local October 10, 2025 Wisconsin Wisconsin Republicans introducing new bill to ban absentee ballot drop boxes Assembly Republicans are circulating a bill for cosponsorship that would ban all future use of absentee ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin, seeking to remove a secure option for voting that Republicans and Democrats used for years.
op-ed October 8, 2025 Jackie Payne: Our Democracy Needs Ordinary Americans To Save It Strategies for a return to civil, constructive discourse
national news & analysis October 7, 2025 How the GOP’s tax law teed up Democrats’ shutdown fight over Obamacare COURIER congressional correspondent Michael Jones does a deep dive into how the fight over making ACA tax credits permanent has become the central issue in Congress’s budget standoff.
local October 6, 2025 Pennsylvania This billionaire is trying to flip the Pa. Supreme Court. Planned Parenthood wants to stop him. Planned Parenthood Votes, the campaign arm for the country’s leading reproductive health care organization, is sounding the alarm that right-wing billionaires like Jeffrey Yass are trying to upend Democratic control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court this November.
local October 2, 2025 Virginia The Social Security Administration is no longer issuing paper checks. Here’s what you need to know The Social Security Administration (SSA) has switched to electronic forms of payment. Here’s how you can set up your automatic payments with ease.
op-ed September 30, 2025 Billy Ball: The case for breaking social media in America A simple rewrite to American law would make Facebook, TikTok, X, and other social media companies place guardrails on bad information or pay for it.
national news & analysis September 29, 2025 In the shadow: How the Supreme Court’s emergency docket is empowering Trump’s agenda COURIER congressional correspondent Michael Jones examines how the Supreme Court's emergency orders are enabling Trump to withhold $4 billion in congressional funding and bypass normal judicial oversight.
local September 29, 2025 Arizona Amid fears of detention, US citizens are carrying passports and avoiding Spanish in public A growing number of American citizens say they are living in fear of being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in light of the roundups and deportations ordered by President Donald Trump.
op-ed September 25, 2025 Maya Rupert: Let Democrats Be Democrats Why the Democratic Party Needs its Activist Base More than Ever
local September 25, 2025 North Carolina ‘Housing is health care’: Trump’s Medicaid cuts could leave thousands of NC families homeless From rent deposits to mold repairs, Medicaid has helped pay for housing help in NC. Now with federal cuts and state budget gridlock, those lifelines may vanish.
national news & analysis September 23, 2025 From watchdogs to lapdogs: How corporate media bent to Trump 2.0 COURIER congressional correspondent Michael Jones explores the growing pattern of private and public-sector actors aligning with the Trump administration’s retribution campaign to weaken free speech.
local September 22, 2025 Iowa Democrats take stand on healthcare as government shutdown looms Democrats are threatening to shut down the government unless Republicans restore health insurance subsidies that would otherwise cause Iowa ACA enrollees to pay an extra $1,080 per year for coverage.
