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If recent polls are to be believed, the 2022 midterm elections could be among the best ever for Republicans. So, while it’s unusual these days for Republicans to do extremely well in a deeply Democratic New England, if there was a time for an ambitious Republican to take a chance, …

Lawmakers this afternoon reacted differently to Gov. Kate Brown’s call for a special session on Dec. 13 to develop a plan to increase federal rent assistance for Oregon residents facing eviction. House Speaker Tina Kotek (D-Portland), who is running for governor and has made tackling the state’s housing shortage a …

Last weekend, I reflected on what the Democratic Party should expect from politics after Covid – the hope of a resurgence in popularity for Joe Biden under normalized conditions, the danger that the party leftists are losing ground in several different demographic groups. Now, after a thank-you interlude, let’s take …

The coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in summer. (Loren Holmes / DNA) Almost exactly four years after Republicans used a budget bill to secure the rental of oil and gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge through Congress with the lowest margin, Democrats are turning the tables. …

A key group of Republican attorneys general who donated $ 150,000 to co-sponsor the January 6 rally where Donald Trump pushed his bogus allegations of electoral fraud before the attack on Capitol Hill could attract the attention of a House committee investigating the events on or before the riot. The …

OPINION AND COMMENT Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent of the work of our newsroom journalists. North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson speaks about the “North Carolina Public Education Indoctrination” report during a press conference at the Legislative Building on …

U.S. Representative Cori Bush, D-Mo., Speaks during an interview Friday, November 12, 2021 in Northwoods, Mo. Representative Bush claims on social media that white supremacists have shot protesters in Ferguson, Missouri , in 2014, but the city’s police chief says he was not aware of such an incident.AP Photo / …

Criminal justice reform advocates celebrated this week when Oklahoma Governor Stitt granted clemency to death row inmate Julius Jones. Jones, who was convicted of murder in 1999, has always insisted on his innocence, and Gov. Stitt commuted his sentence hours ahead of schedule. Stitt deserves to be congratulated. And yet, …

The midterm elections are a challenge for the party that owns the White House. This means that the Democratic Party could have a lot to lose next year. What will this mean for the entire Connecticut Democratic delegation? “It could be quite devastating for the party,” said Gary Rose, professor …

The gloves came off when the face shield was in place. The highest-ranking Republican in the New Mexico House of Representatives slapped Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on social media Monday after appearing in a nationwide TV interview wearing a mask while talking about a bill to $ 1 trillion …