After Missouri banned abortion, the state saw 25% drop in OB-GYN residency applicants
The need for more robust and accessible maternal health care is particularly stark in Missouri, where lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have lamented the state’s woeful maternal and…
USDA aims to aid small farmers by barring pay deductions from poultry companies
Chickens gather around a feeder at a farm on August 9, 2014, in Osage, Iowa. A new proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture rule would ban chicken companies from deducting farmers’…
National Democratic group spotlights three Oregon legislative races
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee highlighted Senate candidate Anthony Broadman and House candidates Lesly Munoz and Virginia Stapleton. (Campaign photos) A national group focused on helping Democrats win control of…
Familiar names return in many Alaska legislative races, with 42 of 50 seats challenged in 2024
“I voted” stickers are seen on display at a polling station in Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) Alaska’s legislative election season officially…
Watch: More of California’s protected Joshua trees could be cut down
Environmentalists warn that a California Democrat’s bill “drives a bulldozer” through the state’s new law that protects imperiled Joshua trees from commercial development. But the lawmaker says his impoverished desert…
Why CA families are getting a tax surprise for health care
An information booth for Covered California at the California Native Americans Day celebration at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Sept. 22, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters For…
Republican governors bash Biden on energy policy
The Chalmette Refining plant along the Mississippi River in Chalmette, which uses non-fossil fuels such as soybean and corn oil to create diesel fuel. (Dee J. Hall/ Floodlight) CHALMETTE, Louisiana…
USDA aims to aid small farmers by barring pay deductions from poultry companies
Chickens gather around a feeder at a farm on August 9, 2014, in Osage, Iowa. A new proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture rule would ban chicken companies from deducting farmers’…
Fauci defends his work on COVID-19, says he has an ‘open mind’ on its origins
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the…
Henderson, North Las Vegas approved to open quasi-school districts, sponsor charter schools
Henderson City Hall in May 2024. (Photo: April Corbin Girnus/Nevada Current) Policy, politics and progressive commentary The charter school landscape in Nevada is changing. The Nevada Department of Education on…