GOP-led Arizona Senate votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban

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Arizona’s Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday is voting a measure to repeal a Civil War-era abortion ban, one week after a similar motion passed the GOP-controlled state House.  Two Republicans, TJ Shopes and Shawnna LM Bolick, joined all 14 Democrats to pass the measure, sending it to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ desk After two failed attempts, three Republicans

Federal Panel Throws Out Louisiana’s Redrawn Map With Majority-Black Districts

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The judges said that race had played a ‘predominate role’ and that a new congressional district constituted an ‘impermissible racial gerrymander.’ A panel of federal judges has thrown out Louisiana’s recently-drawn congressional map that had created a second majority-black district in the state, likely sending the case to the Supreme Court. In a 2-1 vote

Jacky Rosen Pledges To Combat Overpriced Drugs as She Rakes In Cash From Big Pharma

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Sen. Jacky Rosen boasts that she “took on big drug companies” to stop them from jacking up prices. The Nevada Democrat also took on close to a quarter million dollars in donations from those same companies. Since winning her first term in the Senate in 2018, Rosen has raked in nearly $250,000 in campaign contributions