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Along with the cost of food and other items, inflation has impacted the cost of menstrual products. Average prices for both tampons and pads rose nearly 10 percent last year, according to Bloomberg News. The material used to make such products, such as cotton and plastic, were in short supply over the pandemic. Laurie Merrill, […] ....
Voters in Republican-led states, such as Ohio, are indicating in the polls that they want to keep abortion legal and safe. Ohio is not the only bellwether state, but its recent referendum to keep abortion legal in that state is one of several indicators that U.S. voters want abortion rights. It is also the first […] ....
The New Mexico congressional delegation, all Democrats, announced $10 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to improve early childhood education and care in the state. The federal funds will be available through a grant called the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five program. It will enable the state […] ....
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez joined 20 other attorneys general this week in an amicus brief in support of a group of Texas women who sued the state over its medical emergency exception under its state abortion laws. Zurawski v. Texas was launched in March in a Texas district court and it asked the […] ....
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday for the case which could overturn a federal law that prohibits individuals with orders of protection from possessing guns. The case involves Zachey Rahimi, a Texas man who harmed his girlfriend in a parking lot in 2019. When he realized a bystander had witnessed his aggression, Rahimi […] ....