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Election clerks in Michigan say GOP-endorsed Secretary of State candidate poses a “real threat” to the state’s elections

Election clerks in Michigan say GOP-endorsed Secretary of State candidate poses a “real threat” to the state’s elections

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...
Experts tell House panel Russia is committing war crimes

Experts tell House panel Russia is committing war crimes

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...
Lawmakers push for ‘equitable action’ to fund fight against climate change

Lawmakers push for ‘equitable action’ to fund fight against climate change

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...
Doctors, companies push to keep looser pandemic-era rules for prescribing opioid addiction treatment via telemedicine

Doctors, companies push to keep looser pandemic-era rules for prescribing opioid addiction treatment via telemedicine

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...
Native Americans in Chicago have high opioid death rates. So why won’t they get tribal settlement money?

Native Americans in Chicago have high opioid death rates. So why won’t they get tribal settlement money?

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...
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