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Property owners could get tax breaks for dealing with unhoused people, under GOP proposal
Republicans in the Arizona legislature want municipalities to give tax breaks to owners who spend money to mitigate…
Bathroom Bills Are Back — Broader and Stricter — In Several States
Republican lawmakers in several states have resurrected and expanded the fight over whether transgender people may use bathrooms and other…
An executive order aimed to curb conversion therapy, but some counselors still practice it
Tres Adames believed he had to change himself.
It was 2010, and he had recently graduated with his Master of…
California Takes Up White House Call to Toughen Gun Storage Rules
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers are weighing a pitch from the White House for states to toughen gun storage rules as legislation…
Skipping public hearings, Republicans rammed through a bill to enforce federal immigration law
Capitalizing on an election-year focus on immigration, GOP lawmakers rammed through a bill on Wednesday that would give…
AZ Republicans continue to take aim at DEI training with bill to outlaw it in government
Republicans in the state legislature are continuing their focus on culture wars, moving forward a bill that would ban…
McConnell to step down as U.S. Senate GOP leader
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November, he said…
We’re ditching ‘junk food’ election coverage to focus on what’s at stake when we vote
The stakes could not be higher in 2024, and it’s our job as journalists to both explain exactly what the impacts of a…
The Supreme Court Confronts a Public Health Challenge: Homeless Encampments
Homelessness is a soaring public health crisis, with a record 653,000 unhoused people in the United States, according to federal estimates. Tent…
Researchers call for more abortion studies to be retracted
Health and science experts published a commentary in the British Medical Journal on Tuesday calling for the retraction…