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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot loses reelection bid
Lightfoot, the first Black woman and out LGBTQ+ person to lead Chicago, has failed to make an April runoff, with challengers Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson moving on.
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Janet Protasiewicz and Daniel Kelly will face off for crucial Wisconsin Supreme Court seat
The April 4 election will determine the ideological balance of the court and if abortion is legal in the state.
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Emily’s List jumps into Wisconsin Supreme Court election with endorsement of liberal judge
The group is backing liberal Judge Janet Protasiewicz in a technically nonpartisan election with major implications for abortion access in the state.
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She didn’t want to be the face of the abortion fight. But she ended up as a guest at the State of the Union.
Amanda Zurawski captured the attention of the White House after publicly speaking out about her experience with pregnancy loss — and nearly losing her life due to Texas’ strict abortion ban.
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Biden calls out abortion by name and skewers ‘extreme’ bans in State of the Union address
The president promised to veto a national abortion ban if Congress passed one in his first State of the Union address since the Supreme Court’s June ruling that left the legality of abortion up to the states.
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A 1993 family and medical leave law was supposed to be just the start. Thirty years later, not much has changed.
The modern shortcomings of FMLA — like the limits to eligibility and the fact that it is unpaid — were the product of legislative compromise built into the structure of the law.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar ties GOP vote on her committee post to her identity as a Muslim woman of color
Omar – one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress – says her expulsion is part of “continued targeting of women of color” by Republicans.
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How Dobbs made the Wisconsin Supreme Court race one of the biggest elections of 2023
The state’s women-dominated Supreme Court will have the final say on abortion access in the state — and the race could come down to two women judges.
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Abortion rights leaders set focus on access, medication — and the long fight ahead
The presidents of Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America both say that they’re alarmed at attempts to decrease access to medication abortion and that they see young people as key to their ability to change policy in the long term.