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As a Baptist pastor from a midsize Southern city in a conservative red state, I know firsthand who suffers when politicians attempt to limit the right of every person to determine whether, when and how to become parents. I also know how vital it is for people of faith to speak up in these religious spaces and show how strongly we disagree with government officials who would play politics with...

WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. state attorneys general sent a letter to lawmakers on Monday urging them to pass a series of bills that tighten antitrust laws aimed at Big Tech companies like Facebook (FB.O) and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google. The letter, which was addressed to leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives, expressed explicit support for six bills...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Over $16 million was awarded to the Middle District of Louisiana to enhance crime victim services and compensation to eligible crime victims. The funds come from the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs and the Office for Victims of Crime, according to U.S. Attorney Ellison C. Travis. Baton Rouge-based Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement will be ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Amid contentious school board meetings over masking policies, some school leaders want state lawmakers to revisit a new law that requires them to vote on masks every month. That new requirement was part of a larger bill dealing with pandemic policies in schools that passed almost unanimously, and that Gov. Roy Cooper (D) signed into law late last month. Leanne Winner, e...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Amid contentious school board meetings over masking policies, some school leaders want state lawmakers to revisit a new law that requires them to vote on masks every month. That new requirement was part of a larger bill dealing with pandemic policies in schools that passed almost unanimously, and that Gov. Roy Cooper (D) signed into law late last month. Leanne Winner, e...

When the Supreme Court gave an at-least-temporary go-ahead to Texas’s law banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, we and many others asked a question: Had Republicans caught the car on abortion? They have long pushed for overturning Roe v. Wade, but for decades that was much more hypothetical — a great motivator of the base — than reality. What happens politically when it looks ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed five judges in South Florida, including one appointee who will return to a role she held before former President Donald Trump selected her for a United States Attorney job and two whose predecessors resigned in disgrace. DeSantis announced 20 judicial appointments Friday, a quarter of which concerned courts in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties...

Dr. Vanessa Walker's father-in-law succumbed to the virus she's been fighting on the front lines of the pandemic for the past 18 months. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Dr. Vanessa Walker received her first vaccine shot in December 2020 she was full of hope the pandemic would take a turn for the better. Nine months later, that hope is overpowered by a deep sadness. "I've been taking care of famili...

Over the past decade, highly concentrated demographic shifts in and around Texas cities have diversified pockets of the traditionally red state. Flourishing non-White populations are fueling Texas’s rapid growth, according to the 2020 Census, and the change is most pronounced in areas where presidential, congressional and state legislative races have grown increasingly competitive for Democra...

As more and more climate change-fueled extreme weather events—from historic hurricanes to unexpected summer downpours—affect homes, one issue anyone selling or buying a home needs to be aware of is disclosure. While some states require a seller to expansively detail any history of flood damage, flood zone designation or other natural disaster threats, others have little or no disclosure requi...