The LCB is an independent Washington, DC-based broadcast-first wire service founded by veteran journalist and new media Prof. Matt Laslo.
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Marijuana Moment: Democratic Senator ‘Very Concerned’ About How DOJ Will Handle Marijuana Rescheduling
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Raw Story: 'They don't care about the girls!' Comer scoffs at Dems in Clinton subpoena showdown
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Salt Lake City’s KUER: Utah’s Democratic delegates are returning from Chicago’s DNC feeling electric
Salt Lake City’s KUER relies on the regionally-focused national wire service The LCB to cover Washington politics and the local Utah delegation for the award-winning NPR member station.
Salt Lake City’s KUER: ‘We’re tighter as a party’: What Utah’s delegates had to say about the RNC
Matt Laslo and his regionally-focused national wire service The LCB have covered the Utah delegation in Washington, DC and at political conventions across the US for more than a decade.
2023 EPPY Award winner: 0-for-1,523 — US Senators attempt to explain…ethics violations
LCB founder Matt Laslo helped turn Raw Story into an award-winning news outlet within a year of covering Washington politics for the new media digital news outlet.
Raw Story: Exclusive: All 50 Senate Republicans weigh in on Jan. 6 hearings – only 8 are watching
The LCB’s Matt Laslo regularly breaks news for award-winning client Raw Story, including when Laslo doggedly chased down half of the United States Senate in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, Laslo’s office since 2006.