This Earth Day arrives at a sobering moment as the EPA continues to erase the safeguards it was created to uphold. The United States Environmental Protection Agency was established in 1970, following the first Earth Day, expressly to protect human health and the environment. But, since President Donald Trump’s second term began, rapid-fire policy shifts…

Nearly five years after the Alabama Legislature approved a medical cannabis program, the weeks-long process of producing and testing products for patients has begun, setting up an early May availability. “Alabama doesn’t allow anything smokable, so no flower, no vape. If you have to add heat to it, the state of Alabama don’t allow it,”…

Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman announced her candidacy for governor of Kentucky on Monday at the Kentucky History Center in Frankfort. Coleman, 43, a former teacher, assistant principal, and basketball coach, is making public education a cornerstone of her campaign. Coleman, who has run and won alongside Gov. Andy Beshear twice, announced she will run…

“Even JD Vance is saying, ‘Hey, I’m not focused on 2028.’ We all need to focus on 2026 to hold the House, hold the Senate. We want to get our Senate seat back in Georgia. I’m supporting Derek Dooley. I think he gives us our best chance to do that,” Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp told…

Florida Republicans are barreling ahead with a high-stakes redistricting session as the party looks to offset Democrats’ new maps in Virginia. The effort, however, has some Republicans warning Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to tread lightly, pointing to recent Democratic wins across the states as well as the Florida Constitution’s clear anti-gerrymandering language. They warn the…

A divided U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that Texas can require public schools to display the biblical Ten Commandments in every classroom, reversing a lower court judge who had blocked the law and marking a setback for parents who accused the Republican-led state of trampling their rights under the U.S. Constitution. The New…

More than half a million Georgians have dropped health insurance coverage amid stiff premium price hikes for federally subsidized Affordable Care Act plans, according to data obtained by The Current GA and Georgia Recorder. The 37% enrollment drop — from 1.5 million Georgians in January 2025 to 950,000 as of April 17, 2026 — dwarfs…

Virginia voters have delivered a significant win to Democrats, as the state is poised to redraw its congressional districts ahead of this year’s midterm election. According to a race call by The Associated Press, a narrow majority of Virginia voters approved a ballot measure put before them by the Democratic-led legislature that allows lawmakers to…

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) introduced a resolution on Monday to expel Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.), who is facing a wide swath of allegations, from Congress. The House Ethics Committee is investigating whether Mills violated campaign finance laws, received special favors in his position, engaged in sexual misconduct, and misused congressional resources. “The swamp has protected…

Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida resigned from office on Tuesday moments before the start of a hearing that could have led to a recommendation that she be expelled from Congress. Cherfilus-McCormick was the subject of a more than two-year investigation by the House Ethics Committee, which had determined recently that she had violated multiple…