Group launches effort to explore ballot initiative restoring abortion access in Idaho
Organizers say fundraising begins now for inclusion on the 2026 ballot
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Idaho Capital Sun - April 19, 2024Organizers say fundraising begins now for inclusion on the 2026 ballot
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Idaho Capital Sun - April 19, 2024Lawmakers are weighing an array of pharmacy bills this session that could rein in prescription prices and allow pharmacists to treat people for COVID-19
By Ben Botkin, Oregon Capital Chronicle - February 12, 2024Lies pedaled by anti-abortion advocates are being proven wrong by the horrifying effects new laws are having on people across the country.
By Lisa Needham - August 19, 2022Republican lawmakers want to override long-standing hospital policies to advantage vaccine refusers.
By Josh Israel - February 02, 2022Schools across the U.S. are expanding their capacity to address students’ struggles with mental health.
By Associated Press - November 14, 2021A bipartisan bill would require breaks and spaces for pumping.
By Josh Israel - October 22, 2021‘The situation is dire – we don’t have enough resources to adequately treat the patients in our hospitals, whether you are there for COVID-19 or a heart attack or because of a car accident.’
By Associated Press - September 16, 2021As more employers impose vaccine mandates, a legal showdown over religious exemptions could be brewing, experts say.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - August 18, 2021Vaccination rates are increasing in states with the highest rates of new coronavirus infections.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - August 06, 2021The study, published in a prestigious American medical journal, was scrutinized by experts immediately — but that didn’t stop it from spreading across conservative media.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - July 19, 2021Republicans are challenging transit funds by demanding it be used for something already covered in the COVID relief bill
By Josh Israel - February 26, 2021‘I think they just kind of feel like there is no end in sight,’ said the executive vice president of one local union protecting grocery store workers.
By Donna Provencher - February 26, 2021Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts claimed that only ‘legal’ residents could work in meatpacking plants, meaning undocumented people would not be able to get the vaccine under his rollout plan.
By Oliver Willis - January 05, 2021According to the CDC’s data tracker, only 2.1 million Americans have received the first round of the vaccine.
By Donna Provencher - December 29, 2020Myths persist on social media, months into the pandemic.
By Associated Press - December 21, 2020Weeks after a third outbreak infected some of Trump’s closest staffers, the White House is powering forward with its holiday plans.
By Amy Lieu - November 23, 2020Coronavirus cases are surging across the country ahead of the holidays, with hospitals overflowing.
By Associated Press - November 20, 2020Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is trying to prevent a superspreader event in a state that its chief medical officer says is “in a crisis.”
By Amy Lieu - October 01, 2020Forest again denied the efficacy of masks and invited a COVID-19 and QAnon conspiracy theorist to hold court.
By Donna Provencher - September 18, 2020‘The only thing they told me was: ‘You’re going to go to sleep and when you wake up, we will have finished.”
By Associated Press - September 18, 2020Officials hope the memorial ‘will wake people up to the devastating effect of the pandemic.’
By Associated Press - September 06, 2020Iowa now has the highest average daily cases per capita of any state.
By Josh Israel - September 01, 2020The CDC now doesn’t recommend testing for those who have been in contact with infected patients, which could both show fewer cases but lead to more virus spread.
By Associated Press - August 26, 2020If present trends continue, experts say, it’s only a matter of time until all states expand the health program.
By Associated Press - August 09, 2020‘I don’t think we want to see images of an America with long lines of cars waiting for their weekly box of vegetables and fruits. This shouldn’t be happening.’
By Associated Press - August 02, 2020Zero states meet the health criteria necessary to reopen laid out by Trump’s own officials.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 27, 2020Trump claims he’s too focused on the pandemic to attend a game at Yankee Stadium next month.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 27, 2020Some retailers have hesitated to make masks mandatory nationwide out of fear of angering some customers over what has become a political issue.
By Associated Press - July 19, 2020‘This virus is tough, but Texas is tougher,’ Biden says in a new ad.
By Associated Press - July 18, 2020California and Texas have seen record levels of coronavirus cases in recent weeks.
By Associated Press - July 18, 2020