The LCB — your Washington Bureau

Washington, DC is more than just a swamp - it's teaming with lobbyists intent on making money and amassing power, even as the press corps tries to hold truth to account through transparency.

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Editor & Publisher magazine awarded Raw Story and The LCB's Matt Laslo a 2023 EPPY Award for being the "best news / political blog" among all news sites with 1 million visitors.
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Mississippi Today won a Pulitzer Prize for its local reporting on welfare and food stamp fraud.
Salt Lake City's NPR station KUER 90.1 NPR in Utah has been a longtime client of The LCB's Matt Laslo who's covered everything from gun control and mass shootings to campaigns and elections and oil and minerals for KUER.
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LCB founder Matt Laslo covered Congress and won awards for five years for WAMU 88.5 - Washington, DC's NPR station licensed by American University Radio.
'KRCC' on 91.5 FM is a rad, unique and hip local NPR station.
The LCB has proudly covered Indian Country for "National Native News" for upwards of a decade, which was a client of Matt Laslo and The LCB for years where they covered Native American, Indian American and Indian Country and tribal issues for years
Pulitzer Prize winning Willamette Week has relied on The LCB to cover their region's politicians in the nation's capital.
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Logo featuring the text 'WPLN News Investigates' next to a silhouette of a vintage microphone, because The LCB's Matt Laslo covered Congress for WPLN for years
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WGCU logo with "local productions" underneath, because The LCB founder Matt Laslo covered gun violence and the killing of Trvon Martin for WGCU from Washington.
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Wavelength symbol and letters W, Y, P, R in colored circles, because Baltimore's WYPR has been a client of The LCB's Matt Laslo for years.
WSKG logo in a speech bubble design, because WSKG has been a client of The LCB's Matt Laslo for years.
"The Trace" logo in black text with a partial square border on a white background, because The Trace has hired The LCB founder Matt Laslo to cover gun-control march for them in Washington.
WLRN logo with a sunset skyline and palm trees, because The LCB and Matt Laslo have covered Congress for WLRN for years, including gun control and mass shootings, along with Cuba policy, sugar industry and lobby, and campaigns and elections, as well
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Fast Company logo on a black background, because Fast Company tapped Matt Laslo and The LCB to help them fact check a profile of Katie Porter.
Logo of KUOW with stylized letters and text ".ORG."
Logo of North Country Public Radio with text "ncpr" inside a rectangle, and "north country public radio" below it, because The LCB and Matt Laslo covered elections and campaigns and new media for NCPR for years. .
Illustration of a suspension bridge with city skyline and "capradio" logo, because The LCB and Matt Laslo covered partisanship and congressional dysfunction for years from Washington for Sacramento Public Radio.
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Boston NPR station WBUR logo -- WBUR has been client of The LCB
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Colorado Public Radio logo on a white background, because The LCB's Matt Laslo covered marijuana and cannabis issues for Colorado Public Radio for years
"KERA" logo in white text on a red background with a speech bubble design, because The LCB and founder Matt Laslo covered Texas politics and energy policy and the 2nd amendment for years for Texas public radio stations.
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Houston Public Media logo with red and white design, because KUHF was a longtime client of Matt Laslo and The LCB - a regionally-focused national wireservice in Washington. .
Logo of The Outlaw Report with icons of Virginia, DC, Maryland and text 'Essential Cannabis News for the Mid-Atlantic'. Outlaw Report is a cannabis client of The LCB, so Matt Laslo regularly breaks marijuana news for Outlaw Report
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Colorado's NPR member station KUNC has won awards over the years.
NHPR is New Hampshire's NPR station, and Matt Laslo of The LCB covered everything from gun-control to campaigns and elections for NHPR for years.
Mississippi Public Broadcasting - or "MPB" - is how many Mississippians get their news through their relationship as an NPR member station -- a longtime client of The LCB and Matt Laslo who've covered the Mississippi delegation and local politics fro
Random Lengths News is an alt-weekly out west.
Austin, Texas NPR station is KUT News 90.5.
Charlotte, North Carolina gets its NPR through WFAE 90.7, because Matt Laslo and The LCB covered the Congressional Black Caucus, race and campaigns and elections for them from Washington.
OPB or "Oregon Public Broadcasting" is where northwesterners go for their trusted local NPR news.
WSHU Public Radio logo in a red circle, which is a longtime client of The LCB and Matt Laslo who covered the Sandyhook, Newtown mass shooting and gun control efforts in Washington
Cleveland Ohio relies on WCPN 90.3 for the NPR news people hear in their headphones and soundwaves.
Logo of 88.9 WCVE, an NPR affiliate radio station in Virginia, featuring a bold font and NPR logo.
WBFO is the NPR member station serving Buffalo, New York and Toronto Public Media, which tapped The LCB and founder Matt Laslo to cover the deadly Continental Connection Flight 3407 crash for them in Washington.
North Carolina relies on WFDD in Winston-Salem for their local, regional and national NPR news.
Criminal justice reform news outlet The Des uses silhouette of hands in broken handcuffs with the text "THE DES" on an orange background to convey the plight of American prisoners; The LCB's Matt Laslo helped LJ Dawson cover cannabis and marijuana re
Floridians rely on WGCU for their local, regional and national and world NPR news.
DIG BOSTON is an alt-weekly in Boston, keeping local officials honest through hard hitting reporting and regional collaborations.
Wisconsin Public Radio is an NPR affiliate in the Midwest.
Michiganders get their local NPR news from WMUK 102.1 logo featuring NPR emblem with yellow starburst on a dark background.
Ohio loves it's Cincinnati Public Radio logo, featuring a colorful abstract design above the text.
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NPR member station WUWM 89.7 is where Milwaukee gets its NPR news.
West Virginia Public Broadcasting is a force for good across Appalachia.
Pulitzer Prize winning 'This American Life' is brought to NPR stations nationwide through Chicago's WBEZ, featuring white text on a red background with a speech bubble icon.
Virginians love their NPR member station WRVO Public Media and NPR logos, which is a longtime client of The LCB and Matt Laslo who covered Virginia Indian and Native American tribes, sexual assault on college campuses, campaigns and elections and can
Logo of 89.3 FM KPRG Public Radio Guam -- where Guam gets its NPR news.
KGOU is where Oklahoma gets its NPR news.
Nevada Public Radio is the NPR affiliate in Las Vegas, Nevada logo featuring "News 88.9 KNPR" and "Classical 89.7 KCNV."
NPR member station High Plains Reader logo with stylized letters "HPR" in orange and blue on a light blue background.
Vermont Public Radio is Vermont's NPR member station, stretching across the entire state logo with tagline "Stories from every corner." The LCB's Matt Laslo covered the Vermont congressional delegation in Washington for VPR for years.
KQED is San Fransisco's NPR member station which is a part of a successful statewide regional collaboration, including being a longtime client of The LCB and founder Matt Laslo who covered California politics, mass shootings, gun control, partisanshi
MJBiz Daily logo with "MJBiz" in orange and black text, and "Daily" in black text - cannabis outlet with national readership, because The LCB founder Matt Laslo has covered marijuana and cannabis policy in Washington for years for MJ Biz Daily .
New York City NPR WNYC logo with red text on a black background, which has used The LCB and Matt Laslo to cover campaigns elections, horse track safety for race horses, the economy and presidential conventions for.
Maine Public Broadcasting is Maine's NPR affiliate covering regional national and international news logo featuring a hexagonal design with green and blue shapes next to the text "maine public."
Alaska Public Radio serves Anchorage and Alaska natives across the tundra.
KUNM is where New Mexico residents get their local, regional and national NPR news, because The LCB's Matt Laslo covered everything from health care / Obamacare reform to Indian Country and Native American issues for KUNM from Washington for years. .
The alt-weekly Orlando Weekly is popular across Florida, especially with PRIDE and the LGBTQ+ community in the region, and Orlando Weekly has published gun control coverage from The LCB and Matt Laslo after the Uvalde, Texas mass shooting left so man
89.3 KPCC is where LA gets its NPR.
LCB founder Matt Laslo is a contributor at Nashville's SALT Weekly under the pen name 'Prof. Laslo.'
WIRED magazine is a tech and culture magazine that provides some of the best tech coverage out there. Matt Laslo and The LCB covered congress and tech and privacy and generative AI / artifical inteligence for years
Marijuana Moment is a cannabis client of The LCB, so Matt Laslo regularly breaks cannabis and psychedelic news for Marijuana Moment
Washingtonian magazine is a client of The LCB and Matt Laslo
Pulitzer Prize winning Futuro Media logo for Latino USA, a client of Matt Laslo and the LCB
WHYY, Philadelphia's NPR member station logo, because The LCB and Matt Laslo covered marijuana, gun control, campaigns and elections, the opioid crisis and politics for years for WHYY.
WVTF Radio IQ's logo, because The LCB and Matt Laslo covered Congress for Virginia NPR stations for more than a decade, including covering marijuana reform, tribal issues, Indian Country, cannabis issues and campaigns and elections for WVTF for more
Startup MIC logo, because they tapped The LCB and founder Matt Laslo to cover cash bail and criminal justice reform from Washington, DC when Jeff Sessions was Attorney General under President Donald Trump's first term.
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Logo for WESA 90.5 Pittsburgh's NPR News Station, a longtime client of Matt Laslo and The LCB
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VICE News logo where LCB founder Matt Laslo covered Washington politics for years