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Amid Rising Emissions, Could Congressional Republicans Help the US Reach Its Climate Targets?

Amid Rising Emissions, Could Congressional Republicans Help the US Reach Its Climate Targets?

by Grant Schwab | Jan 26, 2023 | Environment, Featured

While the prospects for a bitterly divided Congress to produce further ambitious climate legislation are almost nonexistent, newly named Republican leaders of key House committees say they want to help bring the U.S. closer to its emissions goal. “There’s...
Senate committee ponders crypto regulation in wake of FTX collapse

Senate committee ponders crypto regulation in wake of FTX collapse

by Grant Schwab | Dec 1, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured

The story of FTX’s collapse is one of intra-office romantic entanglements, a prescient commercial by the company comically predicting its own demise, a stadium naming-rights deal gone sour, and an unintentional tell-all interview. It’s also a story of Congress failing...
House considers adding non-voting delegate for Cherokee Nation

House considers adding non-voting delegate for Cherokee Nation

by Grant Schwab | Nov 17, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — The Cherokee Nation could soon have a non-voting delegate in Congress. Creating the role would fulfill a promise from a nearly 200-year-old treaty with the U.S. federal government. “Why now?” Chuck Hoskin Jr., the Principal Chief of the Cherokee...
This Virginia race is pivotal to Republican hopes for a smashing election victory

This Virginia race is pivotal to Republican hopes for a smashing election victory

by Grant Schwab | Nov 8, 2022 | Featured, Politics

If Republicans are on the crest of a “red wave” in the 2022 U.S. elections, a tight congressional race in Virginia could offer one of the earliest clues. Democratic Congresswoman Elaine Luria is trying to fend off a challenge from Republican Jen Kiggans. The contest...
Democrats and Republicans are sitting out more than a third of races for Pennsylvania’s state legislature

Democrats and Republicans are sitting out more than a third of races for Pennsylvania’s state legislature

by Grant Schwab | Nov 7, 2022 | Featured, Politics

SMITHTON, PA – Ken Bach knows he’s unlikely to win the race to represent Pennsylvania’s 58th District in the state House of Representatives. But in a pivotal election year, he thinks it’s important to have competition.  Bach, an auto mechanic, is a lifelong resident...
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