Arizona and Florida could send a big message on abortion rights The abortion rights position has won in seven of seven states post-Roe v. Wade. But Arizona and Florida are especially big — as are the margins by which their ballot measures lead. 05/20/2024 - 5:11 am | View Link
Poll: Abortion rights draws support as most call current law "too strict" — but economy, inflation top factors for Floridians There is a lot of support in Florida for abortion access, including the majority view that the current six-week ban is too strict. Women are even more likely than men to say so. Most Florida voters ... 05/19/2024 - 2:30 am | View Link
Republicans Are Doubling (and Tripling) Down on Abortion Restrictions Louisiana has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. The procedure is banned with very few exceptions, which do not include rape or incest. And yet, legislators there are hard at ... 05/16/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Could Florida's new abortion restrictions 'drive doctors away?' Some say it's already happening Florida doctors who care for pregnant patients say they're struggling under the weight of abortion restrictions that took effect earlier this month. 05/13/2024 - 9:47 am | View Link
Florida Dems want the fight to pass the abortion rights amendment to be intergenerational Laurie Plotnick recalled marching in rallies and signing petitions advocating for access to legal and safe abortions. Roe v. Wade was decided when she had just graduated college. In her 70s, she is ... 05/13/2024 - 6:01 am | View Link
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ first vetoes following this year’s legislative session included a bill aimed at fighting wage theft in the construction industry that he said “would not punish the real wrongdoers.”
The bill sought to hold general contractors liable for wage theft committed by subcontractors. But Polis wrote in a veto letter that as passed, the measure would let subcontractors “off the hook” while penalizing good actors further up the project’s chain of command.
In all, Polis nixed six bills.
CNN's Kara Scannell describes the dramatic moment in the Trump hush money trial where Judge Juan Merchan briefly cleared the courtroom after a tense exchange with Costello over his behavior on the stand.
This article is part of The D. C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.
Alice Stewart represented a modern master class in how to hold sincere beliefs without surrender or skirmish. The Republican strategist respected the cynics and critics across the table enough to talk, not sneer.
The city of Denver announced Monday that it would pay $1,000 bonuses to qualifying young people who log at least 100 hours at a job this summer.
The payments — available to Denverites ages 14 to 21 years old — are part of a broader effort Mayor Mike Johnston’s office is spearheading this summer to drive down rates of youth violence.
“We are thinking about this as a multi-pronged approach to how we can engage young people into positive summer activities and how we can help prevent the risks of summer violence,” Johnston said during a morning news conference.
The YouthWorks initiative will be funded through a $1 million state grant, according to city officials.
City officials say the program is designed to provide payments to up to 1,000 youths in the city.
Whether he’s showing weakness to the International Criminal Court or bowing before the mullahs, we now see the Biden administration for what it really is.