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Supreme Court declines to intervene in Voting Rights Act challenge to Texas county map over objections from liberals
By Devan Cole On December 8, 2023 The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in a dispute over a Republican-drawn commissioners map in Galveston County, Texas, as courts continue to consider the reach of the landmark Voting Rights Act. Tuesday’s order means that the County Commissioners Court map that a federal judge ruled violated Section 2 of…
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Groups want full federal appeals court to revisit ruling limiting scope of the Voting Rights Act
By Andrew Demillo and Ayanna Alexander On December 11, 2023 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Progressive advocacy groups in Arkansas on Monday asked a full federal appeals court to reconsider a three-judge panel’s ruling that private groups can’t sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act. The Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Arkansas State…
Read MoreAlleged prostitution and human trafficking ring busted in metro Detroit
The bust spanned businesses and residences in several cities By: Darren Cunningham On December 18, 2023 DETROIT (WXYZ) — Authorities from multiple jurisdictions busted an alleged prostitution and human trafficking ring in metro Detroit. The investigation led to several arrests on Wednesday. The locations targeted include massage parlors and residences in Troy, Livonia and Fraser,…
Read MoreGeorgia Motel Manager Sentenced for Trafficking and Forced Labor of Victim
On December 7, 2023 A motel manager in Georgia was sentenced to 57 months in prison for trafficking a victim with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude or forced labor and ordered to pay $42,648 in restitution to seven individuals. According to court documents, Shreesh Tiwari, 71, an Indian national and legal U.S. permanent resident,…
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2010 to 2020 Saw Disparities in Surgeon Supply Widen in the United States
Widening gaps seen for rural counties and socially vulnerable counties By Lori Solomon On December 6, 2023 Disparities in surgeon supply between rural and urban counties and between socially vulnerable and other counties widened in the United States from 2010 to 2020, according to a research letter published online Nov. 29 in JAMA Surgery. Vishal R.…
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More Senior Physicians See Fewer Underserved Patients
Findings for share of Medicaid patients and minority patients By Lori Solomon On December 14, 2023 Senior physicians treat fewer traditionally underserved patients than their junior colleagues within the same practices, according to a research letter published online Dec. 13 in JAMA Network Open. Hannah T. Neprash, Ph.D., from University of Minnesota School of Public Health…
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Particulate pollution from coal associated with double the risk of mortality than PM2.5 from other sources
By Maya Brownstein On November 23, 2023 Exposure to fine particulate air pollutants from coal-fired power plants (coal PM2.5) is associated with a risk of mortality more than double that of exposure to PM2.5 from other sources, according to a new study led by George Mason University, The University of Texas at Austin, and Harvard T.H. Chan…
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Native women in WA are dying during and after childbirth. Could cash help?
By Eilis O’Neill On November 7, 2023 D eita McChristian always knew she wanted kids. When she was a teenager, she dreamed of having a house full of them. “I had drawn this whole futuristic house with every bedroom and named every child,” McChristian said. “Twelve kids was my number.” So, when McChristian found out…
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Debate heats up around changing Michigan’s homeschooling laws
By Lily Altavena and Dave Boucher On December 6, 2023 Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a Democratic state lawmaker are calling for more state oversight into homeschooling following recent reports of child abuse where officials say homeschool helped conceal mistreatment by caregivers. Michigan has virtually no requirements to make sure homeschooled children are really…
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