As mayors, we need more tools to boost housing production
AS GATEWAY CITIES, Salem and Lynn have long been home to diverse groups of people working hard to build a better life for themselves and their families. For generations, our…
Allegheny County makes discount fare program permanent for low-income transit riders
(Source: Pittsburgh Regional Transit) Allegheny County is making permanent a pilot program giving people who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits a discount on public transit fares. Every Allegheny…
Prosecution rests in Trump hush money trial, after former fixer Cohen is grilled
Former President Donald Trump appears in court during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 20, 2024, in New York City. Trump…
Dem files ethics complaint against 2 GOP senators indicted as fake electors for Trump
Arizona’s 11 fake electors sign a document in Phoenix on Dec. 14 2020, falsely claiming that they were the state’s electors and that Donald Trump won the presidential election in…
Cannabis Control Commission drags its feet on two-driver rule
LAST DECEMBER, after months of deliberation, the Cannabis Control Commission voted to eliminate its so-called two-driver rule – which requires all marijuana deliveries to be handled by two drivers. The…
Prosecutors hammer Egypt’s role in Sen. Menendez bribery case
Wael “Will” Hana, right, and his attorney Ricardo Solano walk into the Daniel Patrick Moynihan federal courthouse in Manhattan on Monday, May 20, 2024. Hana is charged alongside New Jersey…
CT GOP conventions: George Logan, Jahana Hayes rematch set
Republicans on Monday endorsed unopposed congressional candidates for rematches in the two Connecticut districts slightly less hostile to the GOP in presidential years: George Logan in the competitive 5th, and…
Northwest tribes, feds dive into work on salmon revival in upper Columbia River
Construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington began in 1933 and was completed in 1942. It is the largest hydropower producer in the U.S. and also part of the…
Did Bob Ferguson go too far responding to fellow Fergusons?
State Sen. Mark Mullet, left, and Attorney General Bob Ferguson, right, are both running as Democrats for governor in 2024. (Photos courtesy of Mullet and Ferguson campaigns) Democratic candidate Bob…
Glasgow couple sue Child Protective Services, accusing them of deceiving court
(Photo illustration by Getty Images.) The family of the teenager who was taken by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services’ Child Protective Service has sued in federal…