capitol building on January 8, 2024. (Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun) Implementing the ranked-choice voting component of the open primaries…
The Democratic nomination process was already jumbled by early state deadlines to get nominees’ names on ballots, before President Joe Biden, the presumptive nominee, pulled out of the race Sunday.…