If passed, they would enshrine a right to abortion through fetal viability and in cases where a doctor has deemed the mother’s life or health is at risk. Voters in Arizona and Missouri will decide this November whether obtaining an abortion is a “fundamental right.” Propositions to that effect were approved for both states’ general
New teacher Bill of Rights legislation passed in Alabama and Louisiana take a drastically different approach than California’s proposed restorative justice law. As schools open for the 2024–2025 academic year, states differ on how teachers should deal with disruptive students. Some are pushing for a more punitive approach, with suspensions for repeat offenders, while others
Mississippi and eight states sued the Biden administration, claiming an executive order on voter registration unlawfully favors Democrats. Mississippi and eight other states have sued the Biden administration to block an executive order requiring federal agencies to develop strategies to expand voter registration that the states claim aims to promote left-wing politicians and policies at
Election officials in Texas met on Tuesday evening to vote for former Houston mayor Sylvester Turner to fill the vacant seat left by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), who died on July 19 of pancreatic cancer. Turner defeated five other candidates for the slot and will likely be elected in November as the 18th district
Judge Juan Merchan denied former President Trump’s third recusal motion, rejecting further claims of conflict of interest related to the judge’s daughter. Former President Donald Trump’s third attempt to have Judge Juan Merchan recuse himself from overseeing his criminal case in the New York Supreme Court was denied on Aug. 13. In his most recent
A coalition of groups planning to protest the war in Gaza during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago next week will not be able to change their route and move closer to the United Center, where the event is being held, a federal judge ruled on Aug. 12. Thousands of protesters are set to
White defeated establishment candidate Joe Fraser by a 9.2 percent margin after receiving many top endorsements from populist Republicans MINNEAPOLIS—Royce White, a former professional basketball player and radio host, won the Republican primary on Aug. 13 for Minnesota’s U.S. Senate election in November against Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). White, who has attracted attention for controversial