NC House Republicans question elections board officials about alternative parties
NC Board of Elections Chairman Alan Hirsch tells a House committee why Democrats on the Board rejected an alternative party. (Photo: NCGA video feed) State House members questioned Board of…
Congress should balance privacy protections with small business needs
A view of the U.S. Capitol in September 2012. (Architect of the Capitol) Small businesses have taken it on the nose these past few years. Between COVID, inflation, and rising…
Threat of violence prompted brief lockdown at federal wildfire claims office in northern NM
A bridge near Sapello in San Miguel County as the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire burns on April 23, 2022. A recent threat of violence against a man’s lawyers and federal…
City of Richmond sells building to Planned Parenthood for $10 and more Virginia headlines
The state Capitol. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury) • “Records suggest Gov. Youngkin took Altria’s jet for Republican National Convention trip.”—WRIC • “Richmond sells North Side building to Planned Parenthood for $10.”—Richmond…
To decarbonize, New England is betting big on offshore wind. Can it deliver?
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee speaks at an event in June in Providence marking completion of offshore turbine components for the Revolution Wind project. New England’s push into offshore wind…
DOJ reviewing 2023 death investigation concerning Eau Claire County Jail
A death investigation involving a woman who died in the Eau Claire County Jail has taken more than a year and is still not public. | Getty Images photo Silver…
Facing enrollment drops and new law, New Hampshire colleges rush to team up
The University System of New Hampshire’s colleges include the University of New Hampshire (pictured), Plymouth State University, and Keene State College. (Dennis Tangney Jr. | Getty Images) Even after the…
U.S. is in good hands with president who puts the nation first
President Joe Biden in the White House Rose Garden (Official White House photo by Oliver Contreras) The post U.S. is in good hands with president who puts the nation first…
New Haven provider helps fill gap for CT ‘high-quality’ child care
Sandra Dill crouches next to a child-sized table, surveying the artwork that four of her young students are painting. The children, ranging in age from toddlers to about 6 years…
How a region responded to Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ with their own book
Sunrise over the Appalachian Mountains. (Getty Images.) As a tenth generation Appalachian, Ivy Brashear sees J.D. Vance’s 2016 memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” as a “really one-sided and simple view of the…