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Bill would require people to apply for more jobs to receive unemployment
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama lawmaker wants to increase the number of jobs a person has to apply for while receiving unemployment benefits. HB 29, sponsored by Rep. Ed Oliver, R-Dadeville, increases the number of employers that people must contact each week from three to five to maintain benefits. “We are in a unique time […]
‘Moving full steam ahead:’ On Labor Day, official hopes for a safer future for miners
This Labor Day, as a new federal rule is being rolled out to prevent deadly black lung disease in miners, Christopher Williamson is remembering the coal miners who fought for the creation of his agency and who weren’t afforded the protections that current and future workers hopefully will. Williamson, assistant secretary for the Mine Safety […]
90 years after a deadly labor strike, a textile town may finally be ready to own its history
HONEA PATH, S.C. – Ninety years after one of South Carolina’s deadliest labor strikes, the remains of the mill where flaring tempers escalated into gunfire that left seven dead are set to come down. Partial demolitions in the past left remnants of the textile plant that operated for a century at the center of Honea […]
It’s not easy being a green anole
Green anole lizards, the only anole native to North America, stalk the treetops across the southeastern United States. Many Southerners witness these friendly creatures hunting for moths near the porch light. But today, the green anole faces a more dire threat. Its new competitor is none other than its own cousin: the brown anole. The green anoles are evolving in response.
After conservative criticism, Trump says he is a ‘no’ on Florida’s abortion rights ballot measure
After criticizing Florida’s six-week abortion ban on Thursday, former President Donald Trump, a resident of the Sunshine State, told Fox News that he will be voting against a ballot measure to protect and expand abortion rights. “I disagreed with that right from the early primaries when I heard about it,” Trump said Friday of the […]
Public voices often ignored in states’ opioid settlement money decisions
The conversation wasn’t sounding good for Kensington residents on June 20. The Philadelphia neighborhood is a critical center of the nation’s opioid crisis, and the city had decided to spend $7.5 million in opioid settlement money to improve the quality of life there. But on that day, a Pennsylvania oversight board was about to vote […]
Abortion ballot organizer says Montanans should not take reproductive rights for granted
The year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Montana’s Republican-majority legislature passed an array of bills restricting abortion. Though these laws were blocked by courts and abortion until fetal viability remains the law in Montana, reproductive rights activists say they no longer feel confident that their state constitution’s right to […]
The 10 states where voters could decide on abortion directly
After legal fights, counter-campaigns and bureaucratic wrangling all year long, as things stand today, abortion questions in 10 states are heading to ballots in November. After abortion rights were upended federally in June 2022, Kansas voters got a chance to weigh in on a ballot measure that was something of a test balloon just a […]
Trump taps into culture war issues, seeks to energize base at Moms for Liberty event
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump late Friday rarely touched on education issues during the third conference of Moms for Liberty, a conservative parental rights group that has ties to Project 2025, the far-right playbookTrump has tried to distance himself from. Instead, in a more than one-hour interview with Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice, […]
Services for people with disabilities could be eliminated under Landry budget plan
Programs for medically vulnerable children, seniors and people with disabilities could be eliminated next year as a result of Louisiana’s looming budget deficit, officials with Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration said Friday.
Harris, Walz defend past statements, promise ‘opportunity economy’ in CNN interview
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday defended her values and vowed, if elected, to appoint a Republican to her cabinet in her first major sit-down interview since her presidential campaign began just over a month ago. Harris, who rose to the top of the Democratic ticket after President Joe Biden dropped his bid […]
Donald Trump says Florida’s 6-week abortion law is ‘too short’
Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that Florida’s law banning most abortions after six weeks is “too short,” but was cagy about whether that means he will vote for Amendment 4 this fall, which would enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the state’s Constitution. “I think the six weeks is too short; it […]