GEOFF MULVIHILL

June 28, 2019 at 10:20 am

Gerrymandering architect’s files figure in census, map cases

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — During his long career drawing legislative maps designed to help Republicans, Tom Hofeller preached about the dangers of leaving digital fingerprints....

June 25, 2019 at 6:17 am

Lawyers pause plan to divide any national opioid settlement

CLEVELAND (AP) — State and local governments suing over the toll of a nationwide opioid crisis agree that companies in the drug industry should be...

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June 12, 2019 at 5:53 am

Nebraska’s AG is lone holdout in pursuing opioid cases

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson has fought prescription opioid abuse through public education campaigns, worked with lawmakers to tighten prescribing practices...

FILE – In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Austin, Texas. Computer files discovered in the home of Tom Hofeller , a Republican operative who died last year, contain a blueprint for how the GOP could extend its domination of legislatures in states where growing Latino populations favor Democrats and offer compelling context about a related case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court. Many of the state’s top Republicans, including Paxton, have publicly expressed support for a citizenship question on the Census. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File,) TXAUS501 TXAUS501

May 31, 2019 at 11:47 am

Census citizenship question could transform state elections

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Computer files discovered in the home of a Republican operative who died last year contain a blueprint for how the GOP...

May 22, 2019 at 11:49 am

US lawmakers demand UN health agency change opioid guidance

Two U.S. lawmakers are calling on the World Health Organization to withdraw pain care guidelines that include what they say are false claims about the...

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May 16, 2019 at 8:03 am

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In this Friday, April 26, 2019, photo, Soila Rodriguez, call center and data manager with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, talks about the census citizenship question at their offices in Los Angeles. States are spending millions of dollars on outreach and promotion, connecting with nonprofits and working with cities in an effort to ensure that as many of their residents as possible are counted in the upcoming census. The likelihood that Hispanics and other immigrants could be scared off by a citizenship question has some states redoubling those efforts. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) CADD405 CADD405

May 2, 2019 at 8:58 am

Fearing an undercount, states prepare for 2020 census push

With much at stake, California and other states are spending millions to persuade residents, legal and not, to fill out census forms. The Trump administration's...

Gerrymandering architect’s files figure in census, map cases

Lawyers pause plan to divide any national opioid settlement

Nebraska’s AG is lone holdout in pursuing opioid cases

Census citizenship question could transform state elections

US lawmakers demand UN health agency change opioid guidance

5 states announce new suits over prescription opioids

Maker of OxyContin gets hit with another state lawsuit

Democratic state lawmakers try to get Trump tax returns, too

Emails: Purdue executive cast blame on opioid victims

Fearing an undercount, states prepare for 2020 census push