Abortion surveillance isn’t new but monitoring has increased post Dobbs, activists say
Protesters gather outside a Missouri clinic in 2019. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images) Abortion surveillance is something former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, has said is up…
D.C. Dispatch: Electric vehicles, drug trafficking and cybersecurity
The U.S. Capitol on Sept. 28, 2023. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) New electric vehicle standards, veteran local health care access and cybersecurity concerns were all the subjects of letters…
Alabama Sen. Garlan Gudger injured in jet ski accident
Sen. Garlan Gudger, R-Cullman, speaks on his bill criminalizing certain forms of absentee ballot assistance in the Alabama Senate on March 19, 2024 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama.…
Utah’s Title IX fight belongs in the courts, not the Legislature
The Capitol in Salt Lake City is pictured on Monday, May 6, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) Earlier this year, the Utah Legislature passed SB57, establishing…
Confusion, clinic closures may have caused big declines in contraception use, study shows
Some anti-abortion organizations call Plan B, which is an emergency contraceptive designed to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex, an abortion drug because it can prevent the implantation of a fertilized…
Confusion, clinic closures may have caused big declines in contraception use, study shows
Photo illustration by Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Clinic closures in the wake of the Dobbs decision and questions about the legality of emergency contraceptives, including disinformation that some are…
A new center will open in Curry County to help people with addictionÂ
Bay Area First Step runs a community center in Coos Bay. The center’s lobby, pictured here, offers a place for people to relax and visit. (Courtesy of Bay Area First…
Beshears traveling to Japan, Korea next week on economic development mission
Gov. Andy Beshear and First Lady Britainy Beshear, photographed at his inauguration in December 2023, will travel to Japan and Korea with other members of the administration next week. (Kentucky…
Retreat Behavioral Health workers seek back pay
A top executive at a for-profit drug rehab company sought to reassure hundreds of employees — including more than 160 in New Haven — who hadn’t been paid in weeks. They needed to hear…
Northwest ecosystems changed dramatically when wolves were nearly exterminated, study finds
A wolf makes its way across a road in Yellowstone National Park. (Jacob W. Frank/Courtesy of the U.S. National Park Service) Ecosystems in the Northwest were heavily shaped by wolves…