URI labor historian gives ‘Union Joe’ a higher grade than any president since FDR
President Joe Biden, alongside UAW President Shawn Fain, speaks on the UAW picket line at Willow Run Redistribution Center in Belleville, Mich., Sept. 26, 2023. (Official White House photo) Joe…
Key members of House threaten to vote against cannabis bill after Senate changes
The Senate made a number of significant changes to the House’s cannabis bill, House Bill 1633. (Getty Images) When the New Hampshire Senate began its lengthy deliberations over marijuana legalization…
U.S. Department of Agriculture to fund $300 million in grants to boost exports
Soybeans being loaded from a grain bin onto a truck on June 13, 2018 in Dwight, Illinois. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding $300 million in grants to expand…
America’s number one role model should be our president
The busts of U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln tower over the Black Hills at Mount Rushmore National Monument on July 02, 2020 near Keystone,…
Meet state Rep. Jodi Whitted, the newest member of the Ohio House
COLUMBUS, OH — MAY 08: Rep. Jodi Whitted, D-Madeira, speaks during the Ohio House session, May 8, 2024, at the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio…
This summer promises protests – so spring is a good time to brush up on civics
Columbia University students participate in a pro-Palestinian encampment on their campus last month. (Stephanie Keith | Getty Images) It is warm, and college students are off from classes. Restlessness from…
Medicare should include dental coverage, dentists tell U.S. Senate panel
Dr. Brian Jeffrey Swann, who is on the board of directors for Remote Area Medical and practices dentistry in Tennessee, told a U.S. Senate committee about low-income people who drive…
Ohio ratemaking reform bill would give more favors to utilities, critics say
An electricity meter. Getty Images. Ohio utilities haven’t asked to increase electricity rates in more than a decade — but that doesn’t mean customers aren’t paying more. Instead, utilities have…
Less than 10% of bills on the Legislature’s 2024 ‘appropriations table’ became law
Entrance to the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee room in the Maine State House in Augusta. (Jim Neuger/Maine Morning Star) For the few ways a bill can become law, there…
Trump sycophants dress like their master, show up at courthouse to debase America and rule of law
U.S. Sens. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., listen as former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media outside Manhattan Criminal Court on May 13, 2024, during his…