(The Center Square) — New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is suing to block a new law giving paraprofessionals a $10,000 bonus, arguing that the taxpayer funded giveaway bypassed the city's collective bargaining process. 

Oak Grove, Minnesota, has petitioned the state Supreme Court to settle a dispute with Anoka County over which of the two jurisdictions can designate the use of electronic voter rosters — as opposed to paper rosters — in county, state and federal elections held at Oak Grove’s polling places. Anoka County has mandated all precincts in […]

Incarcerated Mainers are pushing back against a longstanding loophole in the Department of Corrections disciplinary policy that allows staff to issue punishments before and regardless of a finding of guilt. “It flat out just denies incarcerated people their due process rights,” said Foster Bates, president of the Maine State Prison branch of the NAACP. Language […]

Patient advocates reacted with alarm this week at the suggestion by the administration of Gov. Brian Kemp that it could end Georgia Pathways to Coverage, his signature Medicaid program that gives health coverage to about 18,500 poor Georgians.  Precious Andrews, an advocate who works for mothers’ and children’s health, said she was in shock when […]