by Andrew Marquardt | May 24, 2022 | Featured, Politics
Lansing, Mich. ––Now that the Michigan Republican Party has officially endorsed 2020 election denier Kristina Karamo for secretary of state, many of the state’s election clerks are beginning to reckon with the “real threat” they say she poses to future elections if...
by Andrew Marquardt | Mar 16, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Minutes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an emotional appeal for help to the U.S. Congress, showing a graphic video of obliterated buildings and dead civilians, members of a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee heard from experts who...
by Andrew Marquardt | Mar 9, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from both parties Wednesday vowed to develop a federal plan to “deliver actionable tools and resources” to fight climate change in the wake of a series of recent climate reports that outline the urgent need to reduce carbon...
by Andrew Marquardt | Mar 9, 2022 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — It got a lot easier for patients with opioid addiction to get their medication remotely during the pandemic — and now addiction doctors and telehealth companies are pushing Congress to make those flexibilities permanent. Before Covid-19, patients...
by Andrew Marquardt | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Health, Urban Indian Healthcare
CHICAGO – Sarina DiMaso, a citizen of the Chiricahua Apache and Taino Nations, stumbled into her Chicago home seven years ago after a drug and alcohol binge to find her 24-year-old daughter, Nicole, dead by suicide in DiMaso’s bedroom. Riddled with guilt and trapped...