The city of Columbus has joined a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy conditioning anti-terrorism funding on changes to local election administration. The Trump administration wants to impose new proof of citizenship requirements, broader post-election audits, and a shift to hand-marked paper ballots. Those changes align with provisions in the Save America Act and the […]

Metro Nashville filed suit Monday against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in federal court, claiming the Trump administration withheld tens of millions of dollars for anti-terrorism efforts unless states and local governments adopted certain election-system policies to check citizenship. Metro joined Harris County and El Paso County, both in Texas, and the city of […]

(The Center Square) – Voters in California’s 14th Congressional District will head to the ballot box Tuesday to choose the successor to former U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell.

Months after one of Idaho’s largest health insurers asked the state for help with unusual billing practices by a North Idaho hospital, the insurer is still waiting for assistance.  Blue Cross argues that Post Falls ER & Hospital is out-of-network for health insurers and instead relies heavily on a new arbitration process created by Congress. […]

Montana tourism continues to thrive this summer. In July visitor spending in Whitefish alone reached a record $15.65 million. In the hope of sparing some other unsuspecting visitor my pain, I share my last tourist experience there.

Marty O’Donnell has taken the road less traveled to running for Congress. A Republican, O’Donnell has never held elected office. His website, which lists his many accomplishments as a composer of jingles and video game scores, details no civic involvement.  O’Donnell “is a composer with time on his hands. He’s looking to bring sanity back […]

Amid lawsuits, allegations of domestic violence, and calls to step aside from both of Ohio’s Republican U.S. Senators, Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Max Miller is still running for reelection in November and his constituents say they are looking for consequences and accountability. Heather Tuck-Macalla lives with her family in Bay Village, a town just west […]