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Empowering Americans to harness the power of state legislatures to make progressive change

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“If I was not supported in switching teams, I most likely would have stopped playing squash…which is not a decision that any person should ever have to make: to choose yourself or your sport. We deserve to have both.” bit.ly/4iqZvLi
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Utah lawmakers recently made their state the first to ban fluoride in their public water supply. on.wsj.com/3Fm4L4v

Utah to Become First State to Ban Fluoride in Public Water

Most public-health experts say the mineral additive is a crucial protector against tooth decay.

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Some Michigan lawmakers have introduced legislation that would ban gender-affirming care for minors. bit.ly/3DzRyEA

Michigan House Republicans introduce bill to halt gender-affirming surgeries and care for minors •...

Story was updated on 3/11/25 at 4:45 p.m. More than a dozen Republican lawmakers in Michigan have signed onto a bill to bar physicians from performing gender-affirming care for transitioning minor...

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Delaware lawmakers are working to protect reproductive rights in their state constitution. bit.ly/4bOKdgR
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Lawmakers in Missouri are working to repeal a voter-passed ballot measure to improve the state’s minimum wage and paid sick leave laws. bit.ly/4iPxugc
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Lawmakers in at least eight states have introduced legislation that would charge women who get abortions with murder. bit.ly/4kG7mpO
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A recent study found that the rate of sepsis in pregnant women in Texas who lost pregnancies in their second trimester jumped by more than 50% since the state’s near-total abortion ban took effect in 2022. to.pbs.org/3D35yXj

More pregnant women face life-threatening sepsis in wake of strict abortion laws

In the years since the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion and since Texas instituted one of the country’s strictest abortion bans, the state has seen an increased rate of sepsis among...

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Pennsylvania lawmakers have introduced legislation to provide free meals to all students and eliminate existing school debt. bit.ly/3QXSjdv

Pennsylvania lawmakers introduce bill to eliminate school meal debt, provide free lunch

(WHTM)– Two Pennsylvania lawmakers are proposing a bill to provide students with free meals and eliminate school meal debt. Representatives Emily Kinkead (D-Allegheny) and Nathan Davidson (D-…

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Lawmakers in New Mexico are advancing legislation to protect abortion providers in their state. bit.ly/3XBXwLS

Senate passes bill aimed at shielding abortion providers under NM open records law

SANTA FE — Records containing personal identifying information about certain New Mexico abortion providers would be exempted from the state’s open records law under a bill approved Monday by the

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Washington lawmakers could make their state the next to require a permit for all gun purchases. bit.ly/4iDf0j1

Controversial permit-to-purchase gun bill clears Washington House • Washington State Standard

House Bill 1163 would require a state permit to purchase firearms. Majority Democrats pushed the bill through without any Republican votes.

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Lawmakers in Wisconsin have introduced a slew of legislation aimed at rolling back the rights of trans folks in their state. bit.ly/4hbeqrB

Following Trump executive orders, Wisconsin Republicans introduce slate of anti-trans bills •...

The four Republican bills come as President Donald Trump has signed a slate of executive orders targeting transgender people.

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Missouri lawmakers are advancing legislation to reinstate their state’s abortion ban despite the fact that voters passed a ballot measure to codify abortion in their constitution last November. bit.ly/3FccLET

Abortion ban advances in Missouri Senate after GOP critic of rape exception quits committee •...

A constitutional amendment that would reinstate Missouri's abortion ban with exceptions for rape and incest cleared a Senate committee.

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Lawmakers in at least 10 states have introduced legislation that would redefine abortion as homicide, meaning those who get the procedure could be charged with murder. bit.ly/4hTZxLr
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Lawmakers in Oklahoma are advancing legislation that would criminalize providing an abortion or abortion pills in the state. bit.ly/4h7FFDq
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The top issues being discussed in the Minnesota legislature this session include a state Equal Rights Amendment, infrastructure funding, and more. bit.ly/43mazow

Tracking the top issues at the Minnesota Legislature in 2025

From fraud to gas taxes, what’s happening with the major bills up for debate at the State Capitol this year.

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New Jersey lawmakers are working to advance a series of bills aimed at keeping their constituents safe from gun violence. bit.ly/3QKVsxu
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In at least nine states, lawmakers have introduced legislation that could undermine their constituents’ right to same-sex marriage. nbcnews.to/41pyJfk

Lawmakers in 9 states propose measures to undermine same-sex marriage rights

A Michigan Republican introduced a resolution Tuesday urging the Supreme Court to reverse its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges same-sex marriage ruling.

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Lawmakers in Arkansas have introduced legislation that would require their Department of Health Services to report data on those who undergo fertility treatments in the state. bit.ly/43lscVl
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Some lawmakers in Georgia are considering measures that would negatively impact the lives of trans folks in their state if passed. bit.ly/3XhNsHA
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Some lawmakers in West Virginia want to remove exceptions for rape and incest from their state’s near-total abortion ban. bit.ly/41uI4DK

GOP lawmakers seek to remove rape, incest exemption from West Virginia’s near total abortion ban •...

A group of Republican lawmakers want to remove the rape and incest exception in West Virginia’s near total abortion ban.

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