Public funding for crisis pregnancy centers has grown exponentially, but oversight hasn’t. States Newsroom’s investigation is ongoing. If you’ve had an experience with a crisis pregnancy center, please get in touch: cpcproject@statesnewsroom.com
Noem will no longer be DHS secretary, Trump announces. Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin to take her place:
Trauma. Missed diagnoses. Fear. Support. People describe their experiences with crisis pregnancy centers as part of our investigative series. Their stories in their own words:
More anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers are tapping into federal funds, such as grants for sex ed programs, teen pregnancy prevention dollars, and housing funds, States Newsroom found:
A States Newsroom investigation found 21 states funneled nearly half a billion dollars to faith-based crisis pregnancy centers. While the magnitude of funding is growing, oversight is not.
From our series Billion Dollar Baby Bump:
North Little Rock voters encounter long waits, frustration at one polling place
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Primary in Arkansas today — follow along with the Arkansas Advocate team's live coverage all day long:
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"The Trump administration is using a law Congress passed in the 1990s after a wave of deadly violence at abortion clinics to prosecute demonstrators and reporters who were at a immigration-related church protest in Minneapolis."
— @elishabrown.bsky.social:
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Trump’s border czar announced today an imminent end to the Minnesota surge, claiming success from the federal incursion that brought thousands of agents to the state, ignited massive resistance and resulted in two killings.
via @minnesotareformer.com
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New Mexico's land commissioner calls for an investigation into allegations that two girls were buried in the hills surrounding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.
via @patricklohmann.bsky.social / @sourcenm.com
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Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday said that he expects the federal immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota to wind down soon.
via @minnesotareformer.com
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NEW: Tennessee’s speaker of the House took steps that allowed the owners of a payday lending company, Advance Financial, to keep using their stores to boost a now-defunct online sports betting enterprise.
W/ @tennesseelookout.com
As regulators investigated a payday lender’s now-defunct sports gambling company, Action 247, Tennessee’s House speaker pushed to change the officials overseeing sports betting.
by @friedmanadam5.bsky.social via @tennesseelookout.com & @propublica.org:
"My biggest concern is not having a way to contact someone if we need help, if my phone dies and the power still isn’t on," said Bethany Willard of Adamsville, in West Tennessee. @cstephenson.bsky.social reports on power outages and struggles to stay warm after a Tennessee ice storm.
"A retail worker arrested at a routine immigration check-in. A mother and a student, both asylum seekers, taken into custody. A civil engineer on a work visa and a corrections officer recruit ..."
On the ICE crackdown in Maine:
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via @mainemorningstar.com
"President Trump unleashed federal agents on Minnesota to be foot soldiers in a brutal retribution campaign that’s violating the most basic freedoms of the United States."
Eight weeks under siege in Minnesota — from @minnesotareformer.com:
ICE officials "placed an asylum seeker who is eight months pregnant on a deportation flight Wednesday afternoon, even though she was in medical distress, her attorneys told States Newsroom," Ariana Figueroa reports.
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The Trump administration seems intent on blocking local prosecutors from even bringing charges against the ICE officer minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/09/m...
Watch video: ICE officer fatally shoots driver through car window in Minneapolis minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/i...
"An ICE officer shot a woman driving an SUV through her car window in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning. The person is dead, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security."
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/i...
After spending 20 years covering the Arkansas Capitol for The Associated Press, Andrew DeMillo is taking over as editor-in-chief of the Arkansas Advocate this week. #arpx
A law set to take effect tomorrow gives Texans the power to sue anyone involved in mailing abortion pills to the state, from drug companies to doctors. HB7 is the latest attempt to test shield laws.
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shie...
Five people answered a summons and paid traffic fines in a county courthouse in Tennessee last week. They emerged in shackles, detained by agents with their faces covered.
The latest on ICE in traffic court from @anitawadhwani.bsky.social / @tennesseelookout.com:
A South Dakota-based tribal public broadcasting station— KILI-FM —is selling off its vinyl records. Staff there are concerned about the reliability of an annual funding process after Congress voted in July to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
via @southdakotasearchlight.com
Despite its strong safety record, a key abortion pill is the subject of several conflicting lawsuits.
The latest on those cases from @sofiaresnick.bsky.social / @statesnewsroom.com:
A shift in mifepristone regulation could dramatically change abortion access throughout the country, and health advocates and litigators are closely watching how the FDA justifies any changes.
By @sofiaresnick.bsky.social / @statesnewsroom.com
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fdas...
"A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor ... the Marion County Sheriff’s Office also crafted a statement admitting regret."
via @kansasreflector.com
Judges in two separate cases just ruled on the SNAP cutoff—which would start tomorrow—during the government shutdown. One judge said pausing the food program is illegal and another ordered officials to continue providing benefits. Story is developing:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
Food insecurity can bring heightened risks of preeclampsia, preterm birth and NICU admission, research shows. Without action from Congress, millions nationwide will be cut off from SNAP Saturday, including those who are pregnant or have young children.
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