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New Hampshire, OH

Latin Times

SEATTLE - 15 states all across the nation filed federal lawsuits against a Biden administration rule that is expected to allow 100,000 immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children to enroll in the federal Affordable Care Act's health insurance, also known as 'Obamacare,' next year. The lawsuit argues that...

15 states sue to block Biden from allowing 100,000 'Dreamers' to enroll in 'Obamacare'

Texas State

CBS News

A federal judge in Texas on Monday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from granting legal status to unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens, granting a request from 16 Republican-led states who challenged the new policy.The order by District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker effectively brings to a halt a large immigration program that opened just last week to an estimated half a million immigrants living in the U.S. without legal status. While preliminary and temporary, the ruling is also an early blow to one of the two major moves taken by President Biden in June on immigration, a top campaign...

Judge blocks Biden administration from granting legal status to spouses of U.S. citizens

The Independent

 The first class of incoming students at elite university MIT since last year’s Supreme Court ruling outlawing race-conscious affirmative action programs has significantly fewer Black and Hispanic students, and more Asian ones, according to newly released data on the class of 2028. Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Black enrollment declined from 15 to 5 percent compared with last year, while Hispanic and Latino enrollment fell from 16 to 11 percent. Asian student enrollment, meanwhile, grew from 40 to 47 percent this year.The numbers, the first released from an elite US university since the ruling, could give indications of how the...

Proportion of Black and Hispanic students at elite university falls by half after Supreme Court ruling

Arizona State

 The Supreme Court handed the Republican National Committee a partial win on Thursday, granting their request to reinstate an Arizona voter ID law that requires new voters to prove their citizenship when using a state form.“Huge win for the integrity of elections,” the GOP wrote on X in response to the ruling.However, the court denied the portion of the RNC’s request to prohibit voters from participating in the presidential election or by mail unless they provide proof of citizenship.The RNC’s request emerged from a dispute over the 2022 Arizona law that would have required county officials to verify any...

Supreme Court grants RNC request to reinstate Arizona voter ID law requiring proof of citizenship

POLITICO

In a 5-4 ruling, the justices kept in place lower court rulings preventing the Title IX rule from being implemented.

Supreme Court declines to lift blocks on Biden administration’s education anti-discrimination rule

California State

California legislators may decide on a bill this week that would ban public schools from offering foods that contain six synthetic dyes as well as titanium dioxide. If passed, the bill would outlaw schools from serving drinks, foods and snacks made with blue No. 1, blue No. 2, green No. 3, red No. 40, yellow No. 5 and yellow No. 6.

California lawmakers might ban public schools from serving food with artificial dyes

Georgia State

Two foreign nationals have been charged with making hoax bomb threats and false emergency reports targeting dozens of American citizens, including state and federal officials in Georgia and around the nation. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has charged Thomasz Szabo, 26, of Romania, and Nemanja Radovanovic,...

2 European men charged with ‘swatting’ US elected officials, private citizens

Reuters

(Reuters) - California lawmakers passed just one part of a three-bill package addressing reparations for slavery and racism in the waning days of their state house session, amid reports the governor had raised concerns.

California lawmakers pass just one part of reparations legislation

Washington, DC

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Alamogordo Conservative Daily

Command Sergeant Major Veronica E. Knapp was the command sergeant major of the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region and U.S. Army Military District of Washington (JTF-NCR/MDW) per her official biography. However effective Tuesday she was released from command.

Command Sergeant Major Veronica E. Knapp Released from Command in D.C.

Alabama State

Birmingham, AL

Downtown Birmingham viewed from Red Mountain. Birmingham is one of the largest banking centers in the United States and has a long history as a steel and iron producer. (John Coletti/The Image Bank) The Alabama Public Charter School Commission Friday agreed to a delayed opening of a Birmingham Charter School.

Alabama Public Charter School Commission delays Birmingham school’s opening

Breathitt County, KY

Growing up, J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president, visited family who lived in the Panbowl section of Breathitt County. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Kevin Nance) Sigmund Freud says we embrace mythical origin stories of leaders, warriors, and saints to disguise their true identity and to give them mystical powers or political agency.

Breathitt County, J.D. and me

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in favor of allowing an Arizona law requiring individuals registering to vote to provide documented proof of citizenship to go back into effect. According to The Washington Examiner, Thursday’s 5-4 ruling by the Supreme Court permits a limited enforcement of Arizona’s 2022 law...

Supreme Court upholds swing state voter registration law ahead of November election

NBC News

A group of undocumented immigrants and their families is seeking to intervene in federal court to defend a new Biden administration program from a lawsuit by 16 Republican-led states. The program, which the White House named Keeping Families Together, offers a form of legal relief known as “parole in place”...

Immigrant families file motion to defend Biden program as Republican states sue

Mississippi State

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Hinds County, MS

Mississippi News Group

A Mississippi Attorney has been charged with multiple Counts of introducing contraband into a Correctional Facility as well as consipiracy according to a press release from Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones.

Mississippi Attorney Charged with 3 Counts of Introducing Contraband into a Correctional Facility

Louisiana State

Shreveport, LA

Louisiana Illuminator

Freshman state legislators typically promise to bring back more money to their districts or to pursue broader policy. But the very first two bills Rep. Steven Jackson, D-Shreveport, authored during his first regular session in the Louisiana Legislature had an unusual target for a new lawmaker: Louisiana’s Board of Ethics.  Jackson’s first bill reduces how […]

Shreveport lawmaker fought ethics board for years before authoring new ethics laws

Wisconsin State

Madison, WI

Detail of a mural inside the Madison Labor Temple building celebrating unions and worker rights. (Wisconsin Examiner photo) Each year as Wisconsinites move through the age-old cycle in which summer gives way to fall, the transition is marked on the calendar by Labor Day. For many people, it’s a day off for picnics and barbeques, a last chance to enjoy the Midwestern summer before the snow flies. For union members, the day has a deeper meaning. It is a chance to celebrate the many contributions organized labor has made to the lives of Wisconsin workers and to our society as a whole.

Labor Day: It’s better in a union

Colorado State

Hope Scheppelman, who was elected vice chair of the Colorado Republican Party in August 2023, is seen at left standing with former President Donald Trump in a photo on the homepage of the Colorado Republican Party's website. (Colorado Newsline) Hope Scheppelman, who was elected vice chair of the Colorado Republican...

Top Colorado GOP leader reports death threats to law enforcement

North Carolina State

Queen City News

The lawsuit names the state Board of Education and its Department of Public Instruction as defendants, claiming the June policy decision blocked the deal.

North Carolina Board of Education to review NIL policy for public high school athletes

Aurora, CO

David Heitz

The Aurora City Council at its study session Monday advanced a proposal by council member Stephanie Hancock to impound vehicles that are not registered and insured and driven by someone with a license.

Update: Aurora advances impound of unregistered, uninsured vehicles driven by unlicensed drivers

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Elected trustees – 1,500 champions for public education

Photo illustration by Getty Images. Late summer marks the beginning of the back-to-school season, as teachers, students, parents, staff and administrators eagerly prepare for the upcoming...

Elected trustees – 1,500 champions for public education

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