Key court decision elevates the need for consumer rights advocacy
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom) A recent landmark Supreme Court ruling marks a significant shift in the enactment and enforcement of consumer protection rules.…
Dust from the Great Salt Lake has outsized impact on disadvantaged communities, study says
The shores of the Great Salt Lake near Syracuse, with Antelope Island in the background, are pictured on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)…
Alabama state senator files bill to enforce laws around underage nicotine use
Jeremy Wong smokes an e-cigarette at The Vaping Buddha on Jan. 23, 2018, in South San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) An Alabama senator has pre-filed a bill that would…
How will Nevada cities and counties react to U.S. Supreme Court homeless ruling?
(Photo: Ronda Churchill) Policy, politics and progressive commentary Though a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision gives cities more leeway to criminalize unhoused people for sleeping in public, Nevada municipalities have…
‘Frustrating’ partisan stalemate: the new normal for farm bills?Â
A farmer planting corn near Dwight, Illinois, on April 23, 2020. Partisan gridlock in Congress has led to a stalemate on the current farm bill, which provides crop subsidies and…
Missouri counties say they lose money housing people headed to state prison
The General Assembly has provided more funding to reimburse Missouri counties for housing those who are awaiting transport to state prisons, but some counties argue it isn’t enough (Vaughn Wheat/The…
Louisiana makes it clear: Nondisclosure agreements can’t hide sexual misconduct at work
A new Louisiana law takes affect Aug. 1, 2024, that will make clear that nondisclosure agreements signed as a condition of employment cannot be used to cover up sexual harassment…
On this day in 1827
JULY 5, 1827 This illustration of the emancipation of Black Americans ran in Harper’s Weekly. A day after those enslaved were freed in the state of New York, 4,000 Black…
Federal court ends pause on LNG export project approvals
Residences stand in front of a Venture Global LNG storage tank in Cameron, Louisiana. (Getty Images) This story originally appeared on Lousiana Illuminator. A federal judge has sided with Louisiana…
‘I don’t need help; I want customers’: Immigrant businesses continue to face additional hurdles during flood recovery
This is Part 6 of Downstream, a 10-part series looking at what’s changed — and what hasn’t — one year after catastrophic floods swept through Vermont. MONTPELIER — For five…