I love this story so much. ‘Teaching us how to grow with our babies’: How prisons allow mothers and infants to nest for months from Amanda Watford and Stateline || bsky @stateline.org stateline.org/2026/01/09/tea…

US Supreme Court reviews trans athlete bans in Idaho, West Virginia newsfromthestates.com/article/us-sup…

Claudette Colvin, who challenged Alabama’s segregation laws, dies at 86 As a 15-year-old, Colvin refused to give her seat to a white passenger. Her challenge presaged Rosa Parks’ and helped integrate Montgomery’s buses. alabamareflector.com/2026/01/13/cla…

AI therapy chatbots draw new oversight as suicides raise alarm stateline.org/2026/01/15/ai-…

Homeland Security audits Hennepin Healthcare’s employment records for undocumented workers minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/15/hom…

A cloud of fear hangs over Minnesota immigrant communities Even citizens are afraid to go out. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a-c…

In the Twin Cities, ICE resistance goes mainstream minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/21/in-…

With rental registries, cities try to track housing and hold bad actors accountable stateline.org/2026/01/21/wit…

States, cities are hard-pressed to fight violent ICE arrest tactics from Stateline || bsky @stateline.org immigration reporter Tim Henderson stateline.org/2026/01/22/sta…

Footage, documents at odds with DHS accounts of immigration enforcement incidents stateline.org/2026/01/23/foo…

As AI-generated fake content mars legal cases, states want guardrails stateline.org/2026/01/26/as-…

Democratic AGs stress importance of citizen-generated evidence in challenging ICE stateline.org/2026/01/27/dem…

State lawmakers stand ready to help ICE — or impede it stateline.org/2026/01/28/sta…

Mayors describe ICE presence in their cities stateline.org/2026/01/30/may…

Mississippi and West Virginia are out of the top vaccination ranks; Connecticut and New York are in. stateline.org/2026/02/02/sta…

"We have to be prepared for everything.” from Jonathan Shorman and Stateline || bsky @stateline.org stateline.org/2026/02/06/tru…

Some mayors view confrontation with the Trump White House as the right approach, others are opting for accommodation — or just keeping their heads down. from Robbie Sequeira and Stateline || bsky @stateline.org stateline.org/2026/02/10/may…

Guns, death penalty, prison conditions, sentencing and immigration may all be legislated this year. from Stateline || bsky @stateline.org stateline.org/2026/02/12/cri…

School choice programs grow in popularity — and cost stateline.org/2026/02/23/sch…

Lawmakers are changing their minds about data centers. Great story from Madyson Fitzgerald stateline.org/2026/02/24/dat…