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Appeals court strikes down Ohio law requiring burial of abortion remains
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (772+ words) Billionaires and private school vouchers An Ohio appellate court sided with abortion rights advocates in an appeal that blocks most of a law that regulated how clinics dispose of remains from abortions. The case came to the First District Court…...
Desperate in failing Colorado River negotiations, Wyoming water officials pitch conservation bill at home
2+ week, 11+ min ago (817+ words) Wyoming water officials are desperately hoping to avoid a federal intervention into the high-stakes deadlock among Colorado River stakeholders seeking a compromise on shared water appropriation cuts." Wyoming and the six other Colorado River basin states blew through another deadline…...
Arizona GOP intraparty fight looms over competing election overhaul proposals
2+ week, 10+ hour ago (874+ words) Behind the lines: How mid-decade redistricting is playing out Republican legislators want to ask voters to trade convenience and access for faster election results, but they're likely headed for an intraparty fight over how exactly to do that." Before Republicans…...
Kansas bill would label kratom a Schedule 1 drug alongside heroin, meth and cocaine
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (554+ words) Behind the lines: How mid-decade redistricting is playing out TOPEKA " A bill heard Monday would list kratom as a Schedule 1 drug, moving the previously unclassified substance into the same category as methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin." Senate Bill 497 classifies both Kratom…...
Abortion rights advocates condemn Arizona GOP for undermining 2024 voter mandate
2+ week, 1+ day ago (388+ words) Behind the lines: How mid-decade redistricting is playing out Days away from a legislative deadline by which bills must be heard or risk dying without ever being considered, Democratic lawmakers in Arizona are urging Republicans to respect the voter mandate…...
Colorado River states miss deadline, compromise nowhere in sight
2+ week, 4+ day ago (982+ words) Behind the lines: How mid-decade redistricting is playing out Nevada and six other Colorado River states have failed to resolve a major disagreement on how to share the river's dwindling water supply, and will not reach a deal in time…...
Kristi Noem was unable to cite single election fraud case during secretive Arizona visit
2+ week, 4+ day ago (686+ words) Behind the lines: How mid-decade redistricting is playing out Late this week, chatter began to circulate of an impending visit by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to discuss "election security." On the heels of a raid late last…...
Hobbs vetoes second Republican tax conformity bill as political fight escalates
2+ week, 5+ day ago (490+ words) Looking into one of ICE's biggest contractors: CoreCivic Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed the second Republican attempt to bring Arizona's tax codes in line with federal tax law changes created by President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," further…...
Federal judge blocks Pentagon attempt to demote Sen. Mark Kelly over illegal orders video
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1393+ words) Looking into one of ICE's biggest contractors: CoreCivic WASHINGTON " A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday, blocking the Department of Defense from downgrading Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly's rank as a retired Navy captain for appearing in a video…...