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Latinas hold more state legislature seats than ever before

Sade Elhawary, left, cheers during her campaign kickoff for 2024 for California Assembly District 57

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Are local officials duty-bound to certify elections? Arizona ruling creates new doubt

Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd, center, bows her head in prayer during the inauguration of the Southern Arizona Regional Border Operations Center in Sierra Vista, Arizona.

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Trump is targeting sanctuary cities. But what is a sanctuary city, anyway?

People hold signs in support of sanctuary city mayors outside the U.S. capitol, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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Texas lawmakers hear concerns about bill to require proof of citizenship for voting

A voting site is seen within the SpaceX projects area in Brownsville, Texas, on May 3, 2025.

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California’s truck emissions rules could drive up prices for all Americans

A big rig being pulled over by inspectors during a surprise inspection in Santa Monica, California.

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Arizona voters face more scrutiny of their citizenship and residency after judge upholds 2022 laws

Voters wait in line at a polling station at the Guadalupe Mercado shopping mall in Guadalupe, Arizona.

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Why Trump wants to ban barcodes on ballots, and what it means for voters and election officials

Election workers scan ballots at the scanning stations of the Philadelphia City Commissioners Office and Election Warehouse on Election Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 5, 2024.

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How people with disabilities navigate voting hurdles

People vote at an election polling site on November 05, 2024, in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.

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Domestic violence services are in jeopardy, providers say

Hands of someone who is staying at a homeless shelter for domestic violence survivors, where funding cuts will impact services.

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This public college was taken over by the far-right—a warning for the future of higher ed

North Idaho College entrance sign in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

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How one state sent residents' personal health data to LinkedIn

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What happens to health research when 'women' is a banned word?

People gather on the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) campus holding signs to protest the potential loss of federal funding for medical research.

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More states are filling a federal gap by helping police track stolen guns

Confiscated guns on display at a press conference.

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GOP cuts to Medicaid could threaten rural hospitals

Kody Kinsley, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, giving a testimony during a House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee meeting on Medicaid in Washington, D.C..