WaPo: “A Virginia school board voted to restore the names of two schools previously named for Confederate leaders Friday just after midnight at a meeting that stretched more than six hours. The Shenandoah County School Board voted 5-1 to call the schools Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby Lee Elementary School, four years after the…
“Book Bans Are Surging in Florida. So Lauren Groff Opened a Bookstore.”
NY Times: “Groff and her husband, Clay Kallman, had toyed with the idea of opening a bookstore in Gainesville for more than a decade, but the timing never felt right. Groff’s writing career was taking off, and they had two young sons. But last year, as book bans surged across Florida, they decided that their town…
“Mississippi Lawmakers Reach a Tentative Deal to Expand Medicaid”
NY Times: “Mississippi lawmakers reached an agreement late Monday on a proposal to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, providing largely free health coverage to an additional 200,000 low-income residents in a state with dire health outcomes and numerous rural hospitals facing financial collapse. … The proposal still faces daunting hurdles, including a possible…
“Charlotte evangelical pastor in national spotlight, called Trump Bible ‘disgusting’”
Charlotte Observer: “A Charlotte evangelical pastor is in the national spotlight for a fire-and-brimstone sermon denouncing as “blasphemous” and “disgusting” what’s become known as the Trump Bible. Evangelicals are among the former president’s strongest backers, but Rev. Loran Livingston, the senior pastor of Central Church on Sardis Road condemned the Trump-endorsed “God Bless the USA…
“Matt Gaetz Gets a Primary Challenger”
Political Wire: “Rep Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has drawn a challenger in the Republican primary, the Pensacola News Journal reports. Former naval aviator Aaron Dimmick filed Friday to run for Florida’s 1st congressional district as a Republican.”
“Court tosses map that created second Black House district in Louisiana”
Politico: “A panel of federal judges has tossed out Louisiana’s new congressional map, striking the state’s second majority-Black district just months after it was signed into law. The ruling, if it stands, could be a win for Republicans, since Democrats were almost certain to win the newly drawn district.”
“Florida’s Abortion Ban Will Reach Well Beyond Florida”
NY Times: ““This is a seismic event for everyone in the ecosystem,” said Jenny Black, the chief executive of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, which operates in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. “It is impossible to overstate the impact of this ban on abortion access in the whole Southeast, probably all up the…
“Florida Abortion Ban to Take Effect, Cutting Off Major Access Point”
NY Times: “Florida has long played a significant role in the American abortion landscape, with dozens of clinics providing the procedure to tens of thousands of residents a year while also taking in patients from across the Southeast. That era will end, at least for now, on Wednesday, when a ban on most abortions after…
“Inside the long-odds push to undo an abortion ban in ruby red Arkansas”
WaPo: “Tony Chism pulled up to the library in a red pickup truck with a “Don’t Tread on Me” plate on the front and a “Biden Sucks” sticker on the back. He settled into a lawn chair and held up a sign showing solidarity with abortion rights activists gathered nearby: “LET PEOPLE VOTE.” The 60-year-old conservative was…
“NC’s governor praises weekend deal that averts major strike at Daimler Truck”
NC Newsline: “Governor Roy Cooper is praising a tentative agreement between United Auto Workers and Daimler Truck. The UAW struck a four-year deal late Friday avoiding a potential strike that could have impacted more than 7,000 workers. Cooper took to social media on Saturday to call the deal a “great win for hard working NC UAW members and their…