As elections near, prisoners and advocates push for voting rights behind bars
Proponents began a petition drive to expand voting rights behind bars and to ensure ballot access for those who are still entitled.
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Mass. Senate eyes ramped-up shield law for reproductive and gender-affirming care
The bill is the first filed as part of the state Senate's new Response 2025 campaign. -
Vermont judge considers future hearing to transfer or release Rümeysa Öztürk
He could take the case under his jurisdiction and consider her petition for release. -
2022 NCAA woman of the year and family members killed in plane crash
The plane went down Saturday in a muddy field in Copake, New York, near the Massachusetts line. -
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Advocates push insurers to cover brain injury therapy
After a decade of advocacy, there is renewed support for a bill that would require commercial insurers to cover cognitive rehabilitation therapy for a person with a traumatic brain injury.
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