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September 30, 2024

Election Watch 2024

Election certification by state officials


Women's Health

Maternity care deserts across the U.S.


Global News

First permanent UN women's network


States News

Who are Oklahoma's deleted voters

Utah's controversial constitutional amendments

What is Ohio Issue 1

A model policy agenda for States ERA

Texas removes millions from medicaid

Immigrant state and global news

Election Watch 2024


Election Certification


Can officials withhold election certification? The Brennan Center published resources to answer this question. They include a series of state-by-state guides laying out legal protections for election certification; and an explainer of the checks, double checks, and triple checks that occur before election certification.

Officials Can't Go Rogue on Election Certification

Partisans are trying to undermine the vote count in key states.
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Women's Health


Maternity Health Care Deserts Across the United States


The March of Dimes examines the barriers and how the factors like fertility rates, chronic disease and social drivers influence access to care. Check out the reports to see the most current data in your state.

Maternity Care Deserts, 2024 report

The 2024 report provides updates to maternity care deserts and new topics around access to maternity care in the US
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Global News


First Permanent UN Women Leaders Network Launched

UN Women Leaders Network to convene a diverse group of women leaders worldwide to advance women's rights and leadership | UN Women - Headquarters

The UN Women Leaders Network was launched this week on the sidelines of the 79th UN General Assembly. It is the first permanent network of its kind, composed of intergenerational and intersectional women leaders, and its members represent the change needed in the traditional image of leadership today.
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State News


Voter News


Who are Oklahoma's deleted voters OklahomaVoice


Utah's 2024 constitutional amendments: A,B,C,D UtahNewsDispatch


Office of Secretary of State sent suspicious package by "Traitor Elimination Army" MinesotaReformer


ACLU asks U.S. Supreme Court to take up challenge to Pennsylvania's mail ballot dating rule VoteBeat


Michigan poll challengers face new ground rules aimed at preventing delays, disruptions VoteBeat


Investigation launched into Wisconsin mayor who removed ballot drop box WaPost


What is Ohio Issue 1 ? November's proposed redistricting reform amendment. OhioCapJournal


Abortion News


GOP senator blocks resolution stating the right to emergency care including abortion OhioCapJournal


State sues South Jersey hospitals for discrimination for drug-testing pregnant patents NewJerseyiMonitor


ERA, Medicaid,State Courts, HHS Services, Gun Safety News



A Model Policy Agenda for State Equal Rights Amendments ColumbiaLawProject


Texas rushed to remove millions from Medicaid. The move cost eligible residents care ProPublica


In Philadelphia, a new school year brings questions about who's

accountable for protecting students TheTrace


State Court oral arguments to watch for in October. Issues include mail-in voting, line-item votes, and more BrennanStCrtReport


Health and Human Services under Project 2025 TexasSignal


Undocumented immigrants paid nearly $72million in Idaho local taxes IdahoCapSun


Global News


Removing job restrictions to fuel women's economic power WorldBank


Immigrants are unsung heroes of global trade and value creation TheConversation

For Your Information

Principles for the 2025 Tax Debate: End high-income tax cuts, raise revenue to finance extensions or new investments CBPP


Organization's report shows high number of pregnancy-related prosecutions in the year after Dobbs PregnancyJustice


Rural NC county is set to reopen its shuttered hospital with help from new federal program KFF


Springfield, Ohio, is a microcosm of American Political Violence LawFare

What's Happening In Our Corner


These organizations listed on our website are offering workshops, virtual classrooms, new programs, updates on their initiatives, valuable resources, and news you can use.


Immigration attorneys and advocates working with Latin survivors of domestic violence NNEDV


Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and pornography: How misogyny constrains the future CultureReframed


Vote411: Explore voting information by state. Register to vote. See what's on the ballot and more LWV



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