Where do WA’s congressional Democrats stand on calls for Biden to drop out?
Chairman Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) speaks during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Ending the U.S. Military Mission in Afghanistan in the Rayburn House Office Building at the U.S.…
Montana Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in climate change case Wednesday
Most of the Held v. Montana plaintiffs and their attorneys pose outside the courtroom for photos halfway through the trial. (Blair Miller/Daily Montanan) This story originally appeared on Daily Montanan.…
Lamont on Biden: ‘Playing defense … does not win elections.’
Gov. Ned Lamont made public Monday what he has been saying privately about the post-debate viability of President Joe Biden’s campaign: The 81-year-old president has yet to show he can…
Marty Walsh, Biden’s former labor chief and ex-mayor, gets married
MARTY WALSH, President Biden’s former labor chief and a former mayor of Boston, recently wed his longtime partner during a trip to the Caribbean. Walsh and Lorrie Higgins, who have…
Pharmacy benefit manager reform bill inches closer to passage in Pa. Senate
(Getty Images) The Senate Health and Human Services committee advanced a bill on Monday to increase oversight of pharmacy benefit managers. Pharmacy benefit managers are pharmaceutical industry middlemen. They’re largely…
Champlain Valley Expo wants to improve its grandstand. First it needs permission to make more noise.
The grandstand at the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Junction on Monday, July 1. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger ESSEX JUNCTION — Vermont’s largest concert venue sits dormant 11 months out…
Audit faults MBTA for Charlie Card misuse by transit ambassadors
THE MBTA knew as early as 2019 that some of its transit ambassadors were using agency-issued CharlieCards for personal use, but the transit authority has failed to address the problem,…
Federal review prompted by NM wildfire warns of staffing shortfalls for future prescribed burns
A firefighter working overnight looks at the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon fire burning in northern New Mexico in 2022. (Photo Courtesy Santa Fe National Forest) As the U.S. Forest Service plans…
Revised abortion amendment financial forecast remains unfinished
Amy Baker, coordinator of the Office of Economic and Demographic Research, and Chris Spencer, executive director of the State Board of Administration, talk about the financial impact of Amendment 4…
After gubernatorial primary loss, Lyman sues for records that allowed Cox to get on ballot
Utah Rep. Phil Lyman speaks as he debates with incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox during Utah’s gubernatorial GOP primary debate held at the Eccles Broadcast Center in Salt Lake City on…