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All three
#Ohio
reps who oppose metal detectors in the US House "previously supported efforts to install metal detectors in school buildings as a method of preventing school violence" via
@Tylerjoelb
@OhioCapJournal
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A Black family from Georgia is fighting for the return of their five young children from the custody of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services after a traffic stop in Manchester, Tenn. last month.
via
@TNLookout
@anitawadhwani
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Before polls closed on Monday, the Georgia Secretary of State reported that the more than 100,000 votes cast surpassed the first-day midterm record in 2018.
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@GeorgiaRecorder
@stan_government
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Blackburn and Hagerty owe Tennesseans answers about their place on Giuliani’s call list
@jhollymc
@TNLookout
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A 15-year-old in Nebraska and his 12-year-old brother drove their snowmobile 12 miles to deliver penicillin to a 6-year-old who was snowed in at the family ranch and suffering from scarlet fever.
via
@NE_Examiner
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Ohio House rep: “I have no idea who writes my testimony. I never write my testimony. I never write my floor speeches. That’s what staff is for,” via
@jake_zuckerman
@OhioCapJournal
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In the audio initially reported by the Tennessee Holler, Republican Rep. Jason Zachary of Knoxville said he was tired of being called a racist and “white supremacist” by Black lawmakers.
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@TNLookout
@stockard_sam
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Editor’s column: Blackburn’s role in opioid crisis overshadows her crack pipe concerns, via
@jhollymc
@TNLookout
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A North Idaho librarian has received a distinguished award for her work providing safe spaces for LGBTQ+ teens amid community backlash.
via
@IdahoCapitalSun
@maldonado_mia_
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“Abortion is now illegal in Ohio after six weeks of pregnancy, when many are not yet aware they are pregnant.”
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@OhioCapJournal
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“I want to welcome the people back to the people’s house. I want to welcome democracy back to the people’s house,” Jones said after being recognized to speak.
via
@TNLookout
@friedmanadam5
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LaRose wants to make it harder for voters to amend constitution but evidence of a problem is lacking
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@OhioCapJournal
@martyschladen
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Today, we announced that
@StatesNewsroom
now has a presence in all 50 states! Learn more about how we are shining a light on policy and politics in state capitals around the country in
@CJR
:
This nonprofit has newsrooms in all 50 state capitals. Is it the future of state journalism?
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Kari Lake’s campaign manager likened all Native Americans to bloodthirsty savages who engage in human sacrifice in a racist tweet mocking the concept of Indigenous People’s Day
via
@ArizonaMirror
@JimSmall
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Flood’s close win over Pansing Brooks shows Democrats motivated, Republicans complacent in Nebraska
Via
@asanderford
@NE_Examiner
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Prolonged challenges by losing candidates could overshadow November election results
via
@kira_lerner
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From
@craigtimes
last year:
#PineyPoint
“was handled the same way we always handle environmental problems in
#Florida
—by putting off dealing with difficult situations until they escalate to the point that we can no longer ignore them.” via
@FLPhoenixNews
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“Newly released text messages show FirstEnergy executives describing an open line with the administration on the selection and inside support from Ohio’s chief executive.”
Via
@jake_zuckerman
@OhioCapJournal
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Big news! We’re excited to announce that Stateline is joining
@StatesNewsroom
. Our shared values and complementary expertise make this an ideal partnership, and we’re honored to have been selected by
@PewTrusts
to be Stateline’s new home.
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Tomorrow
@statesnewsroom
will launch Reproductive Rights Today, a comprehensive daily recap of developments in reproductive rights across the states – the front lines in the fight over abortion access in a post-Roe America.
Subscribe today!
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"Hallmark believes the peaceful transition of power is part of the bedrock of our democratic system, and we abhor violence of any kind. The recent actions of Sens. Josh Hawley and Roger Marshall do not reflect our company’s values."
Kansas City-based Hallmark Cards Inc. is demanding
@HawleyMO
and
@RogerMarshallMD
return donations the company's PAC has made to their campaigns.
“The recent actions of Sens. Josh Hawley and Roger Marshall do not reflect our company’s values."
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"Yost’s office didn’t answer Thursday when asked to explain how the risks faced by pregnant girls who are very young are legally distinguishable from those faced by other women."
Via
@martyschladen
@OhioCapJournal
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U.S. Rep. Jason Crow intends to propose a bill today that would protect U.S. service members’ right to abortion care across the military, regardless of what state they are posted in and that state’s abortion policies.
via
@NewslineCO
@lindseytoom
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After a heated and expensive campaign, Kentucky voters have decided — they’ve given Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear another four-year term.
via
@KYLantern
@mckennahorsley
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The Michigan House approved bills that would nullify Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban. The bills will go to the Senate, which has its own version of the bills. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign legislation if it hits her desk.
via
@MichiganAdvance
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Doctors call on DeWine to answer questions about abortion laws
via
@OhioCapJournal
@martyschladen
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ICYMI:
@WashingtonPost
published a piece Friday on the evolution of local news and
@statesnewsroom
was featured! We’re proud of our reporters across the country who are relentless in their coverage of the issues that affect peoples’ everyday lives.
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“She played a video at the state Republican convention … that portrayed the election system in crisis and controlled by a Jewish puppet master, George Soros, with the caption, ‘Let’s wreck elections forever and ever.’” Via
@deenafaywinter
@MNReformer
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In Arkansas, organizations are recruiting and training women on how to run campaigns. The goal is to increase representation in politics.
via
@ArkAdvocate
@AG_Reports
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Immigration attorney: “It’s very much luck of whatever country you were born in determines how long your wait is going to be. That is, in my opinion, unfair.”
Via
@Dulcet24
@TNLookout
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“No Michigander should fear going to school, work, the grocery store, or their own home because of gun violence,” said Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
via
@MichiganAdvance
@HistoryLivesDet
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New Hampshire is sending too little state money to its public schools and is violating the state’s constitution, a superior court judge ruled Monday, in a groundbreaking decision that could significantly change education funding.
Via
@NHBulletinNews
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Nice credit to
@MO_Independent
.
Data supporting the effectiveness of mask mandates in Missouri was kept private for a month until state public health officials released it this week in response to a public records request.
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The Minnesota House on Monday passed a bill to create an Office of Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls, the first of its kind in the country.
via
@gracesdeng
@MNReformer
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Lawmakers in 11 states have either passed or introduced laws to roll back child labor laws.
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@ArianaLFigueroa
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It's true. All the results in one place, reported by local journalists. No pop-ups. No paywall. No parachutes.
We have *all* the election news from states across the country in one place at
@statesnewsroom
. ✨
And our coverage is *free* and free to republish. 📰
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There has been "a 6.4% increase in female voters from before the Dobbs leak to after the decision. This gives Ohio the second highest registration increase by women in the country."
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@MorganTrau
@OhioCapJournal
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"It kind of wears you down after a while, having to constantly see patients not be able to access care they desire and care that they need," says Dr. Grace Mead.
via
@TNLookout
@JamieMcGee_
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed Senate Bill 18, which designates Jan. 30 of each year as “Fred Korematsu Day.”
via
@MichiganAdvance
@HistoryLivesDet
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New studies show at least 1 in 4 college-bound students are taking their reproductive health into consideration as they decide where they’ll head for higher education.
via
@OhioCapJournal
@megankhenry
@susantebben
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“F—k your thoughts and prayers,” reads the opening line of a late-night statement from House Majority Whip Ranjeev Puri (D-Canton).
via
@MichiganAdvance
@LainaStebbinsMI
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“Metro officials have questioned over the years if the AT&T data center was in an appropriate location on a highly trafficked urban street instead of a secluded remote area.”
From
@tnnaterau
this morning: How a bomb in an RV has called Nashville's cybersecurity into question. Reliance on a single data center knocked out 911 systems, credit card processing and affected the
@FAANews
.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History Director Steve Murray said Monday that the department is working to not repeat their early mistakes of excluding the stories of marginalized people.
via
@ALReflector
@JK_Stephenson
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Tennessee state Rep. Robin Smith resigns after being indicted on wire fraud charges, via
@StockardSam
@TNLookout
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Governor refuses to disavow Hillsdale president’s anti-teacher remarks in Tennessee
Via
@StockardSam
@TNLookout
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“It would mark a major step backward for public health, dampen an already sluggish COVID-19 vaccination effort in Ohio, and nix a practice of mandating vaccination that traces back through early American history.”
Via
@jake_zuckerman
@OhioCapJournal
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ICYMI: Ohio judge withdraws from probes into nuclear bailout he helped write, via
@jake_zuckerman
@OhioCapJournal
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In early 2022, photojournalist John Partipilo began working on a project to pay homage to Tennesseans working in the civil rights arena.
via
@TNLookout
@PartipiloJ
@Karenfocht
@jhollymc
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“Mastriano, who bused supporters to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, has been photographed at least four times with Lazar. However, Mastriano has denied knowing Lazar.”
ICYMI:
@Marley_Parish
reports: Pa. man with ties to GOP lawmaker — and Trump ally — Sen. Doug Mastriano arrested for Jan. 6 involvement
#PaPolitics
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Michigan State scholar: “Misogyny ‘stands on its own as an extremist ideology’ that’s ‘often interwoven with … all sorts of gross belief systems that depend heavily on hatred of women or play off of hatred of women.’”
Via
@AnnaGustafson
@MichiganAdvance
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‘Let my people vote’: Florida Black Caucus members slam DeSantis’ congressional redistricting plan with "two performing-Black districts, compared to four under the Legislature’s map." Via
@IssacMorgan12
@FLPhoenixNews
#redistricting
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The Campaign for Accountability filed a complaint Wednesday with Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk and Henry Leventis, the U.S. Attorney for Middle Tennessee.
via
@TNLookout
@friedmanadam5
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Duke study “Nearly all voucher students (92 percent) are attending religious schools, more than three quarters of which use a biblically-based curriculum presenting concepts that directly contradict the state’s educational standards”
#nced
#ncpol
New Duke University study: Big, unresolved problems continue to plague NC’s school
#voucher
program via
@ncpolicywatch
#ncpol
#ncga
#nced
@DukeLawCLC
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Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder spent possibly his last moments as a free man around 2:30 p.m. Thursday and they couldn’t have been pleasant.
via
@OhioCapJournal
@martyschladen
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🎉HELLO, ALASKA!🎉
Follow the
@AlaskaBeacon
and team
@kitchenman
@LisaPhuAK
@AK_OK
@YJRosen
for state government news from the 27th
@statesnewsroom
newsroom.
The Alaska Beacon has launched! Editor-in-chief Andrew Kitchenman welcomes readers in his first commentary. Alaska’s government and politics will be the focus of an experienced team of journalists.
#akleg
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Hundreds of protesters, many of them high school students, filled the Tennessee Capitol three days after a mass school shooting in Nashville to urge lawmakers to pass gun safety laws.
via
@TNLookout
@stockard_sam
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"I regret to inform you that your submission is defective.” The COA said the Trump campaign failed to include necessary documentation."
#Michigan
#Election2020
via
@sjdemas
@MichiganAdvance
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The Center for Christian Virtue helped draft the Ohio bill creating "a voucher system in which state dollars follow students even if they begin attending private, religious, or charter schools"
Via
@OhioCapJournal
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“Plaintiffs have a fundamental right to a clean and healthful environment, which includes climate as part of the environmental life support system,” a Montana district court judge wrote in her decision.
Via
@daily_montanan
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Report: “Even if Ohio doubled state spending on child protection, it would remain 50th in the nation.”
Via
@OhioCapJournal
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Three Alaska legislators have been sued for blocking comments on their social media accounts. A new policy states that legislators may forfeit state-paid legal protection if they remove constituents’ comments or block them.
via
@AlaskaBeacon
@JamesBrooks
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The judge chosen to take over for an Ohio Supreme Court justice who recused himself from the state’s abortion law case served on an advisory board for a crisis pregnancy center.
via
@OhioCapJournal
@susantebben
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“Hawley should be censured by his Senate colleagues for his actions which have undermined a peaceful transition of power and for provoking yesterday’s riots in our nation’s capital.”
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Oh, hello,
#Nebraska
,
@NE_Examiner
launches Tuesday 1/25! For the latest state government news, follow
@catefolsom
@cgonzalez_NE
@PaulHammelNE
and
@asanderford
.
Welcome to the 26th
@statesnewsroom
team!
GREAT NEWS for
#Nebraska
journalism, and coverage of state government and politics and more.
@NE_Examiner
, a free news nonprofit, launches Tuesday. It’s home to reporters
@PaulHammelNE
,
@CGonzalez_NE
and
@asanderford
.
Get our newsletter:
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"Meanwhile, in Florida, the gun licenses of 22 insurrectionists involved in the riot were suspended on Tuesday, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Division of Licensing."
FL Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy offers empathy to Capitol Police officer: ‘I listened to you struggle’ via
@flphoenixnews
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“The Giuliani Show .., would not have happened unless Shirkey and Chatfield sanctioned it. The most generous interpretation is that they’re weak leaders with tenuous holds on their caucuses, so they didn’t put a stop to it.”
Last night, millions watching Saturday Night Live were laughing at Michigan, not with us. We deserved it after last week's legislative conspiracyfest. But how do we come back from that when we're still facing a deadly pandemic? Me, in the
@michiganadvance
.
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“‘We’re not going to give over our electoral votes to Joe Biden without a fight,’ Hall said” ... In 2016, “Hall was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 18 months probation for election fraud”
@sjdemas
#Election2020
Republican convicted of election fraud helps lead Trump rally baselessly claiming election fraud via
@michiganadvance
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Ohio’s utility regulator is at the center of a massive bribery and money laundering scandal that has been the focus of a trial here since late last month.
via
@OhioCapJournal
@martyschladen
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"Ohio had the 10th-highest rate of infant mortality, the 19th-highest rates of teen and preterm births, the 18th-highest rate of low birthweight babies and the 16th-highest rate of babies born to unmarried mothers" in 2020.
@martyschladen
@OhioCapJournal
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In a letter to
#Florida
@GovRonDeSantis
, columnist
@craigtimes
suggests:
"Make the DEP actually protect the environment.
Sounds like kooky talk, I know, but hear me out." via
@FLPhoenixNews
#FlaPol
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Ohio doctor “who routinely deals with emergencies arising from high-risk pregnancies, said she’s been plagued by fears that what she sees as an emergency won’t be seen the same way by a prosecutor.”
Via
@martyschladen
@OhioCapJournal
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Free press attorneys and advocacy groups rejected the police explanation for the Marion County, Kansas, raid.
Via
@KansasReflector
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Five young children taken from their parents after a traffic stop in Coffee County nearly two months ago have been returned home, a family attorney said Friday.
via
@TNLookout
@anitawadhwani
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A bill from U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen would require the National Park Service to study the feasibility of adding sites in and around Memphis where white mobs committed lynchings for decades.
Via
@jacob_fischler
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The suit says the Tennessee Legislature sought to minimize Black votes through “cracking” and “packing” methods of gerrymandering, limiting voter input and participation and speeding the development and passage of the redistricting plan.
Via
@TNLookout
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“Idaho ranks 49th in the nation for primary care physicians per capita… During the pandemic, legislators also changed laws to pull state funding from public health departments, and to give elected politicians veto power over public health mandates.”
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Shirkey said: “the so-called leaders — of three of the groups met in my office and we talked about their messaging, their purpose, what they are trying to accomplish and how they could improve their message”
New: Michigan GOP Senate leader advised militias on messaging, says they’ve gotten ‘a bad rap’ via
@michiganadvance
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Alongside his Tuesday announcement that he will be running for reelection, President Biden also named Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as one of his national reelection campaign co-chairs.
via
@MichiganAdvance
@LainaStebbinsMI
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👋Hello, Utah!
@UTNewsDispatch
, the 39th
@statesnewsroom
state news site, will launch in one (1) week!
👋 Nice to meet you, Utah! 👋 We’re Utah News Dispatch, launching Jan. 9 to bring you essential reporting on politics, policy and their impacts on the Beehive State. No paywalls, ads or pop-ups. Just good journalism
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ICYMI: Anti-trans sports bill sprouts from ignorance. We owe Kansas kids respect and support. A column from
@ClayWires
@KansasReflector
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So proud that
@chatlanis
is an inaugural Local Investigative Fellow! We're looking forward to the work she'll produce on health care issues in Mississippi, to be co-published by
@nytimes
and
@statesnewsroom
over the coming year.
We are thrilled to announce the inaugural class of the Local Investigations Fellowship. The journalists, who hail from five states, will produce signature investigative work focused on their state or region.
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Very excited about this partnership between
@kcur
&
@NPR
Midwest Newsroom and
@MO_Independent
, plus
@IowaCapDispatch
@NE_Examiner
and
@KansasReflector
, that will feature the work of
@niaraalexandra
and
@SamHorton5
!
#collaboration
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Michigan court: “Weaponizing the criminal law against providers to force pregnancy on our state’s women is simply contrary to the notion of due process, equal protection, and bodily autonomy in this court’s eyes.”
Via
@JonKingNews
@MichiganAdvance
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"While Idaho’s independent, anti-government streak is part of the story, so are the kernels of truth and personal experiences that feed misinformation." Excellent work from
@audreydutton
@IdahoCapitalSun
#Vaccines
#COVID19
#Idaho
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States Newsroom is already local. Sign up for daily newsletters featuring original reporting in 18 (soon to be 20) state capitals now at
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Whitmer: “Nearly my whole life, this is a right that’s afforded women the freedom to live and enjoy full rights to privacy and autonomy and equality as American citizens. All of that is in jeopardy.”
Via
@donahual
@MichiganAdvance
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The “Moral Monday” rally at the state capitol will be led by Tennessee clergy along with national faith and civil rights leaders including Bishop William Barber, II.
via
@TNLookout
@anitawadhwani
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According to the ACLU of Indiana lawsuit, although some religions — and adherents of those religions — believe that human life begins at conception, “this is not a theological opinion shared by all religions or all religious persons.”
Via
@INCapChronicle
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“Sinema told ASU police she intentionally went into the bathroom because she believed that recording someone inside a bathroom is a crime” via
@bylauragomezr
@ArizonaMirror
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"We're not trying to make straight kids gay. We are trying to keep gay kids alive," said Whitney Spotts.
via
@MichiganAdvance
@LilyCGuiney
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"You may have heard that
#Florida
seagrass beds are in big trouble right now. We’ve lost tens of thousands of acres of them.
#Manatees
are starving to death as a result. More than 1,000 died in 2021, many from malnutrition." Via
@craigtimes
@FLPhoenixNews
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Dem data firm: “In states like Wisconsin and Michigan where reproductive rights are at stake this year, we’re seeing a meaningful gender gap in registration, whereby women are out-registering men by significant margins.”
Via
@JonKingNews
@MichiganAdvance
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COLUMN “Getting dourly lectured by administrators and being sent home … is a humiliating rite of passage for many middle- and high-school girls because slut-shaming is as American as apple pie. Clearly, school districts can exercise the power to require masks if they so choose.”
Susan J. Demas: If schools can send girls home for short skirts, they can enforce mask mandates via
@michiganadvance
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Hellooooo, Indiana!
We are excited to announce that Indiana Capital Chronicle is launching on June 28! We’re a network of quality journalists. No ads and no paywalls!
Please sign up for our free morning newsletter here
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Hey
#Montana
, we’re looking forward to being a 20-state network next week!
We can’t wait to begin the new year with you. Daily Montanan launches Jan. 5 – sign up for our morning newsletter at ! Your source for relentless coverage of the Big Sky State. No paywalls, no ads. Nonpartisan news from States Newsroom’s newest affiliate.
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The Knoxville resolution asks state lawmakers to legalize abortions in the cases of rape, incest, sex trafficking, when the fetus is not viable and to “protect the life and health of the pregnant person.”
via
@TNLookout
@anitawadhwani
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