by Julia Benbrook | Sep 22, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s pick for a Supreme Court judicial nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be “an extremely qualified woman,” but did not discuss specific candidates for the...
by Shirin Ali | Aug 31, 2020 | Featured, Politics
Top officials in Wisconsin, including U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, are demanding assurances that the U.S. Postal Service will fix delays, restore mailboxes and ensure that all absentee ballots will get to voters and back to election...
by Amy Sokolow | Aug 29, 2020 | Featured, Politics
With just 66 days until the election, Michigan’s secretary of state said more Postal Service help, federal funds and a strong stand to combat misinformation are vital to ensuring people’s trust in the outcome while Kentucky’s secretary of state said states are capable...
by Alyk Russell Kenlan | Aug 28, 2020 | Featured, Politics
The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs has been underperforming in its oversight duties, according to an independent grading of congressional oversight. The committee got an “F” grade from on the Lugar Center’s Congressional Oversight Hearing Index. The center is a...
by Shirin Ali | Aug 26, 2020 | Featured, Politics
Young adults have been known as unreliable voters, yet over the last four years this key voting bloc has set historic highs in voter participation, at times even out-voting older generations. But the coronavirus pandemic could severely damage young adults’ voting...
by Hannah Farrow | Aug 26, 2020 | Featured, Politics
The second of two virtual hearings occurred last Thursday morning to discuss how Mexican trade laws impact southeastern farmers. With opening remarks from Sonny Perdue, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, eight farmers testified how they’ve been harmed over the years....
