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Republicans Rush to Distance From “Disaster” Arizona Abortion Ruling
Updated Apr 9, 2024 Andrew Solender Republican lawmakers and candidates for Congress are scrambling to create distance between themselves and an Arizona Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday upholding a near-total ban on…
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Arizona’s Abortion Ban Upends 2024 Election
Apr 10, 2024 Jeremy Duda, Jessica Boehm Arizona Democrats are looking to the state Supreme Court’s ruling Tuesday that bans most abortions to carry them to victory in November. The big picture: A…
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Racism in the Health Care System is Killing Black Pregnant Texans
When issues like bleeding and postpartum depression are left untreated, they can lead to death. Black Texans and other groups of color experience maternal mortality at higher rates, but organizations…
Read MoreSouthwest Collective, CPS Parent University Launch Weekly Group Therapy for Chicago Migrants
By Stephanie Wade Tuesday, April 2, 2024 To watch video report click here. CHICAGO (WLS) — The road for a migrant to get to Chicago is not an easy one. “They…
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Federal Trial Begins For Red Hill Water Contamination
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press Monday, Apr 29 The U.S. government said Monday it took responsibility for jet fuel that leaked into a Navy water system serving 93,000 people in 2021, but attorneys dispute whether the…
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Supreme Court to Hear Another Major Veterans Benefits Case This Fall
By Leo Shane III Tuesday, Apr 30 The Supreme Court this fall will review the legal claim of two veterans denied medical benefits for what they insist were service-connected traumas, a case that could…
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Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation
KFF Health News | By Hannah Norman and Patricia Kime Published April 29, 2024 at 9:52am ET As a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, Dean Osborn spent much of…
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County in Rural New Mexico Extends Agreement With ICE for Immigrant detention amid criticism
BY MORGAN LEE April 24, 2024 SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — County commissioners in rural New Mexico extended authorization for a migrant detention facility Wednesday in cooperation with federal authorities over…
Read MoreGeorgia Prison Officials in ‘Flagrant’ Violation of Solitary Confinement Reforms, Judge Says
BY SUDHIN THANAWALA Updated 1:19 PM CDT, April 23, 2024 ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia prison officials have flagrantly violated a court order to reform conditions for prisoners in the state’s most…
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