by Meaghan Downey | Jun 4, 2024 | Featured, Politics
This story aired in the June 4, 2024 episode of West Virginia Morning. Voter turnout in West Virginia, and across the country, is low. It’s even worse among young voters who say they are disconnected and not interested. Just before the May 14 primary election,...
by Meaghan Downey | Mar 12, 2024 | Featured, Politics
For 211 years, only one president had been impeached. But three of the last five presidents have been impeached or faced impeachment inquiries, and just this month a Cabinet secretary was impeached for the first time since 1876. While a powerful constitutional weapon...
by Meaghan Downey | Mar 6, 2024 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The primaries may not be a predictor of what is to come in November, but if Tuesday’s contests revealed anything, it’s that President Biden and former President Trump may find more opposition from within their own parties than outside of them, experts...
by Meaghan Downey | Feb 23, 2024 | Politics
South Carolina – Even with the Republican primary at hand and a former governor of their state on the ballot, young voters in South Carolina were focused instead on the general election rematch between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump — whether they were...
by Meaghan Downey | Feb 17, 2024 | Politics, Topics
U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee has traveled back-and-forth from his home state of Michigan to Washington, D.C., for the last 10 years, and he had planned on doing that for another term representing Central Michigan. But after considering the pros and cons, he surprised himself...