Former Justice Bob Orr thinks clients should appeal ‘fair elections’ lawsuit dismissal
The new NC congressional map creates 10 strong Republican districts out of 14. (Source: NC Legislature) Former state Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr said this week he plans to appeal…
Election-related wins and losses from the 2024 legislative session
Voters fill out ballots during the Rhode Island Presidential Preference Primary on April 2, 2024, at Donovan Manor in Newport. A half-dozen elections and voting-related bills cleared the Rhode Island…
‘Frustrating’ partisan stalemate: the new normal for farm bills?
Aerial views of drought-affected Colorado farm lands 83 miles east of Denver on July 21, 2012. Green areas are irrigated, the yellow areas are dryland wheat crops. (Lance Cheung/USDA/Public Domain…
Va. traffic fatalities increased 24% over past decade and more state headlines
The state Capitol. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury) • “ACLU of Virginia sues Hanover School Board on behalf of transgender student allegedly banned from sports team.”—WRIC • “Virginia traffic fatalities increase 24%…
Despite what some politicians say, crime rates are decreasing
An FBI Evidence Response Team investigator walks behind a crime scene. The FBI’s Quarterly Uniform Crime Report, which was released in early June, suggests that violent crime dropped by 15%…
Young Kentuckians desperately need more from their elected officials
Children eat lunch together on Nov. 28, 2023, at the iKids Childhood Enrichment Center in Benton. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Abbey Cutrer) The annual national KIDS COUNT Data Book includes…
Legal experts say Chevron deference decision puts Maine’s reliance on federal partners at risk
The U.S. Supreme Court, pictured, issued a decision on a case dealing with a legal precedent that gave federal agencies broad discretion to use their judgment to resolve any ambiguity…
Fewer beds and smaller earnings will hurt New Mexico hospitals as new state law goes into effect
Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center in Alamogordo, New Mexico. (Photo by Danielle Prokop / Source NM) Smaller New Mexico hospitals will soon start missing out on government funding due to…
The Supreme Court just limited federal power. Health care Is feeling the shockwaves.
The Supreme Court’s June 28 decision overturned a 1984 precedent that said courts should give deference to federal agencies in legal challenges over their regulatory or scientific decisions. Instead, courts…
Rhode Island needs more foster homes and it needs them now
Children who are unable to live with their families learn valuable life skills from trained caregivers while living in a single-family home on the Bazarsky campus of Boys Town New…