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Barb Barrett
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Violence is a public health crisis among American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian women. A new survey looks at traumatic brain injuries.

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Domestic violence in Native communities is focus of new survey • Stateline
Abigail Echo-Hawk, director of the Urban Indian Health Institute, recalled a Native mother in her 30s who started having memory loss and other dementia-like symptoms. The woman had suffered multiple b...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Data from Trump's ICE crackdown:
Immigration removals from inside the US now outnumber border deportations for the first time since 2014

from @tim-henderson.bsky.social and @stateline.org
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Removals from inside US outnumber border deportations for the first time since 2014 • Stateline
The Trump administration now expects about 600,000 total deportations in 2025, fewerless than under the Biden administration’s final fiscal year, as a drop in border crossings outweighs the effect of ...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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The late-night flash mobs known as street takeovers — with wild car stunts, blistering noise and occasional violence — are growing as states try to crack down

via @stateline.org

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Illegal street takeovers — with stunts and noise — are growing as states try to crack down • Stateline
Illegal street takeovers, where drivers block roads to perform stunts, have become an increasing concern in cities across the country.
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October 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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The federal government shutdown is forcing a reckoning for two Medicare remote health care programs.
They automatically expired Oct. 1.

@tim-henderson.bsky.social reporting for @stateline.org

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Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs • Stateline
The federal government shutdown is forcing a reckoning for two remote health care programs because they automatically expired Oct. 1. The telehealth and in-home hospital care programs were both tempor...
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October 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Illegal street takeovers — with stunts and noise — are growing as states try to crack down stateline.org/2025/10/08/i...
Illegal street takeovers — with stunts and noise — are growing as states try to crack down • Stateline
Illegal street takeovers, where drivers block roads to perform stunts, have become an increasing concern in cities across the country.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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For Gen Z adults, the oldest of whom are now reaching their late 20s, suicide is taking more lives than 10 years ago — when millennials were the same age.

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Analysis from @tim-henderson.bsky.social for @stateline.org
October 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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There’s a growing number of these lawsuits fighting employment actions related to comments about Charlie Kirk — and some early signs of success. A federal judge ordered a South Dakota professor reinstated on Wednesday.
September 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Republican push for tips on Charlie Kirk posts drives firings of public workers stateline.org/2025/09/26/r...
Republican push for tips on Charlie Kirk posts drives firings of public workers • Stateline
Hours after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Suzanne Swierc shared two thoughts on her private Facebook page — that the killing of the right-wing activist was wrong, and that his death reflected “the vio...
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September 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Firefighter arrested at Washington state wildfire released by ICE stateline.org/2025/09/24/f...
Firefighter arrested at Washington state wildfire released by ICE • Stateline
A wildland firefighter who was arrested by immigration agents while fighting a wildfire in Washington state has been released from detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his attorneys ...
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September 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Some Republican states resist DOJ demand for private voter data
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Some Republican states resist DOJ demand for private voter data • Stateline
When the U.S. Department of Justice asked Kansas Republican Secretary of State Scott Schwab to turn over a copy of his state’s full voter list, including sensitive personal data, he responded with gra...
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September 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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More states protect access to the COVID shot as feds restrict eligibility stateline.org/2025/09/17/m...
More states protect access to the COVID shot as feds restrict eligibility • Stateline
Governors' orders to make the COVID-19 vaccine available represent an extraordinary state rebellion against the public health authority of the federal government.
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September 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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DOJ is sharing voter rolls with Homeland Security.

Justice demanded data from at least 22 states. Ten have shared public info or told DOJ how to get it.

Homeland Security says it will comb through for ‘illegal aliens.’

via @jonshorman.bsky.social @stateline.org

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DOJ is sharing state voter roll lists with Homeland Security • Stateline
The U.S. Department of Justice is sharing state voter roll information with the Department of Homeland Security in a search for noncitizens, the Trump administration confirmed.
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September 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Charlie Kirk shot during event at Utah Valley University utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/09/10/c...
Charlie Kirk shot during event at Utah Valley University • Utah News Dispatch
Charlie Kirk was shot at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem during his American Comeback tour, according to reports from the scene.
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September 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Governors split over mobilizing National Guard as Trump seeks more troops stateline.org/2025/09/04/g...
Governors split over mobilizing National Guard as Trump seeks more troops • Stateline
As President Donald Trump expands his mobilization of National Guard troops to U.S. cities, Republican and Democratic governors are taking very different approaches to using their state Guard members ...
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September 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Wildfire veterans believe top officials on the fire sent their crews into an ambush.

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Firefighters question leaders’ role in Washington immigration raid • Stateline
Wildland firefighters were stunned when federal immigration authorities last week raided an active wildfire response in Washington state, arresting two firefighters and sidelining crews for hours.
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September 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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“There’s a lot of brown bodies out there on the fire line.”

Many firefighting crews rely heavily on immigrant labor, and they're fearful after this week's ICE raid in the middle of a wildfire.

via Alex Brown for @stateline.org

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Immigration raid at Washington blaze stokes fear in wildfire crews nationwide • Stateline
Wildfire veterans say it’s nearly unprecedented for federal agents to conduct immigration enforcement near the front lines of an active wildfire. Some fear the raid could reverberate throughout the wi...
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August 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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American kids are less likely to reach adulthood than foreign peers stateline.org/2025/08/28/a...
American kids are less likely to reach adulthood than foreign peers • Stateline
American kids are less likely to reach adulthood compared with foreign peers
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August 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Reposted by Barb Barrett
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From @nhassanein.bsky.social: Residents of historically redlined communities experience slower response times from emergency medical services, according to a new study.

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Historically redlined communities have slower EMS response times • Stateline
Residents of historically redlined communities experience slower response times from emergency medical services, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
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August 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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By getting their legal cases dismissed, ICE deprives immigrants of protection from arrest and detention.
Even immigration attorneys were caught off guard.

via @stateline.org @tim-henderson.bsky.social
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ICE has a new courthouse tactic: Get immigrants’ cases tossed, then arrest them outside • Stateline
The Trump administration has begun using an unexpected legal tactic in its deportation efforts. Rather than pursue a deportation case, it is convincing judges to dismiss immigrants’ cases then taking ...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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New Hampshire is first state to require doctors to sterilize patients who request it newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/07/31/n...
New Hampshire is first state to require doctors to sterilize patients who request it • New Hampshire Bulletin
New Hampshire has become the first state to require doctors and medical staff to sterilize patients who request it.
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July 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Will the redistricting tit-for-tat between Texas and California matter for control of Congress?
Some experts say: Not really.
@tim-henderson.bsky.social explains why.

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Texas House Republicans propose new congressional map to increase GOP seats • Stateline
How much could an unusual mid-decade redistricting push matter for control of Congress next year? Experts are split, but generally see little advantage in the frantic activity by both parties to squee...
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July 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Reposted by Barb Barrett
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State troopers will tighten the net for undocumented immigrants in five counties, though the agency's chief says the number of participating officers will start small.

The Wyoming American Civil Liberties Union warns the agreement could deter immigrants from reporting crimes.
Wyoming Highway Patrol chief describes limited rollout of ICE agreement. Advocate warns it could undermine public safety. - WyoFile
State troopers will tighten the net for undocumented immigrants in five counties, though chief says the number of participating officers will start out small.
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July 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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These are the kids whose parents travel state-to-state, season-to-season, each year to pick our crops.

@nhassanein.bsky.social‬ and @stateline.org on another Trump decision affecting your community

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Decision to unfreeze migrant education money comes too late for some kids • Stateline
The Trump administration announced it would begin reinstating more than $6 billion in education funds. Among the programs affected was an education program for children of migrant agricultural workers...
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July 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Stand-your-ground laws linked to higher homicide rates, new report finds stateline.org/2025/07/21/s...
Stand-your-ground laws linked to higher homicide rates, new report finds • Stateline
Stand-your-ground laws, which are in effect in more than half of U.S. states, are associated with higher homicide rates, increased racial disparities in legal outcomes and broader public costs, accord...
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July 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Trump’s DOJ wants state election info and voter data representing millions of Americans.

Letters were sent to nine states, county clerks were called by a Republican operative, requests were made for entire voter rolls.

by @jonshorman.bsky.social @stateline.org

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Trump’s DOJ wants states to turn over voter lists, election info • Stateline
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking the voter registration lists of several states – representing data on millions of Americans – and other election information ahead of the 2026 midterms, raisi...
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July 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM