Alli O'Connell

Nov 7, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | Justin Perkins |Joel Bleifuss |Paco Alvarez |Alli O'Connell

Down ballot, many races have yet to be decided. As of Wednesday, both the House and Senate Agriculture Committees will see changes to membership in the upcoming legislative session, with two incumbent committee members, New York Rep. Marcus Molinaro (R) and Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D), losing re-election.

Oct 22, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | Stephanie Woodard |Alli O'Connell |Kip Dooley

The Menominee group is part of a collaboration of several organizations, including Indigenous- and minority-led ones. Some are in-state, such as Wisconsin Native Vote and Wisdom. Others are national, like Native Organizing Alliance, which exhorts its members to tap into “the political power of our people and the wisdom of our ancestors.” Together, they have been part of a movement to put voter engagement into full swing on Native homelands throughout the nation.

Dec 17, 2023 | barnraisingmedia.com | Peter Mantius |Alli O'Connell |Kip Dooley |Justin Perkins

Phillips, a 56-year-old Texan, sounded more open about his professional team in a pre-taped radio interview aired Dec. 5 on Albany-based WCNY’s Capitol Pressroom program.

Dec 6, 2023 | barnraisingmedia.com | Hannah Norman |Alli O'Connell |Kip Dooley |Anthony Flaccavento

The chemicals have spewed from manufacturing plants and landfills into local ecosystems, polluting surface water and groundwater and the wildlife living there. And hundreds of military bases have been pinpointed as sources of PFAS chemicals leaching into nearby communities. Researchers, anglers, and environmental activists nationwide worry about the staggering amount of PFAS found in freshwater fish.

Nov 12, 2023 | barnraisingmedia.com | Alli O'Connell |Kip Dooley |Emily Shepherd |Dan Chapman

Customers hop out to place sorted recycling in blue labeled bins, empty their compost, throw their trash bags in the trash compactor and get their dump cards—the method of payment at the dump—punched by one of two employees on duty. Mimi Heersema-Smith, 72, begins her trash errand by jumping out of her car and hugging Marty Curry, the MRF Director. “I’ve been coming here since the 1950s, and this place has never been run as efficiently and enjoyably as it is now,” she says.