Colorado bill would give free contraceptives to immigrants
PATTY NIEBERG, Associated Press/Report for America
May 26, 2021
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DENVER (AP) A Colorado bill would provide free contraceptives and reproductive care to people living in the U.S. illegally.
The legislation, heard by the House Health and Insurance committee Wednesday, aims to create a reproductive health care program within the state health department to provide contraceptives, management of birth control products or devices and counseling to people who do not qualify for Medicaid because of their citizenship or immigration status.
Democratic Rep. Yadira Caraveo, one of the bill’s sponsors, cited medical studies that show access to contraception leads to declines in maternal and infant mortality and higher graduation rates among young women.
Oregon among blue states slow at lifting COVID restrictions
SARA CLINE, Associated Press/Report for America
May 22, 2021
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1of11A woman wearing a face mask loads groceries into her car after shopping at a Zupan s grocery store in Portland, Ore., on Friday, May 21, 2021. As the federal government and many states ease rules around mask-wearing and business occupancy, some blue states like Oregon and Washington are still holding on to some longtime coronavirus restrictions.Gillian Flaccus/APShow MoreShow Less
2of11FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2020, file photo, Vanessa Mendez hugs her son, Evan Seppa, as he prepares to head into Elizabeth Page Elementary School for his first day of kindergarten in Springfield, Ore. Even as the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moved earlier this month to ease indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, states like Oregon and Washington are still holding on to certain longtime coronavirus
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Families urge legal changes to prevent more police killings
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Kerry Wells watches during a gathering in front of the Hall of Justice after a march from David Street Station on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. “I can’t breathe,” the words spoken by George Floyd as a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on him during an arrest that ended in his death, has become a rallying cry for people speaking out against aggressive police force. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)
May 24, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Parents and siblings of Black men killed by police urged people during a discussion in the city where George Floyd was killed a year ago to join them in pursuing legal changes they say can make similar deaths less likely in the future.