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After leaked Roe ruling, GOP weighs stricter abortion bans

If, as expected, the U.S. Supreme Court decides as early as next month to overturn Roe v. Wade, just how quickly Republican-dominated legislatures will act to restrict abortion and how far they will go to eliminate the procedure is uncertain.

Tribune News Service · May 17, 2022

Immigrant communities push for more non-English ballots

With primary elections well underway across the country, voting rights and immigrant advocates are raising the alarm about a lack of language assistance for voters who aren’t fluent in English.

Tribune News Service · May 16, 2022

States band together to block immigration policy

On the morning of April 28, Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton filed his 11th immigration-related lawsuit against the Biden administration, submitting his paperwork before a U.S. District Court judge in the panhandle city of Amarillo and then issuing a news release about it.

Tribune News Service · May 10, 2022

Some cities, states say Big Oil should pay for climate damage

In the waning days of 2021, a grass fire broke out in Boulder County, Colorado. Fueled by extreme drought and high winds, the fire swept through the communities of Superior and Louisville. Within hours, it had destroyed more than a thousand structures — making the Marshall fire the most destructive…

Tribune News Service · Apr 15, 2022

Homeless camping bans are spreading. This group shaped the bills

Georgia state Sen. Carden Summers said he drove around Atlanta before presenting a bill earlier this year that would ban homeless encampments and cut state funding from cities that refuse to enforce the ban.

Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2022

Los pequeños restaurantes sobrevivientes avanzan conforme la pandemia disminuye

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi— Durante dos años, Naomi King, una australiana propietaria de Levon's Bar and Grill en Clarksdale, Mississippi, hizo girar su modelo de negocio en más de un sentido. La pandemia de coronavirus les obligó a ella y a su esposo, Jonathan King, a reducir la plantilla a la mitad,…

Tribune News Service · Mar 25, 2022

Surviving small restaurants push forward as pandemic ebbs

CLARKSDALE, Miss. — For two years, Naomi King, an Australian native who owns Levon’s Bar and Grill in Clarksdale, Mississippi, pivoted her business model in more ways than one. The coronavirus pandemic forced her and her husband, Jonathan King, to cut the staff by half, reduce hours of operation and…

Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022

Los padres que trabajan enfrentan un caos continuo pese a la reapertura de las escuelas

Kelly McCormick pensó que volvería a trabajar hace tiempo, pero la pandemia de coronavirus encuentra continuamente formas de mantenerla en casa ayudando a sus dos hijos pequeños.

Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2022

Working parents face continued chaos despite reopened schools

Kelly McCormick thought she’d be back on the job long ago, but the coronavirus pandemic continually finds ways to keep her home helping her two young children.

Tribune News Service · Feb 27, 2022

COVID subraya la falta de protección de los denunciantes

FORT WORTH, Texas— El verano pasado, en el interior de un almacén de Amazon parcialmente terminado, los trabajadores caminaron sin arneses de seguridad sobre cintas transportadoras a cuatro pisos de altura, los soldadores usaron sopletes de plasma mientras estaban rodeados de cajas de cartón inflamables y los obreros levantaron estanterías…

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2022