Change to CT car tax assessments could trigger special session
Following a disagreement between Democrats in the House and Senate, Connecticut lawmakers failed to pass a bill before the end of the session earlier this month that would have changed…
State, federal aid help Brown v. Board of Education scholarship fund reach over $3.4 million
(Getty Images) On the heels of the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, which mandated public school desegregation nationwide, Virginia’s scholarship fund named after the landmark…
Editor’s Notebook: We asked for it, and now we’re getting it
It’s time to raise the bar for campaigns and elections. (Elena Sunagatova | iStock | Getty Images Plus) One of our candidates for governor appears to be betting it all…
Insulin would cost $35 max under proposed Ohio bill
Getty Images photo of diabetes patient injecting insulin. A bipartisan group of Ohio lawmakers has introduced a bill to cap the costs of the life-saving medication insulin to $35. Medication…
Moms Demand Action push for common sense gun legislation in Ohio during advocacy day
Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Annual Advocacy Day at the Ohio Statehouse on May 22, 2024. (Photo by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal.) Audrea Hickman’s son Jarrin was…
Ohio Statehouse Republicans stand determined to prove how toxic gerrymandering is
The Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original story.) To paraphrase Cicero, how long, O’ gerrymandered Ohio lawmakers, will…
Bipartisan border bill likely doomed in approaching U.S. Senate vote
Migrants wait throughout the night on May 10, 2023, in a dust storm at Gate 42, on land between the Rio Grande and the border wall, hoping they will be…
Gun safety group, U.S. Senate architects of 2022 law call for stricter measures
Law enforcement officers speak together outside of Robb Elementary School following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. As the two-year anniversary of…
Members of the U.S. Senate face a vote on whether they support contraception access
Birth control pills. Getty Images. GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX SUBSCRIBE WASHINGTON — U.S. senators will go on record next month with whether they support legislation from…
DHHS urges farmworkers to be vigilant after detecting bird flu in Michigan resident
Dairy cattle infected by highly pathogenic avian influenza have large amounts of the virus in their milk. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Amid an ongoing outbreak of Influenza A across…