Vanessa M. Griffith, Colorado Newsline As a public health equity intern and an African-American woman, I wanted to express my agreement with the findings expressed in Sara Wilson’s Newsline article “High Costs, Systemic Racism Plagues Health Care, Colorado Survey Finds.” Black and Indigenous Americans and people of color in the …
Read More »Federal Judge Allows Georgia Ban On Handing Voters Food, Water To Stand
Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder If you’re voting in person this November, remember to bring your own snacks. A federal judge in Atlanta Thursday upheld a provision in Georgia’s 2021 election overhaul forbidding people from handing out water, food and other gifts to people standing in line to vote, also known …
Read More »Education Secretary Says Expect Student Loan Announcement ‘Within the Next Week or So’
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams With just 10 days until a moratorium on federal student loan payments is set to expire, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Sunday that “within the next week or so” the American people will hear from the Biden administration about any future action it will take to …
Read More »Appeals Court Orders Release of Secret Memo Barr ‘Used to Undercut the Mueller Report’
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams A federal appeals court on Friday ordered the release of a 2019 memorandum about whether then-President Donald Trump obstructed Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)—the watchdog fighting to reveal the U.S. …
Read More »Your Check’s in the Mail: States Give Tax Refunds to Cushion Inflation
This month, Colorado taxpayers began receiving refunds from the state government. Joint filers got $1,500, and single filers got $750. Enclosed was a letter from Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, who noted that the checks — required under the state constitution — were being mailed ahead of schedule, due to a …
Read More »State Attorneys General Unite Against Robocalls
Elaine Povich This story was originally published by Stateline. Nothing has been able to kill scam robocalls — not federal regulation, not individual state lawsuits, not private software. Each effort has made a dent, but the unwanted calls keep on coming, much to the consternation of Americans on the receiving …
Read More »Judge Says Mar-a-Lago Affidavit ‘Can Be Unsealed’ With Redactions
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams A U.S. judge on Thursday gave the federal government a week to propose redactions to the warrant affidavit detailing the information that led to last week’s search of Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s Florida home. “I’m not prepared to find that the affidavit should be fully …
Read More »Louie Gohmert Leaves Congress Having Passed One Law And Spread Countless Falsehoods
Eric Neugeboren, The Texas Tribune Aug. 18, 2022 In 2010, U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert warned the nation from the floor of the House of Representatives about a looming threat: terrorist babies. He described — without providing evidence — a diabolical and far-fetched scheme in which foreign enemies were sending pregnant …
Read More »Judge Blocks Enforcement Of Michigan’s ‘chilling and dangerous’ Abortion Ban
Jon King, Michigan Advance An Oakland County judge has ruled that an injunction on Michigan’s abortion ban will remain in effect, preventing local prosecutors from enforcing a 1931 law which prohibits doctors in the state from performing any abortions except to save the life of the “pregnant woman.” Circuit Court …
Read More »Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’ Hit With Injunction, Lawsuit
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his Stop WOKE Act suffered a two-punch blow Thursday as a federal judge blocked parts of the controversial law and a coalition of civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit against what they are calling “racially motivated censorship.” U.S. District Judge …
Read More »Biden Administration Asks State, Local Officials To Boost Monkeypox Vaccine Outreach
Jennifer Shutt, Virginia Mercury Federal public health officials said Thursday they are working with state and local health departments to boost messaging and vaccinations for those most likely to contract monkeypox, including people at large-scale events. But Biden administration officials at a press briefing also struggled to explain differing statements …
Read More »Ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg Pleads Guilty to 15 Felonies, Set to Testify Against Trump Organization
Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg on Thursday pleaded guilty to 15 felonies related to tax fraud in New York state court and is set to serve only five months in jail on Rikers Island if he testifies during the trial of the ex-president’s family business. “Today Allen …
Read More »Florida Court Refuses To Grant Teenager Permission To Secure An Abortion
Michael Moline, Florida Phoenix A Florida appellate court has refused to allow a 16-year-old pregnant girl who was 10 weeks pregnant to obtain an abortion without the permission of her parents or guardian. The 3-1 ruling affirms a decision by Escambia County Circuit Judge Jennifer Frydrychowicz, who decided that the …
Read More »Two Weeks Before Payments Resume, Progressives Tell Biden ‘Time to Cancel Student Debt’
With only two weeks before a pandemic-related pause on federal student loan payments expires, progressive lawmakers and organizations on Wednesday reiterated demands for U.S. President Joe Biden to finally take sweeping debt cancellation action. While Biden only campaigned on forgiving $10,000 per borrower and has reportedly considered setting an income …
Read More »Twenty States, D.C. Join In Opposing Texas Lawsuit On Emergency Abortion Care
Jennifer Shutt, Daily Montanan Attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia filed a brief in federal court on Tuesday, challenging Texas’ assertion that states shouldn’t have to comply with a federal law that protects doctors who end a pregnancy to save the patient’s life. The brief argues …
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