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The polling place changes in East Baton Rouge Parish after the 2016 floods added confusion for voters already preoccupied with reconstructing their lives.
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In two of the hottest states in the country, poor communities are bearing the brunt of the consequences, an analysis by Columbia Journalism Investigations and the Center for Public Integrity found.
Madison Parish, Louisiana, and Jefferson County, Mississippi, are poor, majority-Black communities on opposite sides of the Mississippi River. But Louisiana's low-income residents benefit from ...
The country’s worst coronavirus surge is threatening hospitals’ ability to treat patients, but Americans and states still aren’t acting like it.
Voting rights in North Carolina hinge on the balance of powers between the three branches of government. For now, North Carolina residents have broad access to voting beyond showing up at the polls on ...
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The White House Coronavirus Task Force added a new color to its red zone maps as it tried to convey the severity of the surge in coronavirus cases.
Washington is among a handful of states that have both recognized COVID-19’s threat to multigenerational family households and have prioritized the distribution of vaccines accordingly.
The White House Coronavirus Task Force sees troubling coronavirus numbers in 10 local areas, according to a call between Dr. Deborah Birx and officials.
Thousands of eviction cases have been filed since late March, particularly in Florida and Georgia, where coronavirus cases are spiking, court records show.