Maria Tedesco

By Maria Tedesco
In Washington, D.C., civic engagement can be as simple as voting, attending hearings or talking to an advisory neighborhood commissioner. But to inmates in the D.C. jail, voicing their political concerns is no easy task.  
Some incarcerated individuals, and advocates on their behalf, said they have been denied the opportunity to testify in front of the D.C. City Council on bills ranging from better food while in custody to better health care for those giving birth in the jail —...

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers in the U.S. House scrambled to meet the deadline to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government on Friday, with the looming threat of a government shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
In the spirit of “third time’s a charm,” the House pulled through by passing a spending bill in the end. However, the day consisted of conflict among House Republicans.
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert was involved.

In the end, the House passed the bill withou...

WASHINGTON – A bill to recover endangered fish species in the Upper Colorado River Basin and San Juan River Basin made it through U.S. Congress on Wednesday in a larger must-pass defense funding bill.
Stakeholders in Southwest Colorado have been waiting for fish recovery funding. If signed by the president, yearly funding for the program will increase. That will allow for fewer cutbacks on projects to increase fish populations, said Steve Wolff, general manager of the Southwester...

WASHINGTON – Colorado lawmakers from both political parties are watching and waiting to see if President Joe Biden will use his presidential powers to designate the Dolores Canyons a national monument before he leaves office in January.
Meanwhile, lawmakers are moving forward with plans to protect the southern Dolores River through legislation in Congress.
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Republican who just won election in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, said s...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet was the first Democratic senator to publicly call on President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race. But Biden’s eventual exit did not result in victory for his party.
Bennet said that is because voters wanted a bigger change than what the Democrats were bringing to the table.
“I think Donald Trump was elected not because people love his policy ideas, but because they think he's more likely to blow the system up...