Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the MI Healthy Climate Conference in Lansing, Michigan on May 17, 2024. (Photo: Anna Liz Nichols) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced during the MI Healthy Climate…
This elk was spotted with its mother at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa. Calves will stay with their mothers for about a year. (Photo by Doreen Van Ryswyk…
Legislators, state officials and advocates for various causes find moments to connect between session and committee work in Augusta. (Emma Davis/ Maine Morning Star) A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced…
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…
Sen. Grant Hauschild, DFL-Hermantown, watches as Rep. Dave Lislegard, DFL-Aurora, fires up a crowd on Friday, July 21, 2023, at a rally for striking UPM Blandin paper mill workers in…
Doug Goyings, a fifth-generation farmer in northwestern Ohio, received a USDA Rural Energy for America Program grant in 2023 to install a 288-panel solar array (seen at left) at his…
Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, speaks after adjournment Friday morning. He said changes to initiative petition could be passed if the House acts (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). The least…
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…
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Suzan DelBene speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 19, 2023. DelBene spoke to reporters Friday, May 17, 2024, about how…
A union volunteer removes pro-union t-shirts from the back of his car at UAW headquarters on Friday, May 17, 2024 in Coaling, Alabama. (Stew Milne for Alabama Reflector) Workers at…