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Laurel Demkovich Jul 9, 2025 Gov. Bob Ferguson has committed to backfilling any Planned Parenthood funding cut in the federal spending plan approved by Congress last week. At a press conference on Wednesday, Ferguson said he would divert state dollars toward Planned Parenthood clinics at risk of losing $11 million in federal funds as part…

by AMANDA SEITZ and KIMBERLY KINDY Wed, July 2nd 2025 at 5:17 AM SEATTLE — Washington Attorney General Nick Brown joined 19 other states in filing a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ decision to turn over Medicaid data on millions of enrollees to federal deportation officials last month. Health secretary Robert…

Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard June 20, 2025 / 5:08 pm Detained immigrant parents worried who will pick their children up from school. Mothers who’ve been deported with infants while their older kids are left behind in the U.S. These are among the situations the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network is hearing about these days, according to Executive…

by Brooke Muckerman July 8, 2025 MSCS third-graders showed improvement on the 2025 TCAP English Language Arts section, with 29.2% meeting or exceeding expectations. Prior to exemptions and other interventions, 68% of MSCS third-graders did not pass the ELA portion, compared to 58.3% statewide. Several pathways exist for students not initially passing, including retakes, exemptions,…

by: Shay Arthur Posted: Jul 8, 2025 / 12:07 PM CDT MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A crowd of protesters gathered Tuesday morning outside the immigration court in downtown Memphis, after recent arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. About 80 to 100 people showed up before the rally wrapped up around 11:30 a.m. The group said they were…

by Lucas Finton July 1, 2025 Former U.S. Attorney Mike Dunavant has been nominated by President Trump to his previous position in the Western District of Tennessee. Dunavant served in the same role during Trump’s first term. The position has been filled by interim and acting U.S. attorneys since Kevin Ritz became a judge. President…

by Brooke Muckerman July 3, 2025 The House approved President Trump’s tax and Medicaid cut package after Senate approval. The bill includes tax breaks, business benefits, and cuts to clean energy tax credits. It also cuts Medicaid, impacting millions of Americans, and increases spending on border security and defense. Memphis representatives were split on the…

by Brooke Muckerman July 11, 2025 The University of Memphis has not received full payment from the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat (GSS) for 185 Ghanaian students. The GSS, funded by the Republic of Ghana, agreed to cover tuition and fees for Ghanaian students studying at the University of Memphis. Ghana has only paid $400,000 of the…

It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader attempt to remove transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports. By Collin Binkley | The Associated Press • Published July 1, 2025 • Updated on July 1, 2025 at 5:31 pm The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from its women’s sports teams to resolve a federal civil rights case that found the school violated the…

Congresswoman notes Congress controls local court system Published on June 20, 2025 By Lou Chibbaro Jr. D.C. Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) on Friday, June 20, reintroduced her bill to ban discrimination against LGBTQ D.C. residents in the process for selecting people to serve as jurors in D.C. Superior Court. “The bill would clarify…