Page 8 - Sam Schmidt News Today

Heres a roundup of some of the local stories Missoulian reporters put out this week.

“Most countries have an industry of care. In the U.S., we have women.”

Biden is struggling; his party is thriving. What’s the deal?

Much of the attention during Tuesday’s election in Allegheny County focused on high-profile races for county executive and district attorney. Democrat Sara Innamorato won a hotly contested race against Republican Joe Rockey to become the first female elected to be Allegheny County executive. She will replace Rich Fitzgerald, who has

Carl Redwood and Sam Schmidt are running as Independents for Allegheny Council. They're united by a background in community organizing, leftwing ideology, and a bold vision for the future of the county.

Each year in mid-October, I can’t help but think of two star race car drivers who lost their lives in separate racing incidents, more than a decade apart.

Allegheny County executive candidate Sara Innamorato is breaking with a left-wing group over the group’s latest statements on the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Innamorato, a Democrat from Lawrenceville, tweeted Wednesday that she strongly denounces the statements made by the national and local chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary Jenny Moffitt visited Montana this week to celebrate the success of organic agriculture in the state and highlight federal support for organic producers.

Businesses hear warnings that they need to take advantage of artificial intelligence or else drift into irrelevancy. But when cheerleaders say AI can make businesses more productive, what does that look like exactly?

Standing outside of the Peoples Natural Gas building, protesters gave speeches, chanted and held cardboard signs expressing their frustration with the company and the fossil fuel industry. “We want people to understand that there is a better way,” Ilyas Khan, a sophomore linguistics major at Carnegie Mellon University, said. “We want Peoples Gas to understand...