Oct 24, 2026

Ashley Moody Sponsored a Bill to Block Lawsuits by Workers Dying of Silicosis. The Family Behind the Biggest Maker of the Stone Gave Her Victory Fund $24,000.

Florida Sen. Ashley Moody is the sponsor of a bill that would give makers of quartz countertops the kind of lawsuit shield gun makers get — while stone workers, including one in Tampa, are dying of a lung disease from cutting it. The CEO of America's largest quartz maker and his son gave her victory fund $24,000, and $14,000 of it went on to her campaign.

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Oct 23, 2026

Trump Bragged About 2025's Job Growth. After Revisions, the Country Added Just 116,000 Jobs All Year — 90% Less Than First Reported.

The government's monthly jobs reports for 2025 added up to 1.21 million new jobs. After it rechecked them, the real number was 116,000. Trump had bragged about the early ones.

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Oct 22, 2026

In 2018, Bill Huizenga Warned Trump's Tariffs Could Cost West Michigan Jobs. Now He Backs Them, and Voted Against Ending the Canada Tariffs.

In 2018, Bill Huizenga called Trump's steel tariffs 'misguided' and warned they could cost West Michigan workers their jobs. In 2025 he said Trump's new tariffs were 'the right thing to do.' That year, three West Michigan employers announced about 350 job cuts.

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Oct 21, 2026

Before She Was a Senator, Susan Collins Led the Fight to Cut Benefits for Injured Maine Workers. It Took Maine Nearly 30 Years to Undo.

As the governor's point person in the late 1980s and early '90s, Collins pushed cuts to benefits for workers hurt on the job, asked business to lobby for them, and stood by as the fight shut down Maine's government.

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Oct 17, 2026

Roger Marshall Told a Kansas Manufacturer Squeezed by Trump's Tariffs That His Experience Was 'Different From Most'

A Meriden metal-fabrication executive told Marshall tariffs had cut demand, squeezed margins and stalled an expansion. Marshall called him the exception and doubled down on the policy that the New York Fed says has pushed up prices on everyday goods.

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Oct 16, 2026

Mike Rogers Wrote the UAW's President to Complain His Autoworkers Were 'Confrontational.' Union Members Say They Ended Up Meeting His Staff in the Hallway.

As Mike Rogers runs for Senate in Michigan, UAW members say that when they came to lobby him in Congress they were met by staffers outside his door. A 2003 letter from his own archive complains about them — and in 2007 he publicly opposed their strike against GM.

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Oct 08, 2026

Zach Lahn Promises to Ban H-1B Workers From Iowa's Government and Universities. His Own Kansas School Asked for Three of Them.

In a TV ad, Iowa governor candidate Zach Lahn vows to 'ban H-1B visa holders from being hired by Iowa government and universities.' The private school he co-founded in Wichita petitioned for H-1B workers in 2018 and again in 2021 — with Lahn listed as the main contact.

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Oct 08, 2026

Virginia Foxx Called a Rule Protecting Miners From Black Lung 'Wrongheaded Recklessness.' She Owned Up to $250,000 in a Coal Company With More Than 900 Safety Penalties.

Virginia Foxx attacked the federal rule limiting the silica dust that gives coal miners black lung while she held Alliance Resource Partners stock. She has also held stock in AbbVie, which took on Allergan's opioid liabilities — Allergan agreed to pay up to $2.37 billion in a nationwide opioid settlement North Carolina helped lead.

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Oct 07, 2026

John James Took the Maximum From a Chicken Boss Whose Company Settled for $205 Million Over Polluted Wells — and $13.5 Million Over Claims It Held Down Workers' Pay

John James took $11,325 from two poultry-industry executives — one whose company settled claims over polluted drinking water and a scheme to suppress poultry workers' wages. As governor, James would pick Michigan's environmental and farm regulators.

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