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Challenge to Arizona’s transgender school sports ban collapses as teen plaintiff withdraws
The lawsuit that sought to topple Arizona’s anti-transgender school sports ban is set to end, as the lone teen plaintiff steps back from the case that has dragged on for years.
Rachel Berg, a senior staff attorney with the National Center for LGBTQ Rights who represented the teen, said that litigation is “grueling,” especially...
A student reads at his desk in Oregon. The state and at least five others enacted laws this year aiming to reduce chronic absenteeism. (Photo by Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle)
States try new measures to get chronically absent students back to class
This year, at least six states enacted laws trying to reduce the number of students chronically absent from school.
The measures include requiring monitoring of absences and publicly releasing data, developing new guidance on the best ways to address the problem and increasing...
A man gets a checkup at a mobile health clinic in Parlier, Calif. A new report details preliminary Obamacare insurer premium rate increases. (Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local)
Obamacare premiums likely to surge again next year
Health insurance premiums are likely to grow more expensive next year for those who buy Marketplace plans, after increases this year.
Affordable Care Act Marketplace insurers are proposing a median premium increase of 14% for 2027, which would be a double-digit hike for the second year in a row, according to...
President Donald Trump faces a decision by 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 11, on a bipartisan housing bill passed by large majorities in Congress. In this photo, Trump attends a meeting at the G7 Summit on June 17, 2026 in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Bipartisan bill to lower housing costs poised to become law without Trump signing it
President Donald Trump is running out of time to decide what to do with a bipartisan bill meant to lower housing costs by making it easier to build.
If Trump does not sign the measure, it would become law at 12:01 a.m. Saturday under a provision of the Constitution that...
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