Inslee’s budget director leaving for state investment board post
David Schumacher, budget director for Gov. Jay Inslee since January 2013, is leaving in the fall of 2024 for a new post with the Washington State Investment Board. (Courtesy of…
Stabenow says GOP farm bill is ‘not balanced’ and won’t pass through the US Senate
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow addresses children about free summer meals at Waverly East School in Lansing on June 26, 2024. (Photo by Lucy Valeski) LANSING, Michigan —The U.S. House Agriculture…
Delayed Supreme Court ruling makes Trump trial on 2020 charges unlikely before election
Dave McCormick, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Pennsylvania, speaks alongside the Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, at a campaign rally at the Liacouras Center on June 22,…
Document indicates Supreme Court will punt Idaho emergency abortion case for now
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, while justices hear oral arguments about whether federal law protects emergency abortion care. (Sofia Resnick/States Newsroom) A document…
Congressional Democrats mount campaign against 1873 act that could be used against abortions
Mifepristone is one of two medications used for an abortion. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Dozens of congressional Democrats have mounted a campaign to repeal a 19th century act that anti-abortion groups…
Document indicates Supreme Court will punt Idaho emergency abortion case for now
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, while justices hear oral arguments about whether federal law protects emergency abortion care. Photo by Sofia Resnick/States Newsroom.…
Delayed Supreme Court ruling makes Trump trial on 2020 charges unlikely before election
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – JUNE 22: Dave McCormick, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Pennsylvania, speaks alongside Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at the Liacouras…
Presidential election seen as climate turning point as CO2 hits record
Emissions spew from a stack at the coal-fired Brandon Shores Power Plant in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) WASHINGTON – Despite policies the Biden administration has…
Three key priorities for reducing health care costs
AGAINST A BACKDROP of economic uncertainty and lingering inflation, Massachusetts residents are sounding the alarm on health care affordability. According to another recent statewide survey, the cost of health care…
Stabenow rolls out free summer meal expansion for Michigan kids
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabanow (D-Lansing) addresses children about free summer meals at Waverly East School in Lansing on June 26, 2024. | Lucy Valeski Elementary school children enjoyed breakfast foods,…