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Via Kelcie Moseley-Morris: The four lawsuits at the center of a GOP-led effort to ensure law enforcement can access reproductive health records are mostly resolved, after attorneys for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton agreed last week to dismiss the last remaining suit. https://ow.ly/oIi550XC95K
December 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Via Kelcie Moseley-Morris: The four lawsuits at the center of a GOP-led effort to ensure law enforcement can access reproductive health records are mostly resolved, after attorneys for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton agreed last week to dismiss the last remaining suit. https://ow.ly/oIi550XC95K
Via Stateline: The minimum wage for workers will increase in 19 states and 49 cities and counties next month, with the wage floor reaching $15 per hour in dozens of localities, a new report found. https://ow.ly/XztI50XC8IQ
December 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Via Stateline: The minimum wage for workers will increase in 19 states and 49 cities and counties next month, with the wage floor reaching $15 per hour in dozens of localities, a new report found. https://ow.ly/XztI50XC8IQ
Via Stateline: As the housing shortage pushes more Americans into homelessness, the Trump administration wants to focus federal housing aid on mental health treatment and law enforcement, rather than on finding people permanent homes as quickly as possible. https://ow.ly/1LjG50XCRgL
December 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Via Stateline: As the housing shortage pushes more Americans into homelessness, the Trump administration wants to focus federal housing aid on mental health treatment and law enforcement, rather than on finding people permanent homes as quickly as possible. https://ow.ly/1LjG50XCRgL
Via Stateline: Texas recently became the first state to make a major investment in cryptocurrency with the purchase of about $5 million worth of bitcoin, following passage of bipartisan legislation this year creating a state cryptocurrency investment fund. https://ow.ly/ArjA50XCPYM
December 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Via Stateline: Texas recently became the first state to make a major investment in cryptocurrency with the purchase of about $5 million worth of bitcoin, following passage of bipartisan legislation this year creating a state cryptocurrency investment fund. https://ow.ly/ArjA50XCPYM
Via Ralph Chapoco: A joint legislative committee Thursday temporarily blocked four legal contracts after a senator on the committee raised objections to a lawsuit over the distribution of proceeds to cities from the state’s internet sales tax. https://ow.ly/99yF50XCcCX
December 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Via Ralph Chapoco: A joint legislative committee Thursday temporarily blocked four legal contracts after a senator on the committee raised objections to a lawsuit over the distribution of proceeds to cities from the state’s internet sales tax. https://ow.ly/99yF50XCcCX
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated official policy when he used the publicly available Signal app to message about military plans from his personal cell phone, including imminent bombings in Yemen, according to a watchdog report released Thursday by the Pentagon. https://ow.ly/oI2F50XC8nA
December 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated official policy when he used the publicly available Signal app to message about military plans from his personal cell phone, including imminent bombings in Yemen, according to a watchdog report released Thursday by the Pentagon. https://ow.ly/oI2F50XC8nA
Via Ashley Murray: FBI agents took Brian J. Cole Jr., 30, into custody “safely and successfully,” in Woodbridge, Virginia, Attorney General Pam Bondi said at an afternoon press conference at DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. https://ow.ly/bx9V50XC0n4
December 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Via Ashley Murray: FBI agents took Brian J. Cole Jr., 30, into custody “safely and successfully,” in Woodbridge, Virginia, Attorney General Pam Bondi said at an afternoon press conference at DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. https://ow.ly/bx9V50XC0n4
Via Anna Claire Vollers and Stateline: A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it. https://ow.ly/P4GV50XBPak
December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Via Anna Claire Vollers and Stateline: A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it. https://ow.ly/P4GV50XBPak
Via Andrea Tinker: The University of Alabama’s decision to suspend two student magazines has sparked criticism and outrage on the campus. https://ow.ly/kENO50XBByp
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Via Andrea Tinker: The University of Alabama’s decision to suspend two student magazines has sparked criticism and outrage on the campus. https://ow.ly/kENO50XBByp
Via Ashley Murray: A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is pressing Attorney General Pam Bondi for a briefing this week to review the contents of the Epstein files ahead of the Justice Department’s legally binding public release date later this month. https://ow.ly/In3p50XBCbI
December 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Via Ashley Murray: A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is pressing Attorney General Pam Bondi for a briefing this week to review the contents of the Epstein files ahead of the Justice Department’s legally binding public release date later this month. https://ow.ly/In3p50XBCbI
Via Jonathan Shorman and Stateline: The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday expanded its legal campaign to force states to turn over voter lists containing sensitive personal information, suing six more states that have refused to provide the data. https://ow.ly/rYRJ50XBsgC
December 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Via Jonathan Shorman and Stateline: The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday expanded its legal campaign to force states to turn over voter lists containing sensitive personal information, suing six more states that have refused to provide the data. https://ow.ly/rYRJ50XBsgC
Via Jennifer Shutt: Republicans and Democrats in the Senate agree that health care costs are rising too quickly and expect to vote next week on legislation that could help Americans. The catch is that party leaders hadn’t decided as of Tuesday what to include in the bills. https://ow.ly/wWkI50XBlhb
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Via Jennifer Shutt: Republicans and Democrats in the Senate agree that health care costs are rising too quickly and expect to vote next week on legislation that could help Americans. The catch is that party leaders hadn’t decided as of Tuesday what to include in the bills. https://ow.ly/wWkI50XBlhb
A pair of Democratic lawmakers joined student leaders Tuesday in blasting President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. https://ow.ly/cBx950XB0y6
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A pair of Democratic lawmakers joined student leaders Tuesday in blasting President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. https://ow.ly/cBx950XB0y6
Via Ralph Chapoco: The Alabama Public Service Commission Tuesday approved a rate moratorium requested by Alabama Power, a request coming amid mounting concerns over electricity rates that last month got two Democrats elected to the Georgia PSC. https://ow.ly/K6Am50XAZe1
December 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Via Ralph Chapoco: The Alabama Public Service Commission Tuesday approved a rate moratorium requested by Alabama Power, a request coming amid mounting concerns over electricity rates that last month got two Democrats elected to the Georgia PSC. https://ow.ly/K6Am50XAZe1
Via Anna Barrett: The board overseeing health insurance for public education employees plans to seek additional funding from the Legislature to keep premiums down, but an Alabama lawmaker says the board will need to help. https://ow.ly/yKMJ50XAWRY
December 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Via Anna Barrett: The board overseeing health insurance for public education employees plans to seek additional funding from the Legislature to keep premiums down, but an Alabama lawmaker says the board will need to help. https://ow.ly/yKMJ50XAWRY
Via Jacob Fischler: The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats that have not provided data on fraud in the program, Secretary Brooke Rollins said at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. https://ow.ly/J7Ex50XAZWu
December 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Via Jacob Fischler: The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats that have not provided data on fraud in the program, Secretary Brooke Rollins said at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. https://ow.ly/J7Ex50XAZWu
Via Jonathan Shorman & Stateline: Four Republican states have agreed to help the Trump administration gain access to state driver’s license data through a nationwide law enforcement computer network as part of the administration’s hunt for alleged noncitizen voters. https://ow.ly/QgJX50XAC40
December 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Via Jonathan Shorman & Stateline: Four Republican states have agreed to help the Trump administration gain access to state driver’s license data through a nationwide law enforcement computer network as part of the administration’s hunt for alleged noncitizen voters. https://ow.ly/QgJX50XAC40
Via Anna Barrett: A state board Monday approved a system of distributing private donations to rural hospitals, based on need. https://ow.ly/QYlM50XAp0H
December 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Via Anna Barrett: A state board Monday approved a system of distributing private donations to rural hospitals, based on need. https://ow.ly/QYlM50XAp0H
Via Ralph Chapoco: The Fairhope Public Library lost $22,000 in state aid amid a dispute with the Alabama Public Library Service Board over content in the teen section of the library. Private donors Monday sent $42,000 to the library. https://ow.ly/poSN50XAjQa
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Via Ralph Chapoco: The Fairhope Public Library lost $22,000 in state aid amid a dispute with the Alabama Public Library Service Board over content in the teen section of the library. Private donors Monday sent $42,000 to the library. https://ow.ly/poSN50XAjQa
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December 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Via Stateline: Over 2,100 schools nationwide have switched to a four-day week, mainly for economic and staffing reasons. But research has yet to show the effects of moving to the model. https://ow.ly/3ZYY50XA3PL
December 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Via Stateline: Over 2,100 schools nationwide have switched to a four-day week, mainly for economic and staffing reasons. But research has yet to show the effects of moving to the model. https://ow.ly/3ZYY50XA3PL
Doug Jones has plenty of challenges ahead in his campaign for Alabama governor. But editor Brian Lyman writes that win or lose, Jones gives state Democrats some broader opportunities in the 2026 election. https://ow.ly/TVHz50XxNuq
December 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Doug Jones has plenty of challenges ahead in his campaign for Alabama governor. But editor Brian Lyman writes that win or lose, Jones gives state Democrats some broader opportunities in the 2026 election. https://ow.ly/TVHz50XxNuq
Via Ariana Figueroa: A majority of U.S. Latinos have grown pessimistic since the 2024 presidential election and increasingly disapprove of the immigration and economic policies of the second Trump administration, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. https://ow.ly/wyF950Xyfgt
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Via Ariana Figueroa: A majority of U.S. Latinos have grown pessimistic since the 2024 presidential election and increasingly disapprove of the immigration and economic policies of the second Trump administration, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. https://ow.ly/wyF950Xyfgt
Via Andrea Tinker: An Alabama lawmaker has filed a bill that would allow local boards of education to pay their employees on a semi-monthly basis. https://ow.ly/IO2T50XxOW7
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Via Andrea Tinker: An Alabama lawmaker has filed a bill that would allow local boards of education to pay their employees on a semi-monthly basis. https://ow.ly/IO2T50XxOW7
Via Jonathan Shorman and Stateline: The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and illegal immigration. https://ow.ly/WSZW50Xyihy
November 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Via Jonathan Shorman and Stateline: The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and illegal immigration. https://ow.ly/WSZW50Xyihy