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Seventeen Republican attorneys general have sued California over a state law that requires plastic packaging producers t...
06/23/2026

Seventeen Republican attorneys general have sued California over a state law that requires plastic packaging producers to move away from single-use plastics.

Seventeen Republican attorneys general have sued California over a state law that requires plastic packaging producers to move away from single-use plastics, alleging that the law will raise costs for consumers across the country. Led by Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers and the National Associ...

A national family planning advocacy group and a Pennsylvania provider network are suing the U.S. Department of Health an...
06/23/2026

A national family planning advocacy group and a Pennsylvania provider network are suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over changes to Title X funding rules.

The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association and a family planning organization in Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Health and Human Services agency on Thursday alleging that it is politicizing the Title X grant funding program and violating the intent of the law.

Nearly four years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, patients and doctors are still clashing over whether a...
06/23/2026

Nearly four years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, patients and doctors are still clashing over whether abortion bans have made miscarriage care harder to access.

Mylissa McNeill never expected to be a mother. But when she learned she was pregnant in the spring of 2022, at age 41, she and her partner were happy and excited at the prospect of parenting a little girl they planned to name Maeve. On June 24, 2022, about one month after McNeill discovered she was....

As summer starts and teens head into seasonal jobs, a handful of states have moved to loosen child labor protections.
06/22/2026

As summer starts and teens head into seasonal jobs, a handful of states have moved to loosen child labor protections.

Four states — Indiana, Nebraska, Washington and West Virginia — enacted laws this year that weaken child labor protections, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank. In all, 13 states had bills seeking to weaken those protections; some are still under consideration.

Half a dozen Republican governors have rebranded June with alternatives like “Nuclear Family Month” during Pride Month. ...
06/22/2026

Half a dozen Republican governors have rebranded June with alternatives like “Nuclear Family Month” during Pride Month. Some LGBTQ+ advocates say the changes sideline q***r visibility and celebration.

A half dozen Republican governors are pushing alternative labels for June, which is widely recognized in the United States as Pride Month. Without explicitly tying their efforts to a replacement of Pride Month — which celebrates the LGBTQ+ community — GOP governors in states including Alabama, A...

The Trump administration is tightening oversight of Medicaid waiver programs, saying new state pilot projects must under...
06/22/2026

The Trump administration is tightening oversight of Medicaid waiver programs, saying new state pilot projects must undergo stricter financial review.

The Trump administration told states last week it will exercise more stringent financial oversight of waivers that states use to design pilot programs under Medicaid. In letters sent to state Medicaid directors, the administration announced the changes to Section 1115 “demonstration waivers,” wh...

States are loosening building codes to reduce construction costs and expand housing supply, but some fire safety experts...
06/22/2026

States are loosening building codes to reduce construction costs and expand housing supply, but some fire safety experts warn the changes could increase risk in emergencies.

States and cities are loosening building code requirements in an effort to lower construction costs and boost affordable housing. Some of these changes include allowing apartment buildings to have just one stairway, reducing how often building codes are updated and rolling back specific electrical o...

The Trump administration is reshaping Title X, shifting the federal family planning program’s focus from contraception a...
06/18/2026

The Trump administration is reshaping Title X, shifting the federal family planning program’s focus from contraception access to fertility, pregnancy and childbearing.

A federal poverty-fighting program focused on reducing unintended pregnancies is about to undergo a major overhaul. Reproductive health clinics use Title X federal grant money to provide birth control, cancer screenings and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections to people with lit...

A new survey of women who gave birth in 2023 and 2024 found Medicaid patients reported worse outcomes and greater barrie...
06/17/2026

A new survey of women who gave birth in 2023 and 2024 found Medicaid patients reported worse outcomes and greater barriers to care than those with private insurance.

A survey of more than 3,800 people nationwide who gave birth in 2023 and 2024 found those using Medicaid described worse outcomes than those on private insurance, that access to care remains limited for some, and that women often feel unheard and disregarded during pregnancy and labor and delivery.

Food pantries across the country are bracing for more demand as millions of Americans lose SNAP benefits and grocery pri...
06/17/2026

Food pantries across the country are bracing for more demand as millions of Americans lose SNAP benefits and grocery prices remain high.

Families are facing rising grocery prices at the same time that many of the most vulnerable are losing access to the nation’s largest food assistance program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. More than 4 million Americans lost SNAP benefits between February 2025 and this Feb...

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