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ORSANCO Punts on Decision to Eliminate Water Quality Standards for the Ohio River

by Brittany Patterson on October 9, 2018 Comments are Disabled

A multi-state commission charged with protecting the Ohio River decided Thursday to postpone a decision to dramatically alter pollution controls. The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, or ORSANCO, has been considering a proposal that would reduce its oversight of water pollution control standards along the Ohio River. The proposal, […]

How Far Will Alabama Go to Keep its Citizens From Voting?

by Anna Simonton on April 11, 2018 Comments are Disabled

This story was originally published on Scalawag on December 15, 2016. Since we first published this story in 2016, Alabama instated a new law defining crimes of moral turpitude and eliminating the ambiguity that led to thousands of potential voters being disenfranchised. Pastor Kenneth Glasgow’s organizing over the years, and his advocacy for this […]

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Senator Capito of West Virginia Says She’ll Vote No on Current Republican Healthcare Bill

by Ashton Marra on June 27, 2017 Comments are Disabled

Both of West Virginia’s U.S. Senators have now announced their opposition to a federal healthcare bill that could result in the loss of healthcare coverage for millions of Americans. Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito announced Tuesday afternoon in a press release she is a no vote on the bill. The […]