Supporters of a ballot measure to enshrine collective bargaining in the Illinois state constitution, a strategy that labor organizers might try to replicate in other states.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor rejected an appeal on Thursday from New York City workers who challenged the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate that resulted in the loss of their jobs.
Democrat Eric Sorensen beat Republican challenger Esther Joy King to represent Illinois’s 17th Congressional District, taking over for incumbent Rep. Cheri Bustos, who held the seat for a decade.
Firebrand conservative Rep. Lauren Boebert slogged out a slight rebound in her neck-and-neck battle with Democrat Adam Frisch, and she now touts a lead just shy of 400 votes.
New York Republican Mike Lawler, who scored an upset victory in an otherwise lackluster GOP midterm outing, appeared to join the chorus of conservatives nudging the GOP away from former President Donald Trump.
California overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to ban the sale of most flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes and fruit-flavored vaping liquids, but court challenges from tobacco companies aiming to toss out the law could leave it up to the Supreme Court to have the final say.
