Here’s What Rural Leaders Say Their Communities NeedPosted September 13th, 2023 at 4:51pm by Isabel Soisson A new report outlines rural policy recommendations focused on four major tenets: protecting people’s freedom to live and work safely; investing in infrastructure; reining in corporate greed and protecting workers, small businesses, and family farmers; and creating opportunities for a better future. (Photo via Shutterstock) Full story →
How Biden Is Still Trying To Make Student Debt Relief HappenPosted July 21st, 2023 at 11:27am by Isabel Soisson The Biden administration has begun the process of creating a new plan for widespread loan cancellation and implementing the SAVE Plan, which will cut monthly payments to $0 for millions of borrowers. There will also be a 12-month “on-ramp” period to ease borrowers back into making payments. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) Full story →
House GOP Passes Bill That Would Take Food and Healthcare From Iowa FamiliesPosted April 26th, 2023 at 6:18pm by Keya Vakil Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., holds an event to mark 100 days of the Republican majority in the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 17, 2023. McCarthy is hurtling toward one of the most consequential weeks of the new House Republican majority as he labors to pass a partisan package that would raise the nation’s debt limit by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep cuts that some in his own party oppose. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Full story →
Biden’s Budget Would Tax Billionaires, Corporations to Strengthen Medicare, Expand Child Care, and Help FamiliesPosted March 9th, 2023 at 5:10pm by Isabel Soisson President Joe Biden speaks about his 2024 proposed budget at the Finishing Trades Institute, Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Full story →
Republicans Breaking Rank On Medicaid, Retiring Over EducationPosted February 12th, 2016 at 11:05am by Pat Rynard Full story →