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Nancy Dahlstrom, Alaska’s corrections commissioner, will be Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s running mate

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has chosen his corrections commissioner, Nancy Dahlstrom, as his running mate for this year’s gubernatorial election.

Tribune News Service · May 23, 2022

Grants for restaurants, small businesses blocked in Senate

WASHINGTON — Deficit-concerned senators blocked the Senate from considering a $48 billion aid package for restaurants and other small businesses Thursday, likely dealing a fatal blow to a months-long effort to provide a final round of relief for industries that suffered major revenue losses during the pandemic.

Tribune News Service · May 20, 2022

Grants for restaurants, small businesses blocked in Senate - Roll Call

Deficit-concerned senators blocked the Senate from considering a $48 billion aid package for restaurants and other small businesses Thursday.

Roll Call · May 19, 2022

Senate to vote on abortion rights; Democrats hope to send message

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats plan to vote Wednesday on a bill to establish a federal right to abortion in hopes of drawing a sharp political contrast with Republicans who support the Supreme Court's expected ruling to undo the Roe vs. Wade decision.

Los Angeles Times · May 11, 2022

Abortion rights message scrawled in chalk outside Sen Susan Collins’ Maine home prompts police response

The message outside of the Maine Senator’s home ‘was not overly threatening’, according to authorities

The Independent UK · May 10, 2022

These 10 senators are most vulnerable six months from Election Day

Some of the most vulnerable senators up for reelection in 2022 may have to wait months to find out who is running against them.

Roll Call · May 10, 2022

Pro-choice groups urge moderate Republicans to scrap bill legalizing abortion saying it wouldn’t be effective

A coalition of pro-choice groups Monday urged moderate Republicans to abandon their alternative to a Democratic push to legalize abortion after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that will likely soon overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.

Tribune News Service · May 9, 2022

Pelosi says Supreme Court ‘slapped women in the face’ with Roe draft while GOP lawmakers skirt the issue

‘Here we are on Mother’s Day, a week where the Court has slapped women in the face in terms of disrespect for their judgments about the size and timing of their families,’ says Pelosi

The Independent UK · May 9, 2022

Martin Schram: A supreme conning of America’s women

Let’s tell the blatant truth right up-front: Senate Republicans are understandably upset by the leaking of the Supreme Court’s always-secret draft opinion. Especially this supremely controversial one.

Tribune News Service · May 7, 2022

Top Democrat on abortion legislation blasts Collins-Murkowski bill as insufficient

Senator Richard Blumenthal says from the Maine Republican are inaccurate

The Independent UK · May 5, 2022