Missouri Voters Overturned an Abortion Ban. Lawmakers Will Ask Them to Reconsider.
The state’s Republicans are putting abortion on a ballot question again, seeking to buck the trend of voters siding with abortion rights on ballot measures.
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Newsom Proposes Scaling Back Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants in California
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to charge monthly premiums for undocumented immigrants and prevent new enrollees in the program as soon as January.
Renewable Energy Is Booming in Texas. Republicans Want to Change That.
Conservative states with a hands-off approach to development, such as Texas and Oklahoma, have become wind and solar energy dynamos in recent years. But a simultaneous push by Republicans in Washington and in Sun Belt state capitals to cut off tax …
California Approves 17 Percent Rate Increase for State Farm
Homeowners reeling from the wildfires in January say that State Farm’s increased rates are unfair and unfounded.
Chasing Tax Cuts, Trump and Republicans Want to Make States Pay
G.O.P. leaders are exploring cuts to federal aid, leaving some states fearful that their budgets cannot absorb billions of dollars in new costs.
Germany Bans a Far-Right Group and Arrests 4 of Its Leaders
Members of a group calling itself the Kingdom of Germany, which was targeted in nationwide raids, reject the existence of the German state and want to set up a parallel one.
Josh Hawley: Don’t Cut Medicaid
Polls show Democrats down in the dumps at their lowest approval level in decades, but we Republicans are having an identity crisis of our own, and you can see it in the tug of war over President Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill.” The nub of the …
In Trump’s America, Every Parent and Child for Themselves
Last week, President Trump introduced the Special Education Simplified Funding Program as part of his 2026 budget proposal. The president’s budget isn’t binding, but it suggests that the way the administration proposes to allocate funds to the states …
Five Weeks Late, a $254 Billion New York Budget Still Has Its Charms
Lawmakers ratified a state budget that promised benefits for a host of New Yorkers, including the legislators themselves.
How the TV Hit ‘Fallout’ Became a Champion of Made-in-California
The show’s producer, Jonathan Nolan, has put himself at the forefront of Hollywood’s push to get California to approve $750 million in tax rebates.