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In races across the country, LGBTQ candidates broke generational electoral standards this midterm season. From local elections to congressional races, queer candidates outperformed expectations and set a new standard for what elected office can and should look like. Some of... Read More
NEW YORK — The Well News caught up with Philip Morris International’s Chief Executive Officer at the company's soon-to-be former corporate headquarters in midtown Manhattan ahead of its big move to Stamford, Connecticut, beginning Nov. 10. Jacek Olczak appeared to... Read More
According to Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, 81% of post-9/11 veterans reported being exposed to burn pits while in service. Over the past decade, veteran service organizations have worked to expand health care benefits for veterans suffering from the... Read More
With the latest U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warning that it is now or never to address climate change, sustainability has never been a more urgent priority. A great way to reduce our environmental footprint is to make efforts... Read More
About Wisconsin Campaign Website Ron Johnson is an Oshkosh manufacturer who spent more than 30 years creating jobs and solving problems in the private sector. As a boy, Johnson mowed lawns, shoveled snow, delivered papers, and caddied for a few... Read More
About Wisconsin Campaign Website Born in one of Milwaukee's most impoverished ZIP codes, Mandela Barnes is the product of a proud union family. During his childhood, his father worked 3rd shift at the city's General Motors factory and his mother... Read More
About Washington Campaign Website Growing up on a farm in rural Washington, Tiffany Smiley’s life was like that of so many other children — heading to school each day, playing sports with her friends, and dreaming of one day becoming... Read More
About Washington Campaign Website Patty Murray first got involved in politics to protect a preschool program that her kids counted on. When one legislator told her that she couldn’t make a difference because she was “just a mom in tennis... Read More
About North Carolina Campaign Website Ted Budd grew up on a cattle and commercial chicken farm in rural Davie County. His parents were small business owners. Budd still lives on that farm today with his wife and three kids. He... Read More
About North Carolina Campaign Website Raised by a trailblazing mom, Cheri Beasley learned the values of hard work, integrit, and justice at a young age. She and her husband, Curt, instilled those same values in their twin sons, Thomas and... Read More
About New Hampshire Campaign Website Don Bolduc was born and raised in Laconia. He grew up working on the historic Bolduc farm in Gilford. His father, Armand Bolduc, was a Laconia City Councilor for 34 years. When he was 18... Read More
About New Hampshire Campaign Website Sen. Maggie Hassan is working across party lines to solve problems and expand opportunity for all hard-working families and small businesses. In 2016, she was elected to represent New Hampshire in the United States Senate,... Read More
About Nevada Campaign Website Laxalt graduated Magna Cum Laude from Georgetown University and graduated from Georgetown University Law Center. He is a former Naval Officer and Iraq Veteran, serving in Iraq detainee operations. Laxalt’s team was in charge of more than 20,000 detainees during the surge,... Read More
About Nevada Campaign Website Catherine Cortez Masto was born and raised in Las Vegas and has dedicated her life to fighting for and protecting Nevadans. After serving two terms as Nevada’s Attorney General and chief law enforcement officer, Cortez Masto... Read More
About Georgia Campaign Website Herschel Walker was born on March 3, 1962, to his parents, Willis and Christine Walker, and raised in Wrightsville, Georgia. During his high school years, he led both his football and track teams to state championships,... Read More
About Georgia Campaign Website The Rev. Raphael Warnock grew up in Kayton Homes public housing in Savannah, Georgia, in a family that was short on money, but, he likes to say, "long on faith, love and humor." Warnock’s father was... Read More
About Arizona Campaign Website Blake Masters grew up in Tucson, Arizona, and married his high school sweetheart, Catherine, in 2012. The couple continue to call Tucson home and it is where they are now raising and homeschooling their three sons,... Read More
About Arizona Campaign Website Mark Kelly is the son of two police officers. Growing up, he and his twin brother Scott learned the importance of a hard day’s work. When the Kelly family struggled at times to make ends meet,... Read More
Families deserve all the help they can get. The costs of child care are escalating, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Internal Revenue Code provides a number of tax breaks that help in paying for the expenses of caring for... Read More
A Florida widow was directed by her online romantic partner to transfer money placed in her account into cryptocurrency. Soon, detectives were at her door. It turned out her romance was a sham, and she was the “money mule” that... Read More
Recycling refund programs present an opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create jobs and bolster the supply chain. No wonder 81% of voters support these programs. It would not qualify as breaking news to say that America is divided. It’s... Read More
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced the allocation of an additional $50 million to the budget to assist with crime prevention, law enforcement and the justice system. This increase brings the budget's total investment in public safety to $227... Read More
It was a dark and stormy night in June 2020 when the U.S. Transportation Command rescinded its recently awarded $20 billion Global Household Goods contract. The awardee had fallen victim to a procurement bogeyman that is all too real: a... Read More
Nearly half of all eligible American voters won’t vote in the midterm elections this November. National voter turnout in midterm elections is traditionally low, as demonstrated by 2018’s 53% being considered a big improvement compared to 2014’s much lower turnout... Read More
Climate change is no longer a far-off threat. It is hurting our health and well-being and putting our communities at risk. Earlier this year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a warning that climate change was outpacing the ability... Read More
On Sept. 14, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis arranged for about 50 legal Venezuelan migrants seeking political asylum to be flown from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, without notice. He used money that was initially designated for COVID relief, but authorized... Read More
As a lifelong Los Angeles Rams fan, I find it heartening that at the end of every football season the NFL analyzes its reams of data to evaluate rule changes for the coming year. This includes how kickoffs work, the structure for overtime... Read More
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan launched a new round of naval drills with South Korean warships on Friday, a day after North Korea fired more ballistic missiles and flew warplanes in an escalation... Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — America's employers slowed their hiring in September but still added a solid 263,000 jobs — a dose of encouraging news that may mean the Federal Reserve's drive to cool the job market and ease inflation is starting... Read More
NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that the risk of nuclear "Armageddon" is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, as Russian officials speak of the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons after suffering... Read More
