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Will Fritz is a journalist based in New York City. He previously covered politics and government, crime and courts, education, cannabis and a lot more for publications in Southern California and New York.
Hate crimes in the United States rose from 2022 to 2023.
By Jesse Valentine - April 15, 2024
Cao is a former U.S Navy captain.
By Jesse Valentine - March 29, 2024
Kiggans has flirted with baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
By Jesse Valentine - March 08, 2024
Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. GOP senate candidate Bernie Moreno doesn't care.
By Jesse Valentine - March 07, 2024
Syngenta AG owns approximately 1500 acres of U.S farmland.
By Jesse Valentine - March 04, 2024
Hovde is running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin despite primarily residing in California.
By Jesse Valentine - February 26, 2024
McCormick says we need leaders with the moral clarity to condemn antisemitism.
By Jesse Valentine - February 09, 2024
Of the nearly dozen gun bills lawmakers will soon take up, one is particularly noteworthy because it’s backed by unlikely allies: mental health advocates and a pair of House members who’ve long been at opposite ends of firearm legislation.
By Annmarie Timmins, New Hampshire Bulletin - January 31, 2024
The United Auto Workers of America endorsed the re-election of President Joe Biden Wednesday, just months after he became the first sitting U.S. president to walk a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan.
By Ashley Murray, States Newsroom - January 24, 2024
Gunter has repeatedly referred to Brown as “Scam Brown”
By Jesse Valentine - January 17, 2024
The state of Texas robbed Amanda Zurawski of her fertility and almost her life when it wouldn’t permit her an abortion so she’s gone to the state’s Supreme Court to change the law - “this is why I’m on earth”
By Bonnie Fuller - January 10, 2024
Health care-focused organizations across the state are hopeful that the 2024 legislative session will be a year that reins in health costs and allows patients to have greater access to the care they need.
By Danielle J. Brown, Maryland Matters - January 08, 2024
Five people died on January 6, 2021 – including a police officer who was bludgeoned to death.
By Jesse Valentine - January 05, 2024
On Wednesday, the New Hampshire House passed a bill that would make registering to vote an online experience.
By Ethan DeWitt, New Hampshire Bulletin - January 04, 2024
Most Americans believe wealthy individuals and big corporations don’t pay their fair share in taxes.
By Jesse Valentine - December 22, 2023
Even the Republican senator's home county gave Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear a larger share of the vote than four years earlier.
By - December 15, 2023
Republicans Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton have taken thousands of dollars in donations from chemical companies and their affiliated PACs.
By Jesse Valentine - December 08, 2023
Eric Hovde's proposal is similar to Sen. Rick Scott's unpopular 2022 plan to make every American pay income taxes.
By Jesse Valentine - December 07, 2023
A bipartisan package of bills in Michigan signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, creates specified criminal penalties for assaulting health care workers.
By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance - December 06, 2023
Both former President Donald Trump and former U.S. Rep. George Santos have lied about their records and been accused of defrauding veterans.
By Jesse Valentine - December 05, 2023
Millions of Texas families’ health and well-being would be jeopardized if the legislation were repealed.
By Jesse Valentine - December 04, 2023
More than 3 million Floridians will lose their health insurance if Scott and Trump succeed.
By Jesse Valentine - November 30, 2023
Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.
By Jesse Valentine - November 06, 2023
The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.
By Jesse Valentine - November 03, 2023
It might not surprise Mississippians that The Cook Political Report, regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent elections experts, shifted their 2023 Mississippi governor’s race forecast on Monday in Democrat Brandon Presley’s direction.
By Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today - October 24, 2023
Americans don’t want to get rid of the Department of Education, but that hasn’t stopped GOP presidential candidates from talking about it.
By Will Fritz - October 20, 2023
Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney said the order is in response to the wave of legislation attacking transgender rights across the country.
By Will Fritz - October 19, 2023
Hate crimes based on gender identity were up 32.9% year over year.
By Will Fritz - October 19, 2023
The White House released a statement commemorating the 25th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death.
By Will Fritz - October 17, 2023
Congressional Republicans have tried to scapegoat teachers for school closures during the COVID-19 emergency, the AFT says.
By Will Fritz - October 16, 2023
A GOP state senator says her bill requiring schools to notify parents about 'sexually explicit' content in library books was not intended to lead to book bans.
By Will Fritz - October 16, 2023
The bills, which would ban gender-affirming care for trans youth and sports participation for trans girls and women, will likely be vetoed by Gov. Tony Evers.
By Will Fritz - October 16, 2023
Conservative attacks on education are doing real harm, advocates say.
By Will Fritz - October 12, 2023
The Biden White House has condemned social media harassment of a Department of the Interior staffer.
By Will Fritz - October 10, 2023
One bill would ban best-practice care for trans minors.
By Will Fritz and Rebekah Sager - October 06, 2023
The Biden administration's plan will help low-income borrowers as student loan repayments restart.
By Will Fritz - October 04, 2023
A judge blocked a Montana law banning gender-affirming care for trans youth.
By Will Fritz - October 03, 2023
A school in suburban Chicago has been subjected to three bomb threats after the social media account Libs of TikTok shared images of a pride flag in one of the school’s classrooms.
By Will Fritz - September 29, 2023
The 2023-2024 state budget also provides free lunches to all students previously eligible for reduced-cost lunches.
By Will Fritz - September 26, 2023
The Texas judge who ordered the FDA to rescind approval of an abortion drug says drag shows aren’t protected by the First Amendment.
By Will Fritz - September 25, 2023
A high school student painted the mural last year after winning an art contest.
By Will Fritz - September 22, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized the NAACP’s travel advisory for LGBTQ+ people and minorities, and two California school boards voted to ban pride flags.
By Will Fritz - September 18, 2023
Teacher shortages are a problem everywhere, but Michigan has introduced several initiatives to address them.
By Will Fritz - September 15, 2023
Melissa Tempel slapped her old school district with a lawsuit after it fired her for criticizing its ban of a song with inclusive themes.
By Will Fritz - September 11, 2023
PragerU is not actually a university, but a conservative nonprofit that bills itself as an alternative to 'left-wing ideology.'
By Will Fritz - September 07, 2023
A new poll shows a majority of Americans view teachers’ unions favorably.
By Will Fritz - September 05, 2023
Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro signed the funding increase into law in August, but Republicans in the Legislature are blocking bills required to authorize payments.
By Will Fritz - September 01, 2023
'Teachers have never been paid enough. And they're definitely not paid enough right now,' a Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction spokesperson said.
By Will Fritz - September 01, 2023
A Maryland judge ruled parents can’t opt kids out of inclusive lesson plans.
By Will Fritz - August 28, 2023
Blue states aren’t immune from conservative culture wars. Here's what happened after three far-right candidates were elected to the Temecula school board.
By Will Fritz - August 24, 2023
New polling data shows the GOP’s education policies are out of touch with most Americans' views.
By Will Fritz - August 23, 2023
A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned an injunction that had been placed on the Alabama law by a federal district judge.
By Will Fritz - August 22, 2023
A California store owner was allegedly killed for hanging her pride flag, more school districts are exploring anti-trans policies, and a Texas university's LGBTQ+ resource center prepares for the state's ban on diversity offices.
By Will Fritz - August 21, 2023
Musk’s policy and personnel changes, as well as his open endorsement of right-wing conspiracy theories, has left Twitter, now X, overrun with trolls and bigots.
By Nick Vachon and Will Fritz - August 15, 2023
Texas was sued over its restrictions on drag performances, an Oregon clinic was shut down by a bomb threat, and Florida reversed its ban on high school AP psychology curriculum.
By Will Fritz - August 14, 2023