op-ed January 13, 2025 Thomas Ogorzalek: To Win, Democrats Must Do Identity Politics Smarter The evidence is clear: average voters tend not to make cold calculations about the national interest based on policy papers and projections of the future.
January 10, 2025 The 34-page document that has House Democrats sounding the alarm Michael Jones unpacks the serious concerns that House Democrats have raised about the GOP's new "rules package."
local January 10, 2025 Wisconsin The field is set for an April election to control the Wisconsin Supreme Court Republican former Attorney General Brad Schimel will face Dane County Judge Susan Crawford in what might be conservatives’ last chance to control the WI court until 2028.
local January 9, 2025 Iowa Iowa child labor protections rolled back further with new rules Iowa started rolling back protections for child workers in 2023, and new rules for child labor were published recently to roll more protections back.
local January 9, 2025 New Hampshire Ayotte uses inauguration speech to launch Trump/Musk DOGE clone Ayotte also used her speech to launch a New Hamphsire-centric companion to the Donald Trump/Elon Musk DOGE project, dubbed COGE.
local January 8, 2025 Virginia Virginia Democrats win Northern Virginia special elections, keep General Assembly control State Democrats won two special elections in Northern Virginia in January to keep their narrow majorities in the General Assembly.
local January 8, 2025 Florida Voto Latino calls Meta’s decision to end fact-checking ‘dangerous step backward’ Voto Latino, the national organization dedicated to empowering Latino communities through civic engagement, has condemned Meta’s recent announcement to end fact-checking and remove restrictions on speech across Facebook and Instagram.
local January 3, 2025 Iowa Iowa Democrats eye opportunity in eastern Iowa special election Following Sen. Chris Cournoyer’s elevation to lieutenant governor, there’s a vacancy in the state Senate. Local school board president Mike Zimmer is hoping to flip a seat back for Democrats.
local January 3, 2025 North Carolina NC Board of Elections and voting rights groups move to end Griffin’s attempt to overturn election Following multiple recounts, Justice Riggs leads Griffin by 734 votes. Despite the repeated verifications of Riggs’ win, Judge Griffin is still pushing for the votes of tens of thousands of North Carolinians to be discarded.
local January 2, 2025 Pennsylvania 21 states started 2025 by raising their minimum wage. Pennsylvania wasn’t one of them Pennsylvania’s minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009. It’s the lowest minimum wage compared to all of the commonwealth’s neighboring states.
national news & analysis op-ed December 19, 2024 “Queer Eye” remains more important than ever With the changing political climate and rising instances of LGBTQ+ discrimination, "Queer Eye" remains more important than ever.
