New NC GOP chair flirts with bogus stolen election conspiracies
Simmons predecessor was a staunch 2020 election denier
By Jesse Valentine - April 19, 2024Local
Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling is part of the right-wing Constitutional Sheriffs movement, which urges local police to ignore federal and state authorities.
By Emily Singer - March 31, 2023Conservatives supported an amendment to the state Constitution protecting citizens’ right to determine their health care after the Affordable Care Act passed. That decision has returned to haunt them.
By Rebekah Sager - March 31, 2023This year’s election could determine the fate of historic gun safety legislation Virginia Democrats enacted between 2020 and 2021.
By Josh Israel - March 31, 2023He is the first former president in American history to face criminal charges.
By Associated Press - March 31, 2023Abortion access groups have restarted fundraising to help those who need to travel to receive reproductive care.
By Rebekah Sager - March 30, 2023‘Going through the wrong puberty, every day your body is a little bit farther from what feels like you,’ one trans teenager said. ‘And eventually, you don’t even recognize yourself in the mirror.’
By Associated Press - March 29, 2023The ‘Texas Millstone Act,’ which would ban people under the age of 26 from receiving puberty blockers or certain procedures, is the latest bill aimed at limiting health care.
By Will Fritz - March 29, 2023The Republican governor opposed the law that Gevo, Inc., credits for supporting its production of sustainable aviation fuel.
By Oliver Willis - March 29, 2023The Republican State Leadership Committee placed a $200,000 ad buy in support of conservative Justice Daniel Kelly last week.
By Matt Cohen - March 28, 2023Signs reading ‘Abortion. Safe + Legal for All in New York City’ are popping up in cities in Georgia, Florida, and Texas. Abortion advocates have mixed reactions.
By Rebekah Sager - March 27, 2023‘I am truly without words. And our children deserve better,’ first lady Jill Biden said.
By Associated Press - March 27, 2023Alabama, Arkansas, and Missouri are some of the other states where restrictions on expression related to sexual orientation or gender may affect education.
By Associated Press - March 27, 2023State lawmakers could override Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of the bill banning discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation in schools next week.
By Associated Press - March 25, 2023As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushes to expand anti-LGBTQ policies, the lawmaker behind key anti-LGBTQ legislation is facing decades behind bars for wire fraud and money laundering.
By Will Fritz - March 24, 2023Kelly’s campaign has received at least $6 million from groups associated with far-right megadonor Dick Uihlein.
By Matt Cohen - March 24, 2023The conservative nominee for Wisconsin’s highest court defended the religious program, which was later found to be unconstitutional.
By Emily Singer - March 24, 2023The party has refused to remove a meme they posted falsely claiming Nazis enacted gun control laws in Germany before massacring over 6 million people. In fact, party chair Kristina Karamo defended it.
By Josh Israel - March 23, 2023Anti-abortion lawmakers have increasingly tried to normalize a practice in recent years that most medical professionals deem unethical and non-scientific.
By Rebekah Sager - March 23, 2023Janet Protasiewicz and Daniel Kelly fought over their records on decisive issues that the court could rule on in the coming years, such as abortion and redistricting.
By Nick Vachon - March 23, 2023Sen. Rick Scott used 2021 footage of Dr. Anthony Fauci trying to convince a D.C. resident to get vaccinated to question President Joe Biden’s current pandemic strategy.
By Josh Israel - March 22, 2023The conservative candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court has long been vocal about his opposition to same-sex marriage and the ‘damage’ recognizing it could have.
By Will Fritz - March 22, 2023Scott was complaining about how ‘woke’ America’s armed forces are when he shared the unheard of story. Officials have not confirmed it.
By Josh Israel - March 20, 2023Legal abortions in the state will only be conducted in hospitals for emergencies and victims of sexual crimes starting in 2024.
By Associated Press - March 17, 2023After losing the Pennsylvania Republican Senate nomination to Mehmet Oz in 2022, Dave McCormick is predicted to challenge Sen. Bob Casey in 2024.
By Josh Israel - March 17, 2023Despite having a Republican majority in the House his entire time as a member of Congress, very few of the bills and resolutions he sponsored eventually passed.
By Josh Israel - March 17, 2023State Rep. Donna Rozar made the comment while introducing a bill to create rape and incest exceptions for Wisconsin’s draconian ban on abortion.
By Emily Singer - March 16, 2023An anti-abortion group is seeking to reverse the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, which could result in the pill being removed from the market across the country.
By Associated Press - March 15, 2023Government accountability advocates are alarmed by proposed exemptions to Florida’s open-government laws.
By Associated Press - March 13, 2023Four states — California, Kentucky, Michigan, Vermont — voted in favor of abortion rights in November 2022, joining voters in Kansas that did the same in August.
By Associated Press - March 12, 2023A bill banning gender-affirming hormone therapy and other life-saving treatment for transgender youth is working its way through the state Legislature.
By Associated Press - March 11, 2023