Culture of silence around abortions for active-duty military intensifies, researchers say via @kelciemmorris.bsky.social and @stateline.org www.newsfromthestates.com/article/cult...

Pushback leads Homeland Security to compromise on some warehouse detention centers for immigrants stateline.org/2026/04/17/p...

6 Republican-led states have passed laws to ban or punish enforcement of red flag gun orders Excellent story in partnership with @thetrace.org stateline.org/2026/04/16/g...

Retailers are using surveillance pricing and your personal data to set individualized costs customer by customer. from @maddyfitz.bsky.social and @stateline.org stateline.org/2026/03/27/y...

Gas prices rise again as some states consider tax holidays @amandavhernan.bsky.social explains why they might not work. via @stateline.org stateline.org/2026/03/25/g...

Supreme Court skeptical of allowing states to count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day stateline.org/2026/03/23/s...

Medicaid cuts could add pressure to already-stressed psychiatric units stateline.org/2026/03/23/m...

The pay gap between women and men *grew* last year. stateline.org/2026/03/19/t...

State lawmakers push to expand laws allowing guns on college campuses stateline.org/2026/03/17/s...

In bid for voter data, Trump’s DOJ lays groundwork to undermine confidence in midterms stateline.org/2026/03/13/i...

Trump's plans for the midterms are being laid. Stateline's Jonathan Shorman explains how. 👏 Always 👏 read 👏 @jonshorman.bsky.social @stateline.org stateline.org/2026/03/13/i...

Federal law already prohibits armed federal personnel at polling places. Some Democratic state lawmakers, citing Trump's calls to "nationalize" elections and rhetoric by his allies, don't want to take any chances and are pushing state-level bans on immigration enforcement near the polls

State & federal funding to anti-abortion pregnancy centers is growing — but oversight isn't. New series sheds light: newsfromthestates.com/tags/crisis-pregnancy-centers-series by @kelciemmorris.bsky.social @acvollers.bsky.social @chatlanis.bsky.social @amandavhernan.bsky.social & me

Blue states push to ban ICE at the polls amid federal voter intimidation fears stateline.org/2026/03/05/b...

“We’re kind of dependent on hope this fire season, like last year,” a UNM fire ecologist said. buff.ly/2NUMRss

287(g) agreements have surged from 135 at the end of the Biden presidency to nearly 1,500 now. from @amandavhernan.bsky.social and @stateline.org stateline.org/2026/03/03/a...

The families in the railroad’s path said they see this as another instance in a pattern of extraction that has defined this corner of Georgia since before the Civil War. bit.ly/4qS3nIA

Lawmakers changing their minds about data centers... Great story from @maddyfitz.bsky.social @stateline.org stateline.org/2026/02/24/d...

Supreme Court takes up climate case testing local lawsuits against oil companies mainemorningstar.com/2026/02/23/r...

School choice programs grow in popularity — and cost stateline.org/2026/02/23/s...

Stateline's @jonshorman.bsky.social explains how states could respond to the SAVE America Act and Trump's idea about "nationalizing" elections... @stateline.org stateline.org/2026/02/20/a...

I'm a health reporter at @stateline.org and @statesnewsroom.com. I'm looking for experts and researchers following the effects of #ACA subsidy expiration and #Medicaid coverage loss on chronic illness, specifically #diabetes. DM's are open and open to research links. s chatlani AT stateline dot org

Alabama House bill would create sales tax holiday for guns alabamareflector.com/2026/02/17/a...

Guns, death penalty, prison conditions, sentencing and immigration may all be legislated this year. stateline.org/2026/02/12/c...

Some mayors view confrontation with the Trump White House as the right approach, others are opting for accommodation — or just keeping their heads down. @stateline.org stateline.org/2026/02/10/m...

From a quick read, the Fulton County affidavit doesn't include any suggestion of a foreign nexus to the investigation — further highlighting the unusual nature of DNI Tulsi Gabbard's involvement storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump’s calls to ‘nationalize’ elections have state, local election officials bracing for tumult from @jonshorman.bsky.social @stateline.org stateline.org/2026/02/06/t...

Mississippi and West Virginia are out of the top vaccination ranks; Connecticut and New York are in. stateline.org/2026/02/02/s...

Mayors describe ICE presence in their cities stateline.org/2026/01/30/m...

State lawmakers stand ready to help ICE — or impede it stateline.org/2026/01/28/s...

Democratic AGs stress importance of citizen-generated evidence in challenging ICE stateline.org/2026/01/27/d...

As AI-generated fake content mars legal cases, states want guardrails stateline.org/2026/01/26/a...

Footage, documents at odds with DHS accounts of immigration enforcement incidents stateline.org/2026/01/23/f...

Three people were arrested by Ohio State Police while protesting U.S. Customs and Border Patrol recruiters at an annual Ohio State University career fair on Tuesday. via @ohiocapitaljournal.com

ICYMI: The Trump administration has sued another state — Virginia — in its quest to obtain sensitive voter data, despite two recent legal setbacks in suits against other states. stateline.org/2026/01/20/t...

States, cities are hard-pressed to fight violent ICE arrest tactics "You can’t go after a murderer and a garden-variety immigration violator, like a poor nanny or a poor landscaper, with equal emphasis." from @tim-henderson.bsky.social and @stateline.org stateline.org/2026/01/22/s...

With rental registries, cities try to track housing and hold bad actors accountable stateline.org/2026/01/21/w...

In the Twin Cities, ICE resistance goes mainstream minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/21/i...

ICE is using Medicaid data to find out where immigrants live | via @acvollers.bsky.social #ksleg

A cloud of fear hangs over Minnesota immigrant communities Even citizens are afraid to go out. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...

AI therapy chatbots draw new oversight as suicides raise alarm stateline.org/2026/01/15/a...

One of the small but interesting parts of Colvin's story: She said her action was inspired in part by a week of learning Black history from a teacher who also described the injustices in the South at length.

Claudette Colvin, who challenged Alabama’s segregation laws, dies at 86 As a 15-year-old, Colvin refused to give her seat to a white passenger. Her challenge presaged Rosa Parks’ and helped integrate Montgomery’s buses. alabamareflector.com/2026/01/13/c...

US Supreme Court reviews trans athlete bans in Idaho, West Virginia www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

The Trump administration seems intent on blocking local prosecutors from even bringing charges against the ICE officer minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/09/m...

Happy Friday! I love this story so much. A beautiful read from @amandavhernan.bsky.social for @stateline.org ‘Teaching us how to grow with our babies’: How prisons allow mothers and infants to nest for months stateline.org/2026/01/09/t...

Many left-leaning states and cities are trying to protect their residents’ personal information amid the immigration crackdown. https://stateline.org/2026/01/08/worried-about-surveillance-states-enact-privacy-laws-and-restrict-license-plate-readers/

A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.

Vigil for Renee Nicole Good becomes a call to action against ICE Full coverage of yesterday's shooting from our sister outlet @minnesotareformer.com minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/v...

ICE officer fatally shoots driver through car window in Minneapolis minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/i...