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A German doctor whose hospital treated an unvaccinated boy who later died of diphtheria told our reporter of the infection: “It was taught as history,” he said. In the U.S., measles was taught as history, too. Now it isn’t.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. This is what experts say you need to know:
We’ve seen too much cowardice from large law firms ahead of the 2026 midterms. “We can’t just send the voters out by themselves,” Marc Elias says. “We need the lawyers to do their part.” We’re stepping up and speaking out for voters like…
UPDATE: A federal judge has denied the Trump administration's request for more time to file its opposition to voting rights group's request to block the USPS final rule on restricting mail voting. Trump's team must file on Aug. 25, befor…
A proposal to turn the defunct Minnesota Star Tribune printing plant, one of the few remaining industrial sites in downtown Minneapolis, into a data center has become a contentious and defining issue in the neighborhood.
⚠️ Trump’s DOJ quietly announced this week that it will deploy 1,000 election monitors for the midterms. “...we should assume they will assert powers they do not have in order to achieve Trump’s political goals,” Marc Elias writes. 🔗: d…
Earlier this year, North Carolina’s state board of elections voted along party lines to deny students a voting site at North Carolina A&T State University — the nation’s largest historically Black college or university. Now, it’s happened…
Ken Paxton did a lot in his decade as a state lawmaker. Stole a $1,000 pen, voted against a program that funded cancer research...
NEW: This week, DOJ hired a lawyer who previously served prison time for hacking into government election websites - the latest troubling hire under Trump. Also, DOJ lost its 23rd voter roll case; and, USPS finalized a rule to restrict ma…
Despite all the state’s spending on low-income housing, Oregon’s homeless population continues to grow. “For all the public money, we seem to be digging a deeper hole,” one former official said.
Voter roll purges are necessary to remove people who have become ineligible to vote. But sometimes purges can erroneously include thousands of eligible voters. As the Trump administration ramps up its attacks on voting, it’s time to chec…
Jon Rosenthal, a Democratic state representative from Houston, makes his first public pitch for a seat on Texas Railroad Commission at a town hall in Laredo by fielding questions about data centers and oil field pollution. bit.ly/46hLM57
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