Isabel Soisson is a multimedia journalist who has worked at WPMT FOX43 TV in Harrisburg, along with serving various roles at CNBC, NBC News, Philadelphia Magazine, and Philadelphia Style Magazine.
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Republicans’ Potential Repeal of Clean Energy Law Threatens Jobs, Communities, and Climate
Tens of thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in investments in clean energy could be at risk, due to a Republican effort to repeal portions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the landmark piece of legislation that President Biden signed into law in Aug. 2022. The law established an array of clean…
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Trump Found Liable of Sexual Abuse and Defamation in Civil Rape Trial
A Manhattan jury on Tuesday found that former President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed magazine writer E. Jean Carroll, awarding her $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages. The nine-person jury deliberated for just under three hours, according to Reuters. Since this was a civil case, however, the former president will not face jail…
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Rural Advocates Want to Take on Monopoly Power and Help Family Farmers
More than 50 advocates met in Omaha, Neb. last month to discuss their federal and state policy priorities to help rural communities across the United States. The 2023 Rural Policy Action Summit was hosted by several organizations whose work focuses on advancing the quality of life for those who live in America’s smaller communities, including…
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Federal Funds Will Help Protect Mississippi River Ecosystem While Also Speeding Up Barge Traffic
New federal funding is on its way to Iowa, where it will help protect local ecosystems. Earlier this month, the Rock Island District in Pleasant Valley hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a $2.3 million mooring cell to be built in the Mississippi River. The cell will be located near Lock & Dam 14, south of…
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Biden Announces 2024 Presidential Re-Election Run
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday morning that he’ll be running for re-election in 2024. He made the announcement in a three-minute video that centered around the concept of “freedom,” and laid out how his administration has expanded freedom for Americans while “MAGA Republicans” were taking away fundamental rights. “When I ran for president four years…
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Here’s Where the Jan. 6 Criminal Proceedings Stand
Before a jury in a Washington, D.C. federal court began deliberating last week on whether to hold five leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group responsible for violence committed on Jan. 6, 2021, they were shown two videos. One depicted a Black woman being knocked to the ground by a Proud Boy during a…
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House GOP’s First 100 Days: Few Results, Lots of Unpopular Ideas
Friday marked 100 days since Republicans took control of the House of Representatives. It’s been a memorable, but unproductive time. Infighting within the Republican party began right away: it took a record 15 rounds of voting for Kevin McCarthy (R-California) to be elected Speaker of the House, which delayed the swearing in of hundreds of…
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Clarence Thomas’ ‘Corruption’ Scandal Grows Even Bigger
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose a 2014 real estate deal between himself and Republican mega donor Harlan Crow, according to a new report from ProPublica. The deal involved the sale of three properties owned by Thomas and his relatives in Savannah, Georgia. The report claims that Crow, chairman of the Board of…
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What the Latest Abortion Pill Ruling Means for You
UPDATE: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily delayed Federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling which sought to suspend the FDA’s approval for the abortion medication mifepristone. Alito’s ruling means mifepristone remains available according to each state’s abortion laws. The full Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether to uphold or overturn Kacsmaryk’s decision on…
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Judge’s Abortion Pill Ruling Could Have Widespread Consequences On Health Care Access
Two judges—one in Texas, and one in Washington—issued competing rulings on the fate of the abortion medication mifepristone on Friday, throwing the future of access to the pill into question. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, ordered a hold on the federal approval of mifepristone, in what multiple publications have said overruled decades…
