New NC GOP chair flirts with bogus stolen election conspiracies
Simmons predecessor was a staunch 2020 election denier
By Jesse Valentine - April 19, 2024Local
A federal judge determined that Tennessee's ban on drag shows cannot be enforced in at least one county, but the state attorney general still plans to enforce it elsewhere.
By Will Fritz - June 06, 2023The November 2023 elections could determine whether the last southern state without an abortion ban follows Florida's hard-right shift.
By Josh Israel - June 05, 2023The Committee to Protect Health Care hopes its billboard will make people think about how Florida's restrictive abortion law could impact their health care.
By Rebekah Sager - June 02, 2023Conservatives in the one-house Nebraska Legislature announced early this month that they would amend the trans health bill to squeeze in the abortion restrictions, combining the two most contentious measures of the session.
By Associated Press - May 20, 2023The bill would let state funds be used to pay for health insurance plans that cover state workers and Medicaid recipients seeking abortions.
By Associated Press - May 19, 2023Health care providers will have to stop offering any ‘transition’-related care to anyone under 18 if Gov. Greg Abbott signs the bill.
By Will Fritz - May 18, 2023Voting along party lines, Republicans in North Carolina's House and Senate voted on Tuesday to shorten the window on abortion access in the state by eight weeks.
By Rebekah Sager - May 18, 2023Republicans in the Missouri Legislature passed a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors on May 10.
By Will Fritz - May 18, 2023‘There are plenty of nonbinary [people] and trans men who are also having abortions and who need access and should be included in the conversation,’ Cazembe Murphy Jackson said.
By Rebekah Sager and Will Fritz - May 18, 2023Republicans won't run the cities of Jacksonville, Florida, and Colorado Springs, Colorado, for the first time in decades.
By Emily Singer - May 17, 2023The Republican-run administration pulled out of the Electronic Registration Information Center, citing right-wing conspiracy theories.
By Josh Israel - May 15, 2023Kansas City’s new sanctuary status sets it apart as a Democratic-leaning city in a state with a Republican governor and GOP-controlled Legislature.
By Associated Press - May 12, 2023The billionaire hedge fund manager, who contributed millions to the Florida governor's recent reelection campaign, has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on local elections in Illinois.
By Matt Cohen - May 11, 2023Democrats say elections in Virginia in November present a clear choice on reproductive rights.
By Josh Israel - May 09, 2023The law makes New York the third state to make it possible for residents to access contraception without going to a doctor.
By Associated Press - May 07, 2023The Safety in Private Spaces Act would allow trans people to be criminally charged for using certain bathrooms.
By Will Fritz - May 05, 2023A law ending all licenses for clinics by 2024 was blocked by an injunction while it is challenged in court.
By Associated Press - May 05, 2023The first transgender legislator elected in the state's history was barred from the House floor, and she'll now have to be reelected before she can return in 2025.
By Associated Press - May 04, 2023Marchant has a history of false claims and anti-semitic remarks.
By Josh Israel - May 04, 2023A county judge issued a temporary restraining order against Missouri’s Republican Attorney General preventing his emergency order from going into effect for at least another two weeks.
By Associated Press - May 02, 2023Montana Republicans banned Zephyr, a trans woman and freshman state legislator, from being in the House chamber after she spoke up against anti-trans legislation.
By Associated Press - May 02, 2023Five people in a Texas town, including a 9-year-old boy, were shot to death in their home by a neighbor with an AR-15 on Friday.
By Emily Singer - May 01, 2023The augmented reality installation 'State Property' can also be seen over the capitol buildings of states with the most extremist abortion laws.
By Rebekah Sager - May 01, 2023In South Carolina, five female lawmakers, including three Republicans, led the filibuster that defeated the bill.
By Rebekah Sager - April 28, 2023Republican Gov. Doug Burgum says the new law, which bans abortions at six weeks even in cases of rape or incest, confirms that North Dakota is a 'pro-life state.'
By Rebekah Sager - April 25, 2023Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has made a litany of hateful remarks on social media and in sermons, and once told women who are pregnant, 'It's not your body anymore.'
By Josh Israel - April 24, 2023Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr was not allowed to speak at all during sessions this week in the state's House of Representatives, including on anti-trans bills that the Republican majority is seeking to pass.
By Associated Press - April 22, 2023Mental health experts say omitting psychiatric crises from the list of exceptions to abortion bans could cost people their lives.
By Rebekah Sager - April 20, 2023The ad was produced by the tax-exempt group One Nation, which has received millions of dollars from fossil fuel companies in recent years.
By Josh Israel - April 19, 2023The Florida governor traveled to Washington, D.C., to court endorsements for his rumored presidential bid.
By Emily Singer - April 19, 2023