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The inmate population in the United States has grown steadily over the past fifteen years, increasing by 49.6 percent, while the proportion of those prisoners in private prisons has exploded -– according to the Justice Policy Institute’s analysis of federal statistics; the number of people in privately-run prisons More…
A 33-year-old Idaho woman is seeking class-action status on a federal lawsuit challenging a new state law that bans abortion after 20 weeks of gestation, made possible by the claim babies are developed enough at that stage to feel pain.
This report is part of collaboration with WNYC’s “It’s a Free Country” to cover the 25 most captivating congressional races from around the country.
On August 1, Larry Bucshon, a freshman GOP representative from Indiana’s Eighth Congressional District, joined the majority of his caucus to vote
School voucher opponents in Indiana were dealt a massive setback to overturning the state’s recently passed Indiana Choice Scholarship Program (CSP) when a county judge ruled down Monday an injunction to prevent the law from going into effect.
Marion County Judge Michael Keele ruled the plaintiffs insufficiently demonstrated “a
Indiana State Rep. Phillip Hinkle has been accused of meeting an 18-year-old man on the website Craigslist.
State legislators introduced 1,592 immigration-related bills and resolutions in the first half of 2011, according to a new report from the National Conference of State Legislatures, an increase of 16 percent over the number of immigration bills introduced in the first half of 2010. State legislatures have enacted 151 new More…
The Susan B. Anthony List is among the anti-abortion rights groups taking credit for the trend of states cutting federal funding for reproductive services in the name of defunding Planned Parenthood. But, this Washington, D.C.-based group is actually keeping score.
At last count, seven states have cut funding for reproductive services administered by Planned Parenthood, whose reputation has taken a beating from anti-abortion rights advocates. Either by passing laws (Indiana, Kansas, Texas) that prevent any abortion provider from receiving state or federal funding, by writing Planned Parenthood out of the More…
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