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U.S. Government failed To Properly Count Deaths Of People In Prisons And Jails, Senate Report Says
The 10-month investigation found that DOJ failed to enforce the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013.
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The 10-month investigation found that DOJ failed to enforce the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013.
Women running in governors’ races throughout the country are potentially set to break records if elected this November.
“For the sake of our communities and planet, we must do everything in our power to create a clean, renewable electric grid by 2030.”
“It’s just horrendous,” Pelosi said on a call with former Gov. Ralph Northam, pleading for National Guard help in defending the Capitol.
The visit came after the Category 1 hurricane in late September damaged the power grid, leaving millions in Puerto Rico without power.
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case that challenges an Alabama redistricting map.
The University of Idaho, for example, issued a memo last month telling its employees not to provide reproductive health counseling.
A federal appeals court has upheld a prior ruling that the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is unlawful.
It Includes $2.5 billion in assistance for the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire that burned large swaths of New Mexico this spring.
The U.S. Senate approved the bill following a 72-25 vote Thursday, with all opposition coming from Republicans.
Manchin's plan would impose timelines on federal agencies responsible for approving energy projects.
“Poverty is a policy choice,” Rev. Dr. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, said to lawmakers.
The U.S. House passed a bill Wednesday updating a 19th-century law in an attempt to prevent the subversion of future presidential elections.
Large public colleges and universities contacted by States Newsroom last week didn’t have significant plans in place to deal with outbreaks.
Election lawyer Marc Elias has expressed concerns that the reform bill gives too much power to potentially election-denying governors.
The bill, from Montana Democratic Sen. John Tester and Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran, has been bogged down for nearly two months.
Senate Democrats said they needed to read through the bill text to grasp exactly how the energy and climate change proposals will work.
More than 100 congressional Democrats are urging the White House to extend the pause on student loan repayment past the August 31 deadline.
Both Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House voted Tuesday to enshrine the right to same-sex and interracial marriages in federal law.
Dangerous heat waves have become more common in recent years.