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Michigan school safety reform bills prompted by Oxford killings get final approval in the Senate
By Hannah Dellinger | December 20, 2024, 12:27pm CST In the last hours of this year’s legislative session, the Michigan Senate on Friday morning gave final approval to a package of bills aimed at preventing violence in schools. The five bills will put more mental health support in place for students and more stringent protocols for responding to school…
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Bay Area food bank concerned about drop in donations as food insecurity grows
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano says the demand for food is up 20% just in the month of December. By Anser Hassan Wednesday, December 25, 2024 CONCORD, Calif. (KGO) — Even on Christmas Eve, volunteers are busy filling food bags for distribution at the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano. Official says the…
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How a transgender woman has sued the Bureau of Prisons multiple times — and won
KJZZ | By Sam Dingman Published November 6, 2024 at 2:08 PM MST WARNING: This conversation may not be appropriate for all listeners. Grace Pinson is a bit of an anomaly. As a trans woman serving time in federal prison, she’s part of a very small, and uniquely vulnerable, community. There are about 1,000 trans women serving…
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Russian hybrid threats: EU agrees first listings in response to destabilising activities against the EU, its member states and partners
16 December 2024 13:30 For the first time ever, the Council today decided to impose restrictive measures against 16 individuals and three entities responsible for Russia’s destabilising actions abroad. These measures are in response to Russia’s malicious actions and its lack of respect for a rules-based international order and international law. The relevant framework for restrictive measures was…
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Justice Department Disrupts Covert Russian Government-Sponsored Foreign Malign Influence Operation Targeting Audiences in the United States and Elsewhere
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs Influence Operation Relied on Influencers, AI-Generated Content, Paid Social Media Advertisements, and Social Media Accounts to Drive Internet Traffic to Cybersquatted and Other Domains Note: View the affidavit here. The Justice Department today announced the ongoing seizure of 32 internet domains used in Russian government-directed…
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New Illinois Program Will Offer Free Test Prep Services for Professional Exams
Amanda Vinicky | December 21, 2024 1:19 pm Passing the bar, nurse licensure test or real estate certification exam is a crucial step to becoming an attorney, RN or real estate broker. State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) said it’s in the state’s best interest to make sure that those aspiring professionals succeed. Ford is behind…
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Trump Wants To Deport Them. Chicago Is Scaling Back Help. Meet The Migrants Stuck In Limbo
The over 51,000 migrants who have arrived in Chicago since 2022 face a dwindling safety net and backlogs in work permit and immigration cases. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s border czar said deportations will start “right here in Chicago.” by Mina Bloom and Francia Garcia Hernandez Updated December 19, 2024 CHICAGO — Maria and her two young children huddled together for warmth…
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Abortions are up in the US. The data paints a complicated picture
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and KEVIN S. VINEYS Updated 12:47 PM CST, December 28, 2024 Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states, and the legal and political fights over its future are not over yet. It’s now been two and a half years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v.…
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For Many Rural Women, Finding Maternity Care Outweighs Concerns About Abortion Access
By Lillian Mongeau Hughes January 2, 2025 BAKER CITY, Ore. — In what has become a routine event in rural America, a hospital maternity ward closed in 2023 in this small Oregon town about an hour from the Idaho border. For Shyanne McCoy, 23, that meant the closest hospital with an obstetrician on staff when she…
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