As a key labor union pushes into the South, red states push back
UAW President Shawn Fain is set to speak at a press conference at the UAW Local 112 office on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Coaling, Alabama. Local Mercedes-Benz workers in…
Immigration group pleads for help bringing deported relatives back to the U.S.
Omar Toumbou of Maryland speaks at a press conference hosted by the Ohio Immigrant Alliance on the U.S. Capitol grounds Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (Photo by Lia Chien/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON…
Pair of U.S. House Dems add to chorus calling for Alito, Thomas recusals
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Quentin Young/Colorado Newsline.) WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democrats echoed Senate colleagues recently in calling for U.S. Supreme Court…
American womanhood is not what it used to be − understanding the backlash to Dobbs v. Jackson
Experts have said that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the use of mifepristone, a key abortion medication, could have implications for drug approval by the U.S. Food and Drug…
California’s budget charade reflects a 15-year-long conflict over the process
What’s happening on the state budget this week — or, more accurately, not happening — is the latest chapter in a 15-year-long saga of manipulative Capitol politics. Sometime before Saturday…
Bookman: Trump allies work to undermine election safeguards that withstood 2020 pressure campaign
Opinion writer Jay Bookman writes that state leaders have compromised the safeguards that protected the integrity of the vote in 2020. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder Last fall, James McWhorter was summoned…
GOP candidates for Utah’s 3rd Congressional District united on many issues, but differ on Ukraine
Candidates in the Republican primary for Utah’s 3rd Congressional District take part in a televised debate at the Eccles Broadcast Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 12, 2024.…
Southern Poverty Law Center lays off employees in an effort to align the work with its mission
The headquarters of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama on February 8, 2023. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector) This is a developing story, the article will be updated as more…
Advocates urge Alabama to resolve medical cannabis licensing legal dispute
Amanda Taylor, a patient advocate, speaks at the Patients’ Coalition for Medical Cannabis press conference on June 12 in Montgomery. Taylor said she has seven conditions that could be treated…
Birmingham charter school receives approval for amended enrollment plan
Downtown Birmingham viewed from Red Mountain. Birmingham is one of the largest banking centers in the United States and has a long history as a steel and iron producer. (John…