States are already collecting more abortion data. And HIPAA won’t always keep it private.
According to the Guttmacher Institute, 15 states already require providers to gather information about a patient’s reason for seeking an abortion, with varying degrees of specificity. Many of those states…
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…
Why California regulators have to protect both consumers and company profits
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Southern Pacific Railroad wielded almost total control over California’s politics, angering farmers who believed they were being gouged by high freight…
Georgia families struggle to buy food during summer as state declines to extend enhanced benefits
The Atlanta-based social service organization Caring For Others provided food, clothes, toys, shoes, furniture, and other essentials to more than 129,000 households in 2023. Submitted photo/Caring For Others A little…
Safeguarding the Atlantic’s only marine national monument
Just 130 miles off our coast lies the first and only marine national monument off the continental United States, a place protected from most human harms. The Northeast Canyons and…
Work, live, ride died but legislators still defend their support for it
Since the end of the legislative session on May 8, we’ve seen a few op/eds from lawmakers who are trying to defend their vote in favor of the unworkable DesegregateCT…
Gov. Josh Green Gives Final Approval To Income Tax Break He Hopes Will Make Hawaii Affordable
But others worry the tax cut, which will cost the state billions of dollars, will mean deep cuts to needed state programs.
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’…
Feeding Our Future trial: Closing arguments overshadowed by a Sunday night Hallmark bag of cash
The Feeding Our Future trial is being held at the Diane E. Murphy United States Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer. After 24 days of testimony and…
Menendez advocated for ally’s company because it was ‘good for New Jersey,’ lawyer says
Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial in Manhattan began its fourth week Monday — the same day Menendez filed paperwork in Trenton to seek reelection in November. (Dana DiFilippo | New…