New York lawmakers on Friday took the first step toward codifying reproductive rights into the state’s constitution in response to the US Supreme Court’s abortion ruling.
The abortion decision future Rep. Marie Newman made as a 19-year old has become current and relevant nearly four decades later in her bid for re-election.
Louisiana’s Republican-led Legislature must redraw its new congressional redistricting plan to include an additional majority-Black district in time for the 2022 midterm elections, a federal court ruled Monday.
A New York state Supreme Court on Saturday released its plan for congressional district lines, completing revisions to a map thrown out as a partisan gerrymander.