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Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters says he sent a letter of support for the 2019 social studies standards he helped develop because he believed teachers would use the Bible to “make sure our students had a solid understanding of American history and culture.” Via Oklahoma Voice

Oklahoma state superintendent went from ‘excited’ to ‘disgust...www.newsfromthestates.com OKLAHOMA CITY — Bob Blackburn can still picture the room where he helped decide how Oklahoma students would learn their history. Six years ago, the then-executive director of the Oklahoma Historical S...

Many of the problems documented in letters of deficiency sent by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services from January to June centered around the management of leachate, the “trash juice” created when rainfall mixes with waste that can be highly toxic. Via New Hampshire Bulletin

Political rhetoric about third trimester abortion is misleading, ex...www.newsfromthestates.com It’s an oft-repeated talking point of anti-abortion rights groups and Republican politicians, before and after the June 2022 Dobbs decision — that those who are supportive of abortion rights also must...

Thousands of Missouri children who lost Medicaid coverage are dealing with delayed or foregone medical care, which can include missed vaccines for infants, preventative care and prescriptions for chronic diseases like asthma and diabetes. Via Missouri Independent

Missouri children are losing Medicaid coverage at rate that is alar...www.newsfromthestates.com Dr. Maya Moody, a community pediatrician in St. Louis, knows a new month has begun when her clinic’s billing department runs patients’ names and she hears about the children no longer covered by Medic...

Both Ohio US Sen. JD Vance, now the official GOP nominee for Vice President, and Bernie Moreno, Ohio Republican US Senate candidate, compared Donald Trump to Hitler in the past. Via @ohiocapitaljournal.com

Vance, Moreno blamed “fascist” rhetoric for Trump shooting. Bot...www.newsfromthestates.com Just after a 20-year-old shooter made an attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life last Saturday, a host of Republicans rushed to blame Democrats and the media for the shooting.

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Here's an update from @statesnewsroom.com's new technology reporter on the Crowdstrike situation. In other news, we just hired a technology reporter and it's kind of nice to work for a media company that's bringing people on and not throwing them overboard.

Air travel, banking, media and hospital systems are just some of the industries affected by a bug in a software update that has scrambled business operations for many globally Friday morning.

IT glitch causing delays in flights, business operations globally • Alabama Reflectoralabamareflector.com The glitch, caused by a bug in a software update, scrambled business operations for many globally Friday morning.

Rev. Chris Wilson, who serves the congregation at Saint Andrew Christian Church of Olathe, Kansas, said it was important for Kansans to gain a broad understanding of harmful ideologies that sought to distort religion for political gain. Via Kansas Reflector

Kansas, Missouri clergy argue rise of white Christian nationalism p...www.newsfromthestates.com OLATHE — The Rev. Bobby Love of Second Baptist Church endorsed a campaign Thursday to awaken Kansans to the threat of white Christian nationalism and press for wider appreciation of how democracy coul...

The measles outbreak – the biggest in Oregon since 2019 – is centered in Marion County and emerged in mid-June, when the Oregon Health Authority announced that an unvaccinated adult and child in the same household became sick. Via Oregon Capital Chronicle

Oregon’s measles outbreak, biggest in five years, expands to six...www.newsfromthestates.com After only one measles case in Oregon last year, it now has six and could very well have more in the next few weeks. The outbreak comes amid others also involving a preventable disease – pertussis or ...

While Michigan's Mackinac Center is not listed among the Project 2025’s official advisory board of more than 100 conservative organizations, the think tank’s director of energy and environmental policy is a contributor. Via Michigan Advance

Mackinac Center asks for name to be pulled from Project 2025www.newsfromthestates.com A Midland-based, free-market think tank that is listed as a contributor to the controversial Project 2025 says it asked that its name be removed from the planning document.

The Charlotte Lozier Institute works to build the anti-abortion movement’s credibility by providing research and data to defend anti-abortion laws in legislatures and courts. Their claims frequently contradict major medical institutions on abortion science and safety. Via @statesnewsroom.com

Anti-abortion researchers back riskier procedures when pregnancy te...www.newsfromthestates.com The day the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, the medical board that certifies OB-GYNs in America released a statement calling legal pregnancy termination and knowledge of abortion pr...

The Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act will take effect in 2025 and give residents the right to know what information companies collect, to correct inaccuracies in the data and to request that the data be deleted. It's similar to other state data privacy laws around the US. Via @statesnewsroom.com

States strike out on their own on AI, privacy regulationwww.newsfromthestates.com As congressional sessions have passed without any new federal artificial intelligence laws, state legislators are striking out on their own to regulate the technologies in the meantime.

The national report ranked Wisconsin 4th for women's health care quality and prevention, and 16th for coverage, access and affordability. On health and reproductive care outcomes, however, Wisconsin ranks 23rd out of 50 state and DC. Via @wiexaminer.bsky.social

Wisconsin picture is mixed in report finding greater disparities in...www.newsfromthestates.com At a time of increasing women’s health care disparities across the country, Wisconsin ranks in the top 25% of states for women’s health and is No. 1 among five Great Lakes states, according to a new a...

Arkansas ranked last in maternity care providers per 100,000 women ages 15 to 44 with a rate 52.1, versus the national average of 78.9. The state also ranked second to last in infant mortality with a rate of 8.6 deaths per 100,000 live births. The national average is 5.4. Via Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas’ reproductive health care challenges continue, study showswww.newsfromthestates.com Arkansas continues to find itself among the lowest-ranked states for women’s health and reproductive care, according to a new report released Thursday.

Researchers told lawmakers that the severe lack of heat mitigation in Reno and Las Vegas has led to major health consequences for Nevadans. In 2023, Southern Nevada reported 307 heat-related deaths, a significant increase from the 165 in 2022. Via Nevada Current

Nevada heat demands more than cooling centers, lawmakers toldwww.newsfromthestates.com Despite Nevada having two of the fastest warming cities in the nation — Reno and Las Vegas — the state has taken the least action to protect the public from the impacts of climate change.

Advocates say the Ohio Election Integrity Network has approached multiple Ohio counties with lists of hundreds of voters they say are ineligible to vote and should be removed from rolls. These challenges run counter to the existing process of maintaining voting rolls. Via @ohiocapitaljournal.com

Ohio voter advocates warn group is making troubling challenges, ask...www.newsfromthestates.com Voting rights advocacy organizations are calling on the Ohio Secretary of State to create consistency within the county boards of elections when it comes to voter registration challenges.

Former Marion County Record reporter on the August 2023 police raid: "I take this profession incredibly seriously. And I take my role as a public servant, which I think journalists are, incredibly seriously. And I just couldn’t believe that it was happening... And, it was hot.” Via Kansas Reflector

Former reporter settles with police chief who led raid on Kansas ne...www.newsfromthestates.com LAWRENCE — Deb Gruver felt heartbroken and violated when police raided the Marion County Record last year. As a reporter at the newspaper, Gruver knew that powerful people in town weren’t fans of the ...

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"They did not do even a remotely close to thorough investigation. They just went through the motions." A Registry of Election Finance board member is calling out the Tennessee Attorney General's office over an investigation.

Tennessee campaign finance official questions AG’s Office investigation • Tennessee Lookouttennesseelookout.com A Tennessee Registry of Election Finance board member criticizes the Attorney General’s Office, raising questions about possible bias.

The American Alliance for Equal Rights challenged an Alabama law requiring a state board to have two members from a racial minority and language requiring the board to “reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state.” Via @alreflector.bsky.social

Federal judge narrows lawsuit over minority representation on Alaba...www.newsfromthestates.com A federal court judge on Wednesday ordered discovery in a lawsuit challenging a statute requiring minority representation on a state board. But U.S. District Judge R. Austin Huffaker dismissed the law...

Whether or not convicted US Sen. Bob Menendez resigns, attorneys agree his defense team has plenty to argue on appeal. The U.S. Supreme Court has weakened anti-corruption laws in several recent rulings, including one issued during the seventh week of Menendez’s trial. Via New Jersey Monitor

Menendez, ‘white whale for federal prosecutors’ for decades, fa...www.newsfromthestates.com Minutes after a jury declared Sen. Bob Menendez guilty of 16 federal crimes, an indignant Menendez walked into the searing sunshine outside the federal courthouse in Manhattan Tuesday and ignored the ...

Crazy worms – also commonly known as jumping or snake worms because of their quick, thrashing movements – are an invasive species from Asia first found in New Hampshire about seven years ago. They devour organic matter at a much faster rate than European earthworms. Via New Hampshire Bulletin

These hungry, ‘muscular’ snake worms are ‘widespread’ in Ne...www.newsfromthestates.com If you’re wondering what happened to your once-beautiful soil, diminished to the texture of coffee grounds, you’re not crazy. But maybe your worms are. So-called crazy worms – also commonly known as j...

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Three Democrats signed up to run in Louisiana's new majority-Black district for the Louisiana Supreme Court. lailluminator.com/2024/07/17/c...

Candidates sign up to run in new majority-Black Louisiana Supreme Court district • Louisiana Illuminatorlailluminator.com Two state appellate court judges and a Baton Rouge government administrator signed up Wednesday to run for a newly-created majority-Black seat on Louisiana’s Supreme Court. All three candidates for t...

Searching for traces of US Sen. J.D. Vance in his ancestral home of Breathitt County, Kentucky takes you down winding blacktop through the deep shade of creeksides, past bright fields of Queen Anne’s lace into a place that is steeped in political violence. Via Kentucky Lantern

On the trail of J.D. Vance’s Kentucky mountain rootswww.newsfromthestates.com JACKSON — In the 24 hours after J.D. Vance became Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s running mate, Stephen Bowling, city council member and director of the Breathitt County Public Librar...

Clean power groups say the federal nonprofit power company TVA could be doing more to advance the transition to cheaper, cleaner power. The note its board, largely appointed by Pres. Joe Biden, remains out of step with Biden's aggressive power sector decarbonization goals. Via @statesnewsroom.com

Tennessee Valley Authority faces a push to get greener and more tra...www.newsfromthestates.com ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. — When he heard about the sale, Kerry McCarver was perplexed. In 2020, the mayor of rural Cheatham County discovered that the Tennessee Valley Authority bought about 280 acres of r...

When Democratic Ohio U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown authored the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, JD Vance signed on as a co-sponsor. But then he voted against it, saying he couldn’t support the $60 billion in the package for Ukraine's self-defense against Putin’s invasion. Via @ohiocapitaljournal.com

For Ohio US Sen. JD Vance, is not backing Ukraine more important th...www.newsfromthestates.com Newly named GOP vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance made his mother’s struggles with opioid addiction a part of his public story, and he started a nonprofit to fight the scourge in 2017.

All three defendants are or were associates of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and part of a constellation of Colorado-based conspiracy theorists who were instrumental in amplifying debunked claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Via @coloradonewsline.com

Conspiracists’ canvassing effort raised alarm bells, Colorado ele...www.newsfromthestates.com Colorado’s status as a hotbed of the election denial movement is in the spotlight of a civil rights trial in federal court this week. Voter intimidation trial Read more from our reporting on the USEIP...

Washoe County Commissioners voted 4-1 to certify the results of two primary election recounts, which resulted in only minor changes to total vote counts. The northern Nevada commissioners rejected certification in July and could've faced criminal prosecution for continued delays. Via Nevada Current

Washoe County Commission reverses course, acknowledges election cer...www.newsfromthestates.com Two of the three Washoe County commissioners who refused to certify the results of two primary election recounts reversed course Tuesday, acknowledging that certification is mandatory and that delayin...

The Family Rights and Responsibilities Act received little attention when it passed this year but as applied by the Tennessee health department, it fundamentally alters the way doctors and nurses interact with teenagers seeking preventative care at public health clinics. Via @tnlookout.bsky.social

Dept. of Health denying teens preventative healthcare, citing new p...www.newsfromthestates.com Tennessee public health clinics will no longer give teens access to routine healthcare — including birth control, sexually transmitted infection treatment and pregnancy tests — without parental consen...

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Grateful to @statesnewsroom.com’s DC Bureau for covering the stakes of the election.

The Heritage Foundation promoted its Project 2025 agenda -- including a stringent abortion ban -- mere blocks from the Republican National Convention, attracting officials and personalities from the party’s most conservative wing.

Heritage Foundation touts controversial Project 2025 plan on RNC outskirts • Alabama Reflectoralabamareflector.com The initiative’s driver, the Heritage Foundation, promoted the platform mere blocks from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

One Union City constituent said: “We have problems with corruption in South America, too. In terms of America’s image to the world, a guy like Menendez got so high up, but then he got caught. That’s a fact, and it’s better for everybody that he got caught.” Via New Jersey Monitor

In Bob Menendez’s hometown of Union City, little love for now-con...www.newsfromthestates.com Residents of Union City struggled to beat the 100-degree heat on Tuesday afternoon. And across the Hudson River in a Manhattan courtroom, U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, the city’s former mayor, failed to bea...

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Jonathan Bonney, 40, of Hayward, Wis. was sentenced for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack wisconsinexaminer.com/2024/07/17/h...

Hayward man sentenced for Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol • Wisconsin Examinerwisconsinexaminer.com A Hayward man was sentenced for his part in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection which he participated in after attending a rally for Donald Trump

The judge ruled Montanans have a fundamental right to participate in their government, which includes signing a Constitutional initiative petitions even if they're not active voters. He ordered the state to stop automatically rejecting those signatures on two petitions. Via Daily Montanan

Montana judge tells Secretary of State not to change rules midstrea...www.newsfromthestates.com The Montana Secretary of State can’t automatically reject signatures of “inactive” voters who signed petitions to place Constitutional initiatives on the ballot, a Lewis and Clark County District Cour...