Gambling
Tribal control at issue for lone sports betting holdout in the Midwest
HINCKLEY, Minn. — Amid the flat woodlands of east-central Minnesota, the Grand Casino stands out: Its hotel is the tallest building between the Twin Cities and Duluth. The casino floor beckons gamblers with more than 1,900 slot machines and round-the-clock blackjack and poker tables. With a golf course, an RV park and an amphitheater that […]
Top State Stories 2/13
FL: Florida sports board removes menstrual questions for high school athletes, but adds ‘sex at birth’ miamiherald.com The Florida High School Athletic Association walked back a controversial proposal to require female high school athletes to disclose information regarding their menstrual history, following scathing criticism from students, parents, physicians, advocacy organizations and some lawmakers. A new […]
Top State Stories 2/7
IL: Illinois judge rules for parents objecting to governor’s school mask mandate chicagotribune.com Hundreds of students at Chicago Public Schools and at scores of districts across the state may be freed from wearing a mask in the classroom, with an Illinois judge ruling that Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 mandate was authorized illegally. UT: Utah halts state, […]
Top State Stories 7/14
TN: Tennessee abandons vaccine outreach to minors—and not just for COVID tennesseean.com The Tennessee Department of Health will halt all adolescent vaccine outreach—not just for coronavirus, but all diseases—amid pressure from Republican state lawmakers, according to an internal report and agency emails obtained by the Tennessean. The health department will also stop all COVID-19 vaccine events on school property, […]
Top State Stories 7/2
AZ: US Supreme Court upholds Arizona election restrictions azcapitoltimes.com Arizona is going to get to keep its laws against “ballot harvesting” and counting only votes cast within the proper precinct. In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded the provisions of the 2016 law do not violate the Voting Rights Act. OK: Medicaid expansion […]
Top State Stories 7/1
OR: 63 people have died in Oregon heat wave oregonlive.com At least 63 people throughout Oregon died from health issues related to the hot weather over the past few days, authorities say. Capt. Tim Fox, an Oregon State Police spokesperson, said the death toll was based on reports from each county’s medical examiner office, but […]
Top State Stories 6/30
IA: Jobless Iowans who contracted COVID are still being denied benefits iowacapitaldispatch.com Iowans forced out of work after being sickened by COVID-19 continue to be denied unemployment benefits by the state, while those who voluntarily quit their jobs due to the risk of contracting the virus are collecting benefits. FL: Florida officials pledge multiple probes […]
Top State Stories 6/25
CA: California issued millions in COVID fines. Employers have paid almost none of them. sacbee.com Inspectors with California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health ordered roughly $4.6 million in fines for wrongdoing related to COVID-19 in some 200 workplaces. But more than a year since inspectors noted some of those violations, employers have paid only about […]
Top State Stories 6/10
MA: Massachusetts lawmakers advance bill that would put millionaire tax on the ballot bostonglobe.com Massachusetts lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to advance a sweeping change to the state tax code to the 2022 ballot, kickstarting what’s expected to be a bruising political debate over whether the wealthiest residents should pay more in taxes. The vote was 159-41 […]
Top State Stories 5/26
CO: Children’s Hospital Colorado declares mental health state of emergency coloradosun.com Colorado children are attempting suicide and arriving in emergency rooms in psychiatric crisis at levels never seen in the state, while abuse of alcohol and drugs to cope with mental health struggles is also on the rise. The youth mental health crisis has escalated to […]
Top State Stories 5/20
TX: Texas governor signs law banning abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy texastribune.org Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed a law that prohibits abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy—before some people know they are pregnant—and allows almost any private citizen to sue abortion providers and others. There is an exception […]
Top State Stories 3/30
GA: Protests, lawsuits target Georgia voting law after lawmaker’s arrest ajc.com Voting rights advocates ratcheted up the legal battle targeting Georgia’s new voting restrictions with a second court challenge, as critics rallied around a state legislator who made a dramatic return to the Capitol days after her arrest outside Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s office while protesting the changes. TN: […]