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| Sep 19, 2026 | Governor Newsom signs new laws to protect California elections from Trump interference | This bill package builds on the Governor’s continued protection from potential federal or other state interference. Earlier today, the Governor signed SB 1354 (Archuleta), which draws a clear line around state-to-state military deployments ... |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Why the AI boom has become an election problem | Not very long ago, if you asked someone what they thought about data centers, they might have asked you what a data center is.
Now, an overwhelming majority of Americans know exactly what you're talking about, and they're against ... |
| Jul 24, 2026 | OpenAI Locks In 3.2 Gigawatts for Georgia Data Center Despite Public Backlash | By Adrian Parham
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| May 27, 2026 | Governor Newsom signs legislation to further protect California elections from interference and intimidation | Trump’s attacks on democracy
Trump and his allies have spent years attacking the foundations of American democracy and undermining confidence in free and fair elections. After losing the 2020 election, Trump pressured state officials to ove... |
| Apr 29, 2026 | GOP candidates revive anti-Islam attacks as midterms approach | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline.org
Republican lawmakers and candidates across the country have escalated their anti-Islam rhetoric in recent months, a strategy aimed at energizing voters by clai... |
| Apr 18, 2026 | ‘It’s a safe space’: Mobile midwifery clinics meet patients where they are | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Nada Hassanein, Stateline.org
MIAMI — Midwife Sheila Simms Watson leaned to gently press on the pregnant woman’s belly. Me’Asia Taylor lay on a bed fitted with tie-dyed purple printed sheets in ... |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Republican push to increase sales taxes would fall hardest on lower-income residents | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Kevin Hardy, Stateline.org
There’s no doubt that raising sales taxes in order to lower property taxes will shift more of South Dakota’s tax burden to lower-income residents, Republican Senate Ma... |
| Feb 26, 2026 | “Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool To Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes. | This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license.
When county clerk Brianna Lennon got an email in November saying a newly expanded federal system had flagged 74 people on the county’s voter rol... |
| Feb 15, 2026 | With electricity bills rising, some states consider new data center laws | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Kevin Hardy, Stateline.org
As Americans grow increasingly frustrated over their electricity bills, states are trying to keep the nation’s growing number of data centers from causing higher energ... |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Freestanding birth centers are closing as maternity care gaps grow | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Anna Claire Vollers and Nada Hassanein, Stateline.org
Dr. Heather Skanes opened Alabama’s first freestanding birth center in 2022 in her hometown of Birmingham. Skanes, an OB-GYN, wanted to impr... |
| Dec 28, 2025 | Rising electric bills lead to state scrutiny — but little relief for residents | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Kevin Hardy, Stateline.org
The last time the Maine Public Utilities Commission considered an electricity price hike, the proposal received fewer than 90 comments from the public. Related Article... |
| Nov 6, 2025 | Mamdani’s Win Shows That Believing In Something Beats Performative Hatred | Last week, I wrote about how the Trump administration has replaced any sort of concept of governance with governance-by-trolling—a government optimized purely for making a huge segment of the country angry while the base cheers them on. The... |
| Sep 4, 2025 | As Republicans spar over IVF, some turn to obscure MAHA-backed alternative | By Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline.org
Republican support for in vitro fertilization, after surging in the wake of a 2024 Alabama Supreme Court decision that threatened the procedure, may be splintering as President Donald Trump retreats fro... |
| May 6, 2025 | The Fertility Frontier: Navigating the Complex Landscape of IVF Access in America | In the United States, the quest for family-building through in vitro fertilization (IVF) resembles a marathon through a dense forest. The path is fraught with obstacles, from political resistance to financial burdens. As the nation grapples... |
| May 2, 2025 | What ‘Fertilization President’ Trump can learn from state efforts to expand IVF access | Whether the administration’s efforts will change policy remains unknown, but state-level attempts to mandate fertility coverage reveal the gauntlet of budgetary and political hurdles that such initiatives face — obstacles that have led to m... |
| Mar 20, 2025 | National Politics | Child tax credits, long a liberal priority, find favor in Republican states | Fifteen states and the District of Columbia have some child tax credit programs. But so far, all 11 states with refundable credits are led by Democratic governors and legislatures.
“Obviously, it’s great to see more places are interested in... |
| Feb 21, 2025 | The Tug-of-War Over State Budgets: Prisons vs. Remote Work | In the United States, state budgets are battlegrounds. On one side, the pressing needs of aging prison systems. On the other, the contentious debate over remote work policies. Both issues reveal a deeper struggle: how to allocate limited re... |
| Feb 18, 2025 | National Politics | States debate prison spending as needs grow but budgets tighten | He also has proposed $8 million for infrastructure improvements and more than $2 million for radio tower replacements and satellite phones for probation officers in rural counties.
His budget would allocate roughly $3 million for correction... |
| Dec 2, 2024 | National Politics | Under Trump, many states might pursue Medicaid work requirements | Republicans on Capitol Hill are eager to find ways to pay for extending tax cuts enacted during Trump’s first term in office, and Medicaid — funded jointly by the federal government and the states — is in their sights. Requiring states to e... |
| Nov 9, 2024 | Safeguarding Democracy: The Battle Over Election Certification | In the aftermath of elections, the process of certifying results is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of democracy. It’s the final seal of approval, the stamp that confirms the will of the people. Yet, in recent years, this process has... |
| Nov 4, 2024 | National Politics | Recent safeguards should quash efforts to overturn election results, experts say | Much of the anxiety from election officials and experts in the post-election period involves the certification of election results. After voters cast their ballots and local election officials count them, the results are not yet official.
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| Oct 21, 2024 | National Politics | College students fight barriers to casting ballots as early voting begins | But voting laws differ by state, and access varies from campus to campus for the roughly 18 million students in undergraduate and graduate programs. Add the complexity of last-minute changes to election laws, including an increasing number ... |
| Oct 5, 2024 | The Battle for the Ballot: How New Voting Laws Could Shape the 2024 Election | As the 2024 election looms, the battleground states are gearing up for a showdown. The stakes are high, and the rules of the game are changing. New voting laws are being introduced, and old ones are being challenged. The outcome of this ele... |
| Oct 5, 2024 | National Politics | In the tightest states, new voting laws could tip the outcome in November | “The last four years have been a long, strange trip,” said Hannah Fried, co-founder and executive director of All Voting is Local, a multistate voting rights organization.
“Rollbacks were almost to an instance tied to the ‘big lie,’” she ad... |
| Sep 7, 2024 | The Battle for Certainty: Election Certification in a Divided America | As the November presidential election looms, the air is thick with tension. Swing states like Michigan and Wisconsin are bracing for a showdown. The stakes are high, and the ground is shifting beneath our feet. Election certification, once ... |
| Sep 6, 2024 | National Politics | Swing states prepare for a showdown over certifying votes in November | Citing their positions on the Board of Canvassers, the letter went on to claim that because of new state election laws, including one that allows for early voting, “All of the ingredients required for voter fraud were present.”
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| May 28, 2024 | Biden administration sues states over immigration laws | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued two more states this month to prevent them from implementing new state laws targeting immigrants.
Why it matters: The lawsuits against Iowa and Oklahoma — in ad... |
| May 14, 2024 | "Dirty Dozen" waterways on the brink | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Georgia's "Little Amazon" on some days reeks of eggs and turns black—thanks to a pulp mill's discharges, according to a yearly roundup of the state's most endangered rivers, c... |
| Apr 30, 2024 | Plant Vogtle nuclear reactor starts commercial operations | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Georgia Power's two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle are now pumping electricity to customers' lights and laptops.
Why it matters: The start of "commercial operation" at Vogtle... |
| Apr 17, 2024 | National Politics | Republicans scrutinize voting rolls and ramp up for mass challenges ahead of election | Matt Vasilogambros | Stateline.org (TNS)
When Scott Hoen ran to be Carson City, Nevada’s chief election official two years ago, he campaigned on “election integrity,” promising to make sure voter registration lists were accurate.
In the cha... |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 2024 Crossover Day cheat sheet at the Georgia Capitol | Thursday is Crossover Day at the State Capitol.
Why it matters: It's the deadline by which bills must pass one chamber to move over to the other to become law before the legislative session ends on March 28.
Here are some key issues to... |
| Feb 27, 2024 | State Senate targets automatic voter registration | Georgia Republican lawmakers are pushing a law that could undo what advocates and election officials call a smart way to register citizens to vote.
Why it matters: The measure, which the Georgia Senate could consider as early as this week, ... |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Lauren Boebert isn't the first lawmaker to at least consider carpetbagging | Politics Lauren Boebert isn't the first lawmaker to at least consider carpetbagging
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| Jul 3, 2023 | These new Georgia laws are now in effect | One of Georgia's most controversial new laws that restricts gender-affirming care for minors took effect this weekend.
A hearing in the lawsuit seeking to halt its implementation has been set for Wednesday.
Driving the news: But it was... |
| Jun 22, 2023 | Georgia teacher fired for reading children’s book about acceptance in class | When elementary school teacher Katie Rinderle read aloud the international, best-selling children’s book My Shadow is Purple to her fifth grade gifted class at Due West Elementary School in Cobb County, Georgia, earlier this year, she never... |
| May 14, 2023 | Commentary
Commentary | Guest opinion: Kathleen Merrigan: These four challenges will shape the next farm bill – and how the U.S. eats | By Kathleen Merrigan
For the 20th time since 1933, Congress is writing a multiyear farm bill that will shape what kind of food U.S. farmers grow, how they raise it and how it gets to consumers. These measures are large, complex and expensiv... |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Private school vouchers are shaping up to be huge part of the 2024 election as GOP candidates work to 'one up' each other on the issue | Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs HB1 to expand taxpayer-funded school vouchers across Florida during a press conference at Christopher Columbus High School on Monday, March 27, 2023, in Miami. Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Servic... |
| Mar 12, 2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 2/13/2023 | Starbridge Update
Felix Hartmann, founder of Hartmann Capital as well as one of our wonderful Starbridge fund LPs, invited Steven Jorgenson and Michael Mealling to his podcast during Starbridge's recent business trip to Miami to talk ... |
| Feb 13, 2023 | Earlier party primaries, DNC convention could put Georgia center stage in 2024 presidential campaigns | Georgia Gov. Zell Miller in 1992 shrewdly used some of his power to maneuver the state towards the front of the pack of the presidential primary in order to boost the candidacy of his friend and fellow southerner Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton.... |
| Jan 8, 2021 | What’s A Public Service Commission?- The ‘Other’ Georgia Runoff And Its Climate Connections | My home state was the epicenter of the 2020 political earthquake. The two Senate races on January 5th determined the leadership balance of the United States Senate. While runoffs are often viewed as “Meh” to many voters, data suggested that... |
| Dec 11, 2020 | Cargo ship traded small cars for heavier Kia Telluride SUVs before capsizing in Georgia, investigation finds | Golden Ray cargo ship in St. Simons Island, Georgia. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Kia Telluride SUVs replaced hundreds of smaller and lighter subcompact cars prior to the Golden Ray cargo ship’s catastrophic capsizing in Septembe... |
| Aug 19, 2020 | A student housing developer is facing congressional scrutiny after it pressured colleges to bring kids back to campus in order to keep dorms full | Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Rashida Tlaib are asking for information about real estate company Corvias's return-to-campus plans and agreements with public colleges.
The privately-held company has a 65-year partnership t... |
| D.C. nears Jan. 6 anniversary with warnings about extremism, awards for courage | Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks at the Michigan Democratic Party's Election Day watch party in Detroit on Nov. 8, 2022. (Andrew Roth/Michigan Advance) Andrew Roth/Michigan Advance
WASHINGTON – On the eve of the second annivers... |
| As another winter storm strains the electric grid, it’s time to fix transmission, experts say | The deadly winter storm, christened Elliott by the Weather Channel, that tore through much of the United States over the Christmas weekend placed a huge strain on the American electric grid, pushing it past the breaking point in some places... |
| Progressives renew call for U.S. Supreme Court expansion after abortion rights decision | WASHINGTON — A group of U.S. House Democrats Monday called for the passage of legislation that would add four justices to the Supreme Court, following the overturning of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that provided the constitutional right t... |
| Trump had to be physically restrained from joining Jan. 6 mob, House panel told | Donald Trump had to be held back from joining his enraged, rioting supporters — even after the president was told they were armed — in their assault on the U.S. Capitol, according to astonishing testimony to the Jan. 6 committee Tuesday fro... |
| Election officials risk criminal charges under 31 new GOP-imposed penalties | Second in a two-part series. See part one here.
Since the 2020 election, Iowa has enacted one new felony and two new misdemeanor offenses targeting election officials.
The state’s omnibus election law, passed in 2021, criminalizes election ... |