The LCB is an independent Washington, DC-based broadcast-first wire service founded by veteran journalist and new media Lecturer Matt Laslo.
We partner with regional, national and specialty newsrooms to deliver original reporting, exclusive lawmaker interviews and localized policy coverage.
The LCB — your newsroom’s very own Capitol Hill Bureau
We make national politics relevant to local listeners, viewers and readers by putting local editors in charge of our coverage.
Story’s not in Washington; politicians are.
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Rolling Stone: 2017: The Year Pot Policy Stood Still as Opioids Ravaged the Nation
LCB founder Matt Laslo’s covered marijuana policy and the opioid epidemic for dozens of regional news outlets, and also national magazines like Rolling Stone and Playboy.