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Democrats push back against Trump anti-DEI funding cuts for minority-serving colleges
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is among the nation’s largest Hispanic-serving institutions.(Photo by Hugh Jackson/Nevada Current) WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats threw a spotlight Thursday on President Donald Trump’s attempts to yank funds away from minority-serving institutions, as the administration tries to end diversity, equity and inclusion policies in schools. Hawaii U.S. Sen. Mazie…
State AGs push Bondi to support death penalty for child rapists
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing for U.S. attorney general in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Louisiana’s Liz Murrill has joined attorneys general from 13 other states in asking the…
Trump administration again asks US Supreme Court to end protections for Venezuelans
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Friday made an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a district court’s order that blocked the Department of Homeland Security from ending temporary protections for roughly 350,000 Venezuelans. In an emergency brief, U.S. Solicitor…
Missouri governor signs bill banning state from seizing foster kids’ benefits
Rep. Melissa Schmidt, R-Eldridge, speaks on the House floor in February about her foster benefits bill (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). After Aug. 28, Missouri will end the state’s longstanding practice of seizing foster children’s Social Security benefits to cover the cost of foster care. Gov. Mike Kehoe on Wednesday signed a bill that also bans…
Federal judge issues new order protecting all Planned Parenthood clinics from Medicaid ‘defunding’
The exterior of a Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center on May 28, 2019 in St Louis (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images). Planned Parenthood affiliates nationwide are once again protected from a “defunding” provision passed by Congress after a federal judge in Massachusetts granted an emergency request for a new preliminary injunction. The order from U.S….