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Founded by veteran journalist, AI consultant and new media Lecturer Matt Laslo, who has covered Congress for 100+ outlets since 2006.
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Since 2006, Laslo’s pushed the new media envelope for an array of eclectic outlets, including Emmy Award-winning VICE News Tonight with HBO, award-winning NPR member stations, The Daily Beast, This American Life or Laslo’s much-cited tech-forward political coverage for WIRED magazine.
As a former homeless cokehead (turned pastor-in-training at a Presbyterian college in the south), there’s not a topic Laslo’s afraid of. His envelope-pushing drug coverage for Rolling Stone, Playboy and VICE News has turned heads from coast to coast, which is why it was only natural for Aspen Ideas Festival organizers to tap him to moderate the fest’s first-ever cannabis panel back in 2019.
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WMUB: 70,000 workers are now back at work, Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown says
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KOSU: FCC wants to freeze wireless communications budget low populations areas
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Oklahoma’s KGOU News: Rural cell phone service in parts of Oklahoma may soon become harder
Oklahoma’s KGOU News: Rural cell phone service in parts of Oklahoma may soon become harder
Pennsylvania’s WPSU: PA’s coal-to-liquid producers lose out in new energy bill
Pennsylvania’s WPSU: PA’s coal-to-liquid producers lose out in new energy bill
Vermont Public Radio: Congressman Peter Welch fights to cut greenhouse emissions from US Capitol building
Vermont Public Radio: Congressman Peter Welch fights to cut greenhouse emissions from US Capitol building
Cincinnati’s WVXU: Coal-to-liquid debate in energy bill will impact Ohio if it passes or fails
Cincinnati’s WVXU: Coal-to-liquid debate in energy bill will impact Ohio if it passes or fails
Seattle’s KUOW: Senator Maria Cantwell wants to make price gouging at the gas pump a federal crime
Seattle’s KUOW: Senator Maria Cantwell wants to make price gouging at the gas pump a federal crime
OPB: Profile of Bicycle & Cannabis Caucus Chair Earl Blumenauer
Oregon Public Radio or OPB: Profile of Bicycle & Cannabis Caucus Chair Earl Blumenauer
Rep. Dennis Kucinich introduced articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney
Rep. Dennis Kucinich introduced articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney, as The LCB’s Matt Laslo reported from Washington for WKSU NPR in Ohio.
Wisconsin US Senator introduces bill to end President Bush’s troop surge in Iraq in 6 months
Matt Laslo and The LCB have covered Congress for WUWM in Milwaukee.
Charlotte’s WFAE: Challenging the Congressional Black Caucus
The LCB’s founder Matt Laslo has covered racism in American politics since arriving in Washington in 2006 for outlets ranging from Rolling Stone to Charlotte’s NPR station, WFAE.
KCFR: New Government Accountability Office report accuses VA of “errors” and using “unrealistic assumptions” in budgets
New Government Accountability Office report accuses VA of “errors” and using “unrealistic assumptions” in budgets
New Orleans NPR WWNO: Chief of Staff of Louisiana Congressman Rodney Alexander testifies before House Ethics Committee
Chief of Staff of Louisiana Congressman Rodney Alexander testifies before House Ethics Committee
Denver’s KUNC: Can Washington, DC politicians help local Colorado farmers survive 2006 drought?
Colorado farmers are enduring a dangerous drought — can Washington, DC politicians help or will they hurt local Coloradoans in need?
Iowa Congressman Jim Nussle juggles two jobs as he runs for Governor
The LCB’s Matt Laslo covered Iowa Congressman Jim Nussle’s run for governor while serving as a congressman in Washington.
Austin’s KUT: Texas mayors call on Congress to suspend restrictions on flights at Dallas Love Field
The LCB founder Matt Laslo covered loval Texas mayors lobbying Congress in Washington, DC on flights in and out of Dallas, Texas.
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The LCB captured this exclusive video of Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar calling out Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt during former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s contentious 2026 hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.