For approximately 40 years, motor vehicle accidents were the leading cause of death for U.S. children and adolescents. But in 2020, for the first time in history, firearms surpassed car accidents as the No. 1 killer of American children. In Tennessee, we reached that horrible milestone three years earlier, in 2017. This shift didn’t happen […]
The Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee meets on May 7 to deal with unresolved legislation, from right to left, Sen. Jill Duson (D-Cumberland) and co-chairs Sen. Peggy Rotundo (D-Androscoggin) and Rep. Melanie Sachs (D-Freeport). (Emma Davis/ Maine Morning Star) Of the more than 200 bills stuck in limbo between passage and funding when the […]
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill into law late Wednesday that offers protections for in vitro fertilization (IVF) patients and providers soon after it was passed by the Republican-led state Legislature. The legislation comes after an unprecedented ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court last month, which said frozen embryos created for IVF are considered […]
WASHINGTON — Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the former speaker, had a positive spin on the five days and record-breaking 15 voting rounds it took him to win the gavel in January. “Because it took this long,” he said after the ordeal, “now we learned how to govern.” But as the first year of the 118th Congress […]