Vermont's Democratic secretary of state says Republican legislation passed by the U.S. House that would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote for federal elections is part of a ...

The Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights, estimates in a report released Tuesday that the overall number of clinician-provided abortions in states where it's ...

While some organizations like the NCAA moved quickly to align their participation rules to comply with the order, states that currently have legislation in place that protects the rights of ...

In Florida, lawmakers are advancing a bill that would permit parents to seek civil damages for the wrongful death of an ...

The lawsuit escalates a dispute over whether the state is abiding by a federal law that bars discrimination in education ...

The federal government now has wide latitude across multiple agencies to penalize federally funded entities that “deprive ...

Whittle reported from Portland, Maine. Associated Press writer Geoff Mulvihill in Philadelphia contributed to this report.

President Joe Biden’s administration had sought to apply the federal barring of gender discrimination at schools to gender identity, but the courts put the brakes on that. Associated Press writer ...

Associated Press polling editor Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux contributed to this article. Jesse Bedayn is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative.

Missouri's Republican-led House advanced a proposed constitutional amendment Tuesday asking voters to repeal an ...