Fauci defends his work on COVID-19, says he has an ‘open mind’ on its origins
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the…
States need to keep PFAS ’forever chemicals’ out of the water. It won’t be cheap.
Jackson Quinn brings PFAS water samples into a temperature-controlled room at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati in April. In the coming years, states will need to enforce…
Fauci defends his work on COVID-19, says he has an ‘open mind’ on its origins
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the…
Lawsuit claims new Missouri court secrecy law is unconstitutional
The Cole County Courthouse in Jefferson City (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). A state law requiring secrecy in court filings violates the Missouri Constitution’s requirement for open courts and imposes steep new…
Fauci defends his work on COVID-19, says he has an ‘open mind’ on its origins
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the…
Missouri AG argues to block Biden administration’s second student loan forgiveness plan
The Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis, home of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Missouri (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent). A United States District Court…
Lawsuit could add additional steps to Wisconsin absentee voting
An absentee ballots for the April 7 election. (Photo by Henry Redman) A lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) could make Wisconsin’s absentee voting process more complicated while adding…
A bipartisan push to make air travel easier for new parents packing breast milk and formula
New parents share stories of tense encounters with airport security over breast milk and formula. A bill from U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, a California Democrat, would strengthen guidelines for U.S.…
Multiplying trauma: Kentucky set to add more kids to its troubled juvenile jails
Jaquan Porter, 25, says that at a time when he “worried about surviving more than being a kid” Kentucky’s juvenile justice system brought structure to his life. He also says…
Election monitors nervously practice for the ‘big dance in November’
Lamont Hart, a voter protection volunteer for the New Georgia Project, waits to speak with voters outside the Cobb County Senior Wellness Center in Marietta, Ga. He was one of…