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At least 23 independent clinics have closed this year, according to a report released Tuesday by Abortion Care Network, compared with 12 last year. https://ow.ly/ns1Y50XGshO
December 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
At least 23 independent clinics have closed this year, according to a report released Tuesday by Abortion Care Network, compared with 12 last year. https://ow.ly/ns1Y50XGshO
Via Ariana Figueroa: The Trump administration Tuesday defended a fast-track deportation policy before a panel of federal appeals court judges, saying immigrants who have been in the country for less than two years without legal authorization are not guaranteed due process. https://ow.ly/e80J50XGwx5
December 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Via Ariana Figueroa: The Trump administration Tuesday defended a fast-track deportation policy before a panel of federal appeals court judges, saying immigrants who have been in the country for less than two years without legal authorization are not guaranteed due process. https://ow.ly/e80J50XGwx5
Via Jonathan Shorman and Stateline: Some states are reevaluating their mail-in voting laws, including shortening or ending grace periods that now require election officials to count mailed ballots that arrive after Election Day. https://ow.ly/Aemw50XGrwL
December 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Via Jonathan Shorman and Stateline: Some states are reevaluating their mail-in voting laws, including shortening or ending grace periods that now require election officials to count mailed ballots that arrive after Election Day. https://ow.ly/Aemw50XGrwL
Via Anna Barrett: A group of Alabama nonprofits and women’s health advocates are planning to launch a program Tuesday to improve maternal and infant mortality rates. https://ow.ly/h0CX50XFZll
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Via Anna Barrett: A group of Alabama nonprofits and women’s health advocates are planning to launch a program Tuesday to improve maternal and infant mortality rates. https://ow.ly/h0CX50XFZll
Via Andrea Tinker: A group of University of Alabama alumni are raising money to help independently publish two student publications suspended by UA last week over alleged violations of the Trump administration's anti-DEI policies. https://ow.ly/Fm7p50XFWX8
December 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Via Andrea Tinker: A group of University of Alabama alumni are raising money to help independently publish two student publications suspended by UA last week over alleged violations of the Trump administration's anti-DEI policies. https://ow.ly/Fm7p50XFWX8
Via @timhenderson.bsky.social and Stateline: A popular program allowing Medicare patients to get hospital care at home would be extended until 2030 under a bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives and awaiting consideration by the Senate. https://ow.ly/mAob50XG1yr
December 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Via @timhenderson.bsky.social and Stateline: A popular program allowing Medicare patients to get hospital care at home would be extended until 2030 under a bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives and awaiting consideration by the Senate. https://ow.ly/mAob50XG1yr
The U.S. Education Department is bringing back hundreds of employees in its Office for Civil Rights who were placed on paid administrative leave earlier this year, according to a Dec. 5 email to those employees obtained by States Newsroom. https://ow.ly/Rg3T50XFZvQ
December 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The U.S. Education Department is bringing back hundreds of employees in its Office for Civil Rights who were placed on paid administrative leave earlier this year, according to a Dec. 5 email to those employees obtained by States Newsroom. https://ow.ly/Rg3T50XFZvQ
Via Nada Hassanein: Advanced practice nurses, hospital associations and other health groups say a federal borrowing rule will make it unaffordable for many nurses to advance their careers — disproportionately affecting communities, especially rural ones, that rely on them. https://ow.ly/12GW50XFLSX
December 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Via Nada Hassanein: Advanced practice nurses, hospital associations and other health groups say a federal borrowing rule will make it unaffordable for many nurses to advance their careers — disproportionately affecting communities, especially rural ones, that rely on them. https://ow.ly/12GW50XFLSX
Editor Brian Lyman writes that the University of Alabama's cancellation of two student magazines aimed at Black and female students isn't capitulation to federal policies harming minorities on campus. It's an open embrace of them. https://ow.ly/Y7cr50XCQfY
December 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Editor Brian Lyman writes that the University of Alabama's cancellation of two student magazines aimed at Black and female students isn't capitulation to federal policies harming minorities on campus. It's an open embrace of them. https://ow.ly/Y7cr50XCQfY
Via Andrea Tinker: An Alabama lawmaker is planning to introduce a bill that in next year’s legislative session would recognize licensed workforce jobs the Trump administration recently excluded as professional degrees. https://ow.ly/pYE150XE6rP
December 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Via Andrea Tinker: An Alabama lawmaker is planning to introduce a bill that in next year’s legislative session would recognize licensed workforce jobs the Trump administration recently excluded as professional degrees. https://ow.ly/pYE150XE6rP
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