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…
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 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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…