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Evaluating Candidates’ Healthcare Solutions: A Critical Guide

TL/DR - Health care policy is a primary focus for the upcoming 2024 elections, with 74% of adults expressing concerns about unexpected health care bills. The health care policies of prospective candidates differ greatly, with Joe Biden advocating for increased regulation, universal health insurance access, and price controls, among other things.…

Support Project Linus: Donate Blankets Today!

TL/DR - The Western North Carolina Chapter of Project Linus is seeking handmade blanket donations to replenish its inventory, which has been depleted due to numerous donations to local agencies and organizations during the winter. The organization accepts handmade quilts, crocheted or knitted blankets, and no-sew fleece blankets through various…

Communities Impacted by U.S. Nuclear Program Seek Assistance from Congress

TL/DR - The Mallinckrodt factory in St. Louis, which processed uranium for the Manhattan Project in 1942, has left a troubling legacy; decades later, cancer, autoimmune diseases, and other illnesses are common among local families. Communities exposed to the nuclear waste from the arms race have largely been excluded from a federal law intended…

Libertarian Michelle Martin’s Petition Signatures Questioned

TL/DR - Several voters claim that their signatures were forged on the paperwork that Michelle Martin, a Libertarian candidate running for Congress in Arizona, submitted to qualify for the ballot in this year’s elections. Martin's campaign submitted about 1,200 signatures, more than the required 800, and four people listed on her petition have…