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Two years after deadly tornadoes, some Mayfield families are still waiting for housing 02/06/2024 12:24pm • MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Ashley Prince and her family have been chasing “normal” for years now. Two years ago, the tornado that whipped through Mayfield peeled the roof off their rental property “like a Band-Aid.” She and her fiance Dylan watched from inside, huddled beneath mattresses, as th Court cases lead to new voting districts in some states. Could it affect control of Congress? 02/06/2024 09:53am • Since most Americans last voted for Congress, thousands of people have been added to certain voting districts — and subtracted from others — under new political maps enacted following court rulings. The sum of that redistricting math, assuming no major political shift in either major party’s d Of the 116 Supreme Court justices in US history, all but 8 have been White men 02/04/2024 09:00am • (CNN) — Since the Supreme Court first convened in 1790, 116 justices have served on the bench. Of those, 108 have been White men. But in recent decades the court has become more diverse. Over half of its appointed justices since 1990 have been women or minorities. The two most recently Many cities have anti-crime laws. The DOJ says one in Minnesota harmed people with mental illness 02/04/2024 01:11am • The Minneapolis suburb of Anoka sits where Minnesota’s meandering 150-mile (241-kilometer) Rum River ambles into the mighty Mississippi. Like other communities, it touts itself as an agreeably placid place to live. But last year, a federal investigation found Anoka illegally discriminated against Why AP called South Carolina for Biden: Race call explained 02/03/2024 08:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden won the South Carolina primary on Saturday, the contest that revitalized his 2020 campaign and now has given him his first official victory in his bid for a second term. The Associated Press declared Biden the winner at 7:23 p.m. based on an analysis of ini Wisconsin redistricting experts tell Supreme Court Republican map proposals are gerrymanders 02/01/2024 09:47pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Consultants hired by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to examine maps redrawing state legislative districts said Thursday that plans submitted by the Republican Legislature and a conservative law firm are partisan gerrymanders, but they stopped short of declaring the other four map A lawsuit seeks to block Louisiana's new congressional map that has 2nd mostly Black district 02/01/2024 04:39pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana Legislature's redrawn congressional map giving the state a second mostly Black district is being challenged by 12 self-described “non-African American” voters in a new lawsuit. The challenge filed Wednesday and assigned to a judge in Lafayette says the map, whi Missouri Republicans are split over changes to state Senate districts 02/01/2024 01:32pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's high court entertained arguments Thursday on whether to force changes to the state's Senate districts in a case that has divided majority-party Republicans over how to apply new voter-approved redistricting criteria. The lawsuit brought by voters contends that Albania's Institute of Statistics suffers cyberattack, some systems affected 02/01/2024 07:18am • TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Institute of Statistics reported Thursday it has suffered a cyberattack which affected some of its systems. A statement said Institute of Statistics, or INSTAT, systems were “a target of a sophisticated cyberattack” on Wednesday. After closing internet links Columbus Housing Market Forecast 01/30/2024 07:00pm • Similar to other U.S. cities, the central Ohio housing market was hot in 2023. Columbus is a highly sought-after market, but last year it was more challenging than ever for first-time homebuyers. In February 2023, the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission announced that recent growth places Central Wisconsin's Democratic governor vetoes Republican map as another redistricting court fight looms 01/30/2024 04:00pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday vetoed a redistricting proposal that the Republican-controlled Legislature passed last week in a last-ditch effort to avert the drawing of legislative boundaries by the state Supreme Court. The veto came a day after five of Wisc ‘Strategy is imperative’: Maryland legislation to provide $15 million to reduce childhood poverty 01/30/2024 12:16am • In 2022, approximately 160,800 Maryland children lived in poverty across the state, according to data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Center. Gov. Wes Moore (D) is pushing legislation in the 2024 session to provide $15 million in state funds to help bolster communities with higher The Most Overvalued Housing Markets in the U.S. 01/29/2024 07:00pm • In the pre-pandemic days of late 2019 and early 2020, on a national level the U.S. housing market was reasonably balanced. With a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rate of 3.6%, the typical homeowner was paying just 22% of monthly per capita income on mortgage payments. Meanwhile, the typical tenant was Best and worst times for morning commuters to leave the house in and around DC 01/29/2024 12:24pm • Delaying the time you leave the house each morning by 30 minutes could save you 20 hours a year in commuting time, according to a new study looking at U.S. census data. Nationally, 3 in 5 Americans leave for work within the three-hour window of 6 a.m. and 9 a.m., according to Census Bureau data c Republican legislatures in some states are trying to keep abortion off the ballot 01/29/2024 12:21am • CHICAGO (AP) — Legislative efforts in Missouri and Mississippi are attempting to prevent voters from having a say over abortion rights, building on anti-abortion strategies seen in other states, including last year in Ohio. Democrats and abortion rights advocates say the efforts are evidence that