Craig Helmstetter

1 month ago | apmresearchlab.org | Craig Helmstetter |Eric Plutzer

Republicans are more supportive of unconventional presidential actions, but prefer the use of conventional actions to achieve policy goals DOCUMENTATIONRELATED Americans show a strong preference for their elected executives — governors as well as the president — to achieve their political goals through conventional, sometimes slow, procedures, according to the McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s latest Mood of the Nation Poll. Results showed marked partisan differences.

1 month ago | mprnews.org | Craig Helmstetter |Eric Plutzer

Americans show a strong preference for their elected executives — governors as well as the president — to achieve their political goals through conventional, sometimes slow, procedures, according to the McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s latest Mood of the Nation Poll. Results showed marked partisan differences.

2 months ago | apmresearchlab.org | Craig Helmstetter

by CRAIG HELMSTETTER, MAYA CHARI and ELISABETH GAWTHROPEvery day on a radio near you, Marketplace does the numbers. And now there’s a digital home for them too.  In conjunction with our colleagues at Marketplace, we just launched a dashboard of key economic indicators. Called “The Dozen,” it provides a quick read on the health of the economy.

2 months ago | mprnews.org | Elisabeth Gawthrop |Craig Helmstetter

President Donald Trump’s administration has been reshaping the federal government since assuming office in January. Among the dramatic changes: Layoffs of thousands of federal workers. After two court cases halted the layoffs last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration could move ahead with its firing of probationary employees.

2 months ago | apmresearchlab.org | Craig Helmstetter

Editor’s note: This article was originally published April 3, 2025 on Current.org, and is reprinted here with permission. A recent congressional hearing on public media demonstrated that House Republicans and Democrats — at least those who voiced their opinions — are diametrically opposed in their support for continued federal funding of public media. A Pew Research Center survey released the same day showed that the American people aren’t as sharply divided over this question.