Kelsey Jukam

Study: America’s Partisan Divide Reaches New Heights Under Trump

The partisan divide reached record levels during Obama’s presidency, but that gap has grown even wider in Donald Trump’s first year as president.

October 06th, 2017

By Kelsey Jukam

Study: America’s Partisan Divide Reaches New Heights Under Trump

The partisan divide on fundamental political values – including attitudes about race, immigration, and the social safety net – reached record levels during Barack Obama’s presidency, but that gap has grown even wider in Donald Trump’s first year as president, according to a study released Thursday. The 107-page Pew Research

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Americans’ Views Of Police, Professors Split Along Party Lines

While 66 percent of Democrats gave professors a warm or very warm rating, only 30 percent of Republicans gave professors a warm rating.

September 14th, 2017

By Kelsey Jukam

Americans’ Views Of Police, Professors Split Along Party Lines

The majority of Americans in both political parties hold teachers and members of the military in high regard, but are starkly divided in their opinions of police and college professors, according to a Pew Research Center report released

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Happy Labor Day: Judge Strikes Down Obama-Era Overtime Rule

The overtime rule, one of the Obama administration’s key labor policies, would have extended overtime pay to more than 4 million U.S. workers.

September 04th, 2017

By Kelsey Jukam

Happy Labor Day: Judge Strikes Down Obama-Era Overtime Rule

Just days before Labor Day, a federal judge in Texas struck down a U.S. Department of Labor rule that would have made millions more employees eligible to receive overtime pay. U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant in Sherman, Texas federal court

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Poll: Trump’s Election Is Stressing People Out, Especially Women

The poll found that women Democrats are more than three times more likely to have attended a political event or protest in the past eight months than Republican-leaning women.

July 21st, 2017

By Kelsey Jukam

Poll: Trump’s Election Is Stressing People Out, Especially Women

American women are paying more attention to politics since Donald Trump was elected, according to a Pew Research Center report released Thursday, and the same percentage of Americans of both sexes said they find it stressful to talk politics with people with whom

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Poll: Most Republicans Believe Colleges, Universities Are Hurting America

The survey also found that, for the first time since 2010, Republicans views on the impact of banks have been more positive than negative.

July 11th, 2017

By Kelsey Jukam

Poll: Most Republicans Believe Colleges, Universities Are Hurting America

Republicans have an increasingly dim view of colleges and universities and the effect those institutions have on the way things are going in the United States, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Monday. A

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Texas Moves To Ban Local Nondiscrimination Ordinances

The legislation is similar to a measure recently adopted in North Carolina, which prohibits local governments from passing ordinances extending nondiscrimination to sexual orientation and gender identity until December 2020.

April 24th, 2017

By Kelsey Jukam

Texas Moves To Ban Local Nondiscrimination Ordinances

In the wake of a “bathroom bill” passed by the Texas Senate last month that is being called anti-transgender and discriminatory, the State House has proposed legislation to ban local nondiscrimination ordinances. Senate Bill 6, which

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