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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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We exist to break the internet for your newsroom. It’s what makes our founder, Matt Laslo, tick.
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.
Let us know your newsroom’s needs — along with your audience craves! — and we’re on it.
Marijuana Is A ‘Gateway Drug,’ GOP Congressional Majority Leader Says As Trump Moves To Ease Federal Restrictions
The LCB provided exclusive interviews from the US Capitol to Marijuana Moment for this story, “Marijuana Is A ‘Gateway Drug,’ GOP Congressional Majority Leader Says As Trump Moves To Ease Federal Restrictions.”
Convicted pedophile and Trump insiders handed Congress access in credentialing mess
The Senate Radio-TV Gallery is not living up to the rules Congress placed on the nation’s congressional correspondents.
New Maryland bills seek to block Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump from state office
Uniformed FBI agent helps clear the US Capitol grounds in midst of Jan. 6, 2021 riot.
The Democratic Resistance to Marijuana
The Democratic Resistance to Marijuana. GOP leaders continue to disregard marijuana’s popularity with their voters, but that doesn’t mean Democrats have successfully laid claim to one of the most broadly popular issues in today’s hyper, hyper-partisan political arena.
The Gun Debate Washington Isn’t Having
The Gun Debate Washington Isn’t Having. Unlike some GOP governors in recent years, Republicans on Capitol Hill refuse to even entertain gun safety measures. Strangely, polls steadily show that puts GOP lawmakers out of touch with the vast majority of their voters. They don’t care, though, which becomes clear when you look at the effort to increase background checks on firearm sales.
Washington, DC’s WAMU: Local lawmakers make plea to combat opioid abuse
Based on Capitol Hill, Matt Laslo is an award-winning reporter who has covered Congress, the White House and the Supreme Court since 2006. While he’s filed stories for NPR and more than 40 of its affiliates, his work has also appeared in The Atlantic, Campaigns and Elections Magazine, the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the Omaha World-Herald, and Washingtonian.
WNYC: Bloomberg Makes Case for Another Stimulus Package
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San Diego’s KPBS: San Diego Congressmen contest ethics rules regarding free craft beer
Veteran Washington Correspondent Matt Laslo was early to cover America’s craft beer revolution in recent years, in part by getting to know local San Diego Congressman and their favorite local hopped up brews.
Key Committee approves new mine safety bill in nation’s capital
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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
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?
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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.