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Trump indictment not expected to affect Wisconsin court race
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The indictment of former President Donald Trump will likely have little impact on the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race to be decided next week, as Democrats try to flip majority control of the court with the fate of abortion access in the state on the line, those...
Judge’s ruling undercuts US health law’s preventive care
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a narrower but key part of the nation's health law Thursday that requires most insurers to cover preventive services that include screenings for cancer, diabetes and mental health. ...
Editorial Roundup: Tennessee
Kingsport Times News. March 23, 2023. Editorial: Permit-less carry may soon be granted to 18-year-olds One problem with granting adult privileges to teenagers is that while you’re considered an adult in the U.S. at age 18, the brain doesn’t finish developing and...
Today in History: March 30, Ronald Reagan shot and wounded
Today in History Today is Thursday, March 30, the 89th day of 2023. There are 276 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by...
Anti-abortion Wisconsin lawmakers now eye Medicaid expansion
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Low-income Wisconsin mothers could stay on Medicaid longer after giving birth and with less paperwork under a bill that has gained bipartisan support in the Republican-controlled Legislature. Nearly half of the state’s lawmakers have co-sponsored the bill...
Man charged with firebombing Wisconsin anti-abortion office
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — After nearly a year of searching, investigators used DNA pulled from a half-eaten burrito to capture the man they believe firebombed a prominent Wisconsin anti-abortion lobbying group's office. The U.S. attorney's office in Madison announced that police...
US Supreme Court won't review GOP's Kansas congressional map
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court won't review a congressional redistricting law enacted by the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature that some voters and Democrats saw as political gerrymandering. The nation's highest court said Monday without explanation that it won't...
Georgia high court considers whether abortion law is void
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's highest court is considering whether the state's restrictive abortion law is void because it violated U.S. Supreme Court precedent that was in effect at the time when it was enacted. A lower court judge last year ruled that the law enacted in 2019 was not...
Kansas high court signals continued abortion rights support
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ highest court signaled Monday that it still considers access to abortion a “fundamental” right under the state constitution, as an attorney for the state argued that a decisive statewide vote last year affirming abortion rights “doesn't matter." ...
New Hawaii law expands abortion access, protects providers
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's governor on Wednesday signed legislation expanding access to abortion and putting into law recent executive orders protecting local health care providers from prosecution by out-of-state authorities. State Sen. Joy San Buenaventura, a Democrat, told a...
