Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Illinois Passes Automatic Voter Registration

The Illinois House passed a bill Monday that would automatically register people to vote, the Associated Press reports. The House passed the bill 115-0. It will now return to the… Read More
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Prisons Put New Limits on Inmate Visits to Stamp out Drugs

In New Hampshire, a new rule bars inmates and their visitors from hugging for more than three seconds. In Virginia, prisoners now must change their underwear before and after receiving… Read More
Thursday, May 25, 2017

States Get Involved In Lawsuit to Shield Obamacare, Saying Trump Can’t Be Trusted

Attorneys general from 15 states and the District of Columbia filed a motion Thursday to intervene in a long-running lawsuit over a core part of the Affordable Care Act. In… Read More
Thursday, May 25, 2017

Planned Parenthood to Close Four Iowa Clinics after Cuts

Planned Parenthood said on Thursday it would shutter four of its 12 clinics in Iowa as a result of a measure backed by Republican Governor Terry Branstad that blocks public… Read More
Thursday, May 25, 2017

High-Powered, Bipartisan Team Lined Up to Push Drug Price Vote

The Ohio Drug Price Relief Act will have a high-profile bipartisan campaign team working to pass the ballot issue in the Nov. 7 election.  Financed in part by the AIDS… Read More
Thursday, May 25, 2017

A New Way to Spot Partisan Gerrymandering

Back in the 1960s, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart offered a simple definition of pornography that quickly became famous: “I know it when I see it.”  The reverse is… Read More
Thursday, May 25, 2017

States Offer Immigrants the Safety Net That Washington Won't

The Trump administration's policies have forced many immigrants into hiding. In his first 100 days in office, immigration arrests were up nearly 40 percent. The fear of deportation has reportedly… Read More
Thursday, May 25, 2017

What Happens When States Go Hunting for Welfare Fraud

By the time Illinois decided to crack down on Medicaid fraud in 2012, state officials knew that many people enrolled in the program probably weren’t eligible. For years, caseworkers hadn’t… Read More
Thursday, May 4, 2017

Why Texas Is the Most Dangerous U.S. State to Have a Baby

A few years ago, after more than two decades as a gynecologist taking care of low-income women in Texas, Lisa Hollier began to see something unexpected and disturbing. The number… Read More
Thursday, May 4, 2017

Ricketts Vetoes Bill To Restore Voting Rights to Felons Sooner

The governor is headed for a showdown with state lawmakers over felon voting rights.  Gov. Pete Ricketts vetoed a measure Thursday that restores the voting rights of felons immediately after… Read More
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