Pair of U.S. House Dems add to chorus calling for Alito, Thomas recusals
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 22: The U.S. Capitol Building is seen on October 22, 2021 in Washington, DC. Following a breakfast meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy…
Real-time data show the air in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ is even worse than expected
In this photo from Oct. 23, 2019, the Rev. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign — A National Call For a Moral Revival, addresses a crowd protesting environmental…
Child care concerns were brought up at a state commission meeting Tuesday
Rep. Barbara Drummond, D-Mobile, speaks after the Alabama House of Representatives approved a new congressional map on July 19, 2023. The map includes one majority-Black congressional district and one district…
Child care advocates sound the alarm as “funding cliff” for providers draws near
Rev. Rob Stephens of NC Repairers of the Breach discusses the child care cliff at a Wednesday press conference. (Photo by Greg Childress) Emma Biggs, a Charlotte daycare advocate and…
Immigrant advocates, congressional Dems press Biden for permanent protections
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, speaks at an event outside the U.S. Capitol on June 12, 2024, calling on the Biden administration to use its executive authority to…
Environmental concerns prompt relocation of Paden City students
Wetzel County Superintendent Cassandra Porter said that due to health concerns about Paden City High School being located on top of an Environmental Protection Agency designated Superfund site, students will…
Aaron Bean calls for increased transparency for school funding sources
Student chair and desk in classroom. Credit: Catherine McQueen. Getty Images. Quality Journalism for Critical Times Republican Florida Congressman Aaron Bean has introduced legislation that would require public K-12 schools…
Missouri senators’ immunity claims challenged in Chiefs parade shooting defamation suit
Sen. Rick Brattin, R-Harrisonville, speaks during a Freedom Caucus news conference in January, accompanied by, from left, Sens. Denny Hoskins, R-Warrensburg, Nick Schroer, R-Defiance, Jill Carter, R-Granby, and Andrew Koenig,…
Company to pay $7,600 for Cedar Rapids trout kill
McLoud Run in Cedar Rapids is partly bounded by a railway and a recreational trail. (Submitted photo) The owner of a vacant commercial building that leaked about 450,000 gallons of…
Immigrant advocates, congressional Dems press Biden for permanent protections
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, speaks at an event outside the U.S. Capitol on June 12, 2024, calling on the Biden administration to use its executive authority to…