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A new study shows health disparities cost Texas billions of dollars; Senate rejects impeachment articles against Mayorkas, ending trial against Cabinet secretary; Iowa cuts historical rural school groups.

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The Senate dismisses the Mayorkas impeachment. Maryland Lawmakers fail to increase voting access. Texas Democrats call for better Black maternal health. And polling confirms strong support for access to reproductive care, including abortion.

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Rural Wyoming needs more vocational teachers to sustain its workforce pipeline, Ohio environmental advocates fear harm from a proposal to open 40-thousand forest acres to fracking and rural communities build bike trail systems to promote nature, boost the economy.

NV: Reproductive Health

A majority of women living in states where abortion is banned want abortion to be legal and support laws protecting abortion access, according to KFF. (Adobe Stock)
NV pro-choice advocates break down upcoming SCOTUS cases

Nevada reproductive-rights advocates are breaking down the importance of two looming Supreme Court abortion cases. In Moyle v. United States…

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La mayoría de las mujeres que viven en estados donde el aborto está prohibido quieren que el aborto sea legal y apoyan leyes que protejan el acceso al aborto, según KFF. (Adobe Stock)
NV-Defensores del aborto evalúan próximos casos en Corte Suprema

Los defensores de los derechos reproductivos de Nevada están analizando la importancia de dos casos de aborto que se avecinan en la Corte Suprema…

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More than six in 10 Americans favor keeping the abortion pill mifepristone available in the U.S. as a prescription drug, while over a third are opposed, according to a Gallup poll. (Adobe Stock)
NV senator pushes to protect access to abortion pill

New research shows more than six in 10 abortions in the U.S. last year were medically induced, and U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto - D-NV - is …

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Around 42% of U.S. adults say they or someone they know has used fertility treatments, according to Pew Research Center. (Tatiana Shepeleva / Adobe Stock)
NV leaders discuss future of IVF, abortion in the Silver State

State Rep. Susie Lee - D-Las Vegas - said she wants women in Nevada and across the country to wake up, as she contends far-right extremists are …

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Alrededor del 42% de los adultos estadounidenses dicen que ellos o alguien que conocen han utilizado tratamientos de fertilidad, según Pew Research Center. (Tatiana Shepeleva / Adobe Stock)
Líderes de NV discuten futuro de la Fecundación In Vitro

La representante Susie Lee quiere que las mujeres en Nevada y en todo el país despierten, ya que sostiene que los extremistas de extrema derecha …

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Around 33% of registered voters who identify as pro-choice versus 23% of pro-life voters say they will only vote for a candidate who agrees with them on abortion, according to Gallup. (Adobe Stock)
Poll findings worsen for Biden; what does that mean for 2024?

Recent polling from The New York Times and Siena College found President Joe Biden trailing former President Donald Trump in five of the six most cruc…

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American Indian/Alaska Native and Black women were found to have disproportionately high maternal mortality rates, according to a new report from the United Health Foundation. (Adobe Stock)
Report: NV Ranks 40th for the health and well-being of women and children

A new report ranked Nevada 40th in the nation for the overall health and well-being of women of reproductive age and children. Like all states…

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The first ever FDA approved over-the-counter daily oral contraceptive is called Opill. (Adobe Stock)
NV Advocates Discuss Access to Birth Control

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., recently met with reproductive-rights advocates to discuss the need to ensure all Nevada women have access to …

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DeSantis made an appearance at the annual Basque Fry event on Saturday in Gardnerville, hosted by former Nevada Senate candidate Adam Laxalt. (Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons)
NV, FL Progressive Leaders Wary After DeSantis' NV Visit

Florida Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis visited Nevada and spoke at a fundraising event in Adam LaxaltGardnerville over the …

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Susie Martinez of the Nevada AFL-CIO speaks at a news conference organized by the Cortez Masto campaign on Wednesday. (Tony Hernandez)
Cortez Masto, Laxalt Campaigns Trade Abortion Accusations

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and her Republican challenger, former state attorney general Adam Laxalt, are accusing each other of …

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Supporters of the right to abortion care rallied in Las Vegas on Friday to protest the Supreme Court Decision. (Shelbie Swartz/Battle Born Progress)
Nevada Group Helps Abortion Seekers Travel to State

Nevada may become a magnet for abortion seekers from around the country, since the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing states to ban …

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Nevada has seen one of the sharpest declines in uninsured women 18 to 44 in the country, thanks to Medicaid expansion. (Syda Productions/AdobeStock)
Nevada Making Major Progress in Insuring Women 18-44

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Nevada is making major progress reducing the ranks of the uninsured – with one of the sharpest drops in the nation …

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