State-watch Articles

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August 12, 2025

Group opposed to partisan gerrymandering signals openness to Dem countermeasures

A nonpartisan watchdog group, which previously told The Hill it was against blue states doing mid-decade redistricting in response to a battle...

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August 12, 2025

Paxton seeks Beto O'Rourke's arrest over financial support of Texas Democrats 

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is seeking former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D-Texas) arrest, alleging in a motion filed on Tuesday that the Texas...

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August 12, 2025

Abbott to call another special session amid Texas standoff

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said he planned to call another special session after the GOP failed to achieve a quorum, or the minimum number of...

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August 12, 2025

Rural New York's health care crisis deepens amid federal funding battle

Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released an audit on August 7, which found that 16 rural counties in New York are lacking in primary care doctors,...

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August 12, 2025

Pirro: Trump National Guard deployment in DC 'just the beginning'

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro warned Monday night that President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in the...

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August 12, 2025

US counties with animal feedlots have more air pollution, less health insurance: Study

U.S. counties with hog and cattle feeding operations may be subject to higher air pollution levels, while lacking the health insurance necessary to...

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August 12, 2025

Chicago mayor: Trump sending National Guard would 'only serve to destabilize our city'

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) said Monday that President Trump sending the National Guard to his city would "only serve to destabilize" it. "From...

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August 12, 2025

Abbott: Texas can 'eliminate' 10 Democratic districts in response to California

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) warned that Texas could get rid of as many as 10 Democratic districts if California moves ahead with its plan to redraw...

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August 11, 2025

DC Mayor Bowser: Trump police takeover 'unsettling and unprecedented'

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser expressed concern over President Trump's federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department, but vowed to work to ensure...

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August 11, 2025

Democratic mayors decry Trump's 'political charade' in DC

The Democratic Mayors Association slammed President Trump’s announcement to federalize the police force of Washington, D.C., on Monday, calling it a...

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August 11, 2025

Newsom sends letter to Trump urging him to halt redistricting push

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in a Monday letter is urging President Trump to call off the map-drawing arms race, saying he should end a...

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August 11, 2025

Feel sticky this summer? It's been record muggy East of the Rockies

More than 70 million Americans sweated through the muggiest first two months of summer on record as climate change has noticeably dialed up the...

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