At CT quality parenting centers, DCF creates a home-like setting
When the state removed Devon Cox’s two young daughters from his Hartford home last August, he felt a slew of emotions: fear about being separated from his children, confusion about…
Ohio Sec. of State Frank LaRose thinks he’s found noncitizens on the voter rolls
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose talks to reporters. (Photo by Susan Tebben, OCJ.) Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is again raising the alarm about noncitizens on the state…
Latest inflation figures are good news – even if they give a lot of people heartburn
Headline inflation is cooling, too. (Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images) The U.S. economy is slowing, but not crashing. In the dismal science, this is what counts as good news.…
Ohio bill would require school districts to create released time for religious instruction
Getty Images. Two Republican lawmakers are trying to strengthen an existing Ohio law by requiring — instead of just allowing — school districts to create a policy letting students to…
Answering viewer questions about Ohio’s retired teachers’ pension fund chaos
STRS protest sign outside of board meeting. (Photo by Morgan Trau, WEWS.) We have been getting dozens of requests to break down the chaos inside the State Teachers Retirement System…
Biden’s labor record: Historian gives Union Joe a higher grade than any president since FDR
President Joe Biden, alongside UAW President Shawn Fain, speaks on the UAW picket line at Willow Run Redistribution Center in Belleville, Mich., Sept. 26, 2023 (White House photo.) By Erik…
Medicare should include dental coverage, dentists tell U.S. Senate panel
Dr. Brian Jeffrey Swann, who is on the board of directors for Remote Area Medical and practices dentistry in Tennessee, told a U.S. Senate committee about low-income people who drive…
U.S. House panel debates voting by noncitizens, which is already illegal
U.S. House Republicans are promoting a bill to curb voting by noncitizens. Though noncitizens can vote in some local elections, it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal…
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…
Law officially criminalizing necrophilia in Michigan passes Senate committee
Photos of Melody Rohrer that sat in front of lawmakers in the Michigan Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety Committee on May, 16, 2024 as laws to criminalize necrophilia…