NY Times: “The embattled chairman of the Republican Party of Florida was censured and stripped of his duties and salary on Sunday, decisions that all but ousted him from the party’s top post as he faces a criminal investigation into an accusation that he sexually assaulted a woman. In an emergency meeting in Orlando, Fla.,…

WaPo: “With the glare of the November elections fading, voters in Northern Virginia’s 10th Congressional District are set to be flooded with campaign brochures, TV ads and knocks on their doors by candidates looking to discuss the 2024 race. So far, 11 Democrats and two Republicans are seeking their party’s nomination in June, hoping to…

WaPo: “Emboldened by his impeachment acquittal this fall, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton — who still faces a whistleblower lawsuit and criminal charges — is thrusting himself back into the national spotlight with right-wing legal activism. Paxton made major headlines last week for successfully blocking a lawsuit by a Dallas-areawoman who sought an abortion after her fetus…

WaPo: “The U.S. Army intends to remove a Confederate memorial from Arlington National Cemetery next week as part of its ongoing work to rid Defense Department property of divisive rebel imagery, defying dozens of congressional Republicans who have vociferously protested the move. …This month, 44 Republican lawmakers cautioned Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the first African American to hold…

Political Wire: “The citizen group that wants to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution has exceeded the threshold to get the measure on the Nov. 5 ballot by collecting more than 1.4 million voter signatures,” The Messenger reports. “Under Florida law, sponsors of a proposed constitutional amendment need to collect 891,523 verified voter signatures by Feb….

AL Political Reporter: “Many families shared their experiences with lawmakers, detailing the treatment of their incarcerated loved ones by the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC). The public comment during the meeting lasted nearly two hours, with over a dozen people speaking. Nearly every speaker discussed the dangerous conditions in ADOC prisons, including abuse, murder, and…

AL Politics: “Josh and David open with a discussion about the lawsuit alleging that Alabama’s prisons are engaging in modern-day slavery by forcing inmates to work for private companies and denying them parole to continue this forced labor. And they discuss the shooting of Steve Perkins by Decatur police and the lawsuits being filed in…

TX Observer: “SB 4, passed in November during a dysfunctional fourth special legislative session, grants unprecedented powers to local and state police, judges, and magistrates. For starters, the bill makes it a state misdemeanor crime for a non-U.S. citizen to improperly enter Texas from another country—say, by rafting across the Rio Grande from Mexico. To avoid prosecution,…

NY Times: “Soon after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, horror stories started emerging of women denied medically urgent abortions for pregnancies gone dangerously awry. In response, the anti-abortion movement developed a sort of conspiracy theory to rationalize away the results of their policies…. Whether this argument stemmed from genuine denial or…

NY Times: “The Texas Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court order allowing an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition, hours after her lawyers said she had decided to leave Texas for the procedure in the face of the state’s abortion bans. The court ruled that the…