Kathy Weppner

Republican Party operative Michael Caputo, who enjoys a “public relations” contract at the Erie County Water Authority, broke a story last month that was later retracted, after a staffer from the local congressional office complained. Some say that the story was

President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005, creating renewable biofuel incentives that included a mandate that gasoline contains at least 10% corn-based ethanol. In 10 short years, those ethanol policies — widely considered patronage for the politically pivotal Iowa corn growers — has devastated

Out of 435 Congressional districts – district 26 is one of the worst performing

Our local Congressman, Brian Higgins, serves as the most powerful Democrat on the House Homeland Security Subcommittee that oversees the National Security Agency and the nation’s intelligence apparatus. He simultaneously serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and receives regular

Woman make up greater than 50% of the US population. The House of Representatives has fewer than 1 in 5 members that are female. One would expect that the League of Woman Voters whose mission is to empower and support

The nation’s public discourse of late has been consumed by two subjects: the public health risk posed by Ebola; and the collapse of the Obama Administration’s foreign policy in Iraq. Almost all political experts agree: this upcoming midterm election will