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The SAVE Act May Be Stalled in Congress, But State Versions Are Being Advanced All Across the Country

Fourteen states now have SAVE Act-like laws on the books requiring Americans to provide proof of their citizenship, chiefly a ...
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The NLRB Is Throwing Out Charges Alleging Employers Engaged in Unfair Labor Practices

The NLRB Is Throwing Out Charges Alleging Employers Engaged in Unfair Labor Practices A new CAP analysis shows that, since the beginning of the second Trump administration, the NLRB is increasingly ...
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How Early Childhood and K-12 Systems Can Work Together To Support Early Literacy

To support early literacy and ensure sustained gains in reading achievement, early childhood education (ECE) and K-12 systems must work together, not as separate silos, but as parts of a cohesive ...
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RELEASE: The SAVE Act Is Stalled in Congress, But State Versions Are Being Advanced Across the Country

Washington, D.C. — The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act may be stalled in Congress, but a new report from the Center for American Progress warns that state versions of the legislation ...
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Unprotecting American Lands: How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Bipartisan Conservation Legacy

In his second term, President Trump has taken action to remove protections from more than 86 million acres of public lands, ...
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On the First Anniversary of the OBBBA, Millions of Americans Have Been Left Behind

One year after the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, millions of Americans are losing health care coverage and ...
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Bipartisan and Republican-Led Coalitions Advance Fair Contracting Policies on Public Construction Projects

State and local policymakers across the political spectrum are adopting responsible bidder ordinances, prevailing wage ...
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The Interest Rate Penalty From Trump’s War With Iran

The war has pushed up interest rates by 0.5 percentage points, which will likely stay elevated even under an interim ...
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The One Big ‘Beautiful’ Bill’s SNAP Cuts Would Strain Food Banks Amid Rising Food Insecurity

The Senate has released its version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would enact the largest cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the program’s history according to ...
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Project 2025 Would Eliminate Head Start, Severely Restricting Access to Child Care in Rural America

Table showing that the percentage of child care centers that are Head Start programs in rural and frontier counties across a sample of 10 states range from 14 percent to 69 percent, suggesting that ...
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The High Price of Hospital Care

Health care costs ranked among voters’ top concerns in the 2018 midterm elections. 1 The federal government estimates that per capita health care expenditures reached $10,739 in 2017 and that costs ...
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LGBTQI+ Rights

LGBTQI+ people are a vital part of our nation and have remained resilient in their fight for equal rights. However, the LGBTQI+ community is currently facing unprecedented levels of discrimination: ...