by Lisa Tait | May 31, 2026 | dcDigest (Archive), dcDIGEST (feature on home)
UPDATE – MAY 2026: This article was originally published in April 2026. Although the House did pass the SAVE America Act, it lost focus in the Senate as legislators wrangled over funding the Department of Homeland Security. The range of election protection bills...
by Lisa Tait | May 31, 2026 | dcDigest (Archive), Uncategorized
As we described in our April piece on the S.A.V.E. Act, Republicans are desperate to steamroll voting rights, most recently by redrawing Congressional district maps in their own favor. But at the state level, Democratic legislators and pro-democracy groups are...
by Lisa Tait | May 31, 2026 | BigBadBill, dcDigest (Archive)
SNAP Cuts Hit Home in June Now is the moment when people in Delaware County and across the country may feel the bite of the Trump administration’s cuts to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, the federal government’s largest and most important...
by Lisa Tait | May 1, 2026 | dcDigest (Archive), News
For many voters in our region, environmental and climate change issues are top of mind. As of April 2026, the long-beleaguered Constitution Pipeline is involved in renewed legal and regulatory battles between the developer, Williams Companies, and the NYS Department...
by Lisa Tait | Apr 19, 2026 | DCDC News, dcDigest (Archive)
The following was published in Issue #26 of dcDIGEST on March 3, 2026. Since then, the DCDC voted on April 15, 2026 to endorse the NY For All Act. We have added a diagram comparing the act with legislation proposed by Governor Hochul. The NYCLU supports the New York...
by Lisa Tait | Apr 9, 2026 | dcDIGEST, dcDigest (Archive)
Kristin Antin’s special sauce is connecting needs with solutions. Kristin is a 12-year resident of the Town of Meredith, a community volunteer, newly elected town council member, campaign coordinator of her town’s recent Supervisor race, and most recently, the...
