Energy help opens as Trump weakens power-plant protections
Oct. 1: Illinois launches $240M in energy-bill aid. Same day: states sue after Trump's EPA dumps limits on coal and gas plant emissions.
Families are lining up for power-bill help. That’s a policy choice.
Illinois opened energy-bill aid Oct. 1. The U.K. cut energy taxes. Leaders can lower costs if they choose to.
Mail-ballot rules flip, voters left guessing
SCOTUS said no to Trump’s limits. A judge later lifted blocks on his order. Voters and clerks are caught between.
States cut. Schools close. Families pay.
NKC faces a $16M shortfall. Salem-Keizer plans to close 8 schools. Wake weighed cuts after unfunded state mandates. This is basic governance failing.
Court rejects Missouri’s Trump-backed map again
The court rejected a partisan map for the third time. Fair maps protect your voice and your wallet.
NC’s last-minute mail rule risks tossing legal votes
State guidance says an unsealed inner envelope means a spoiled ballot, even if the outer is sealed. Voters sued. The Supreme Court also rejected Trump mail limits.
Your money protects Trump, not you
Tax-funded ads. A blocked safeguard for the Kennedy Center. An attack on the consumer protection agency. Time to draw the line.
Billionaires dodge questions. You pay the price.
Congress moved to hold Leon Black in contempt. Reports detail Trump family crypto holdings. One set of rules for them is not a republic.
Families pay while Congress stages votes
NY just delivered utility credits to 2.5M people. In Congress, the House passed a voluntary data center bill 417-3, and Senate GOP wants a recorded vote. Make big users pay.
Judge blocks FEMA threat. New mail ballot hurdles still loom.
Trump officials tried to tie anti-terror funds to voter checks. A judge stopped it. But new mail ballot rules and a voter database still put up hurdles.