by Kaycee Clark-Mellott | Jul 17, 2024 | Featured, Politics
MILWAUKEE — The GOP hopes that the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee will help turn out voters in Wisconsin, a key swing state that has only voted for the GOP presidential candidate once since 1984 — and that was for Trump in 2016. “The road to the...
by Sylvie Kirsch and Kaycee Clark-Mellott | Jul 16, 2024 | Featured, Politics
The mood outside the Fiserv Forum on Monday was extremely positive following the former president’s announcement. MILWAUKEE — Many attendees of the Republican National Convention were overjoyed to learn that former President Donald J. Trump selected Ohio Sen....
by Meaghan Downey and Anastasia Mason | 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 Karishma Bhuiyan | May 23, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Kenyan President William Ruto is on an official state visit to the United States in an effort to strengthen relations and cooperation between the two countries – the first visit from an African leader since 2008. U.S. President Joe Biden plans to...
by Jonathan Hoffman | May 7, 2024 | Politics
The House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education will hold a hearing Wednesday morning to question several school district leaders on accusations of antisemitism at their schools. The hearing, titled “Confronting Pervasive...
by Anastasia Mason and Emma McNamee | Mar 24, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Transportation
It’s taken 72 years for Donald Barrett, who has been blind his entire life, to feel “fully and completely independent,” a success he credits to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s MetroAccess system. “It’s the kind of independence that touches your...
