Arizona has a ballot measure this year on whether to award property owners tax refunds if they can prove $$ damages from homeless tent encampments

the Goldwater Institute drafted the measure and hopes other states will follow suit

via Noah Bierman

latimes.com/politics/story…

“One thing I can rely on is the stubbornness of these women,” Kovač told me. “In Europe we are so often caught up in our own national context, and this is the first time I feel like we’re slowly coming out of it.”

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On the same day the US Supreme Court will hear a case about whether doctors can legally deny pregnant patients life-saving abortion care, activists in the EU launch their campaign to shore up abortion access for millions of women

scoop at Vox:

vox.com/24133825/abort…

Since the fall of Roe, hospitals have been turning away pregnant women who needed emergency abortions.

Now the Supreme Court will decide if the Biden admin has the power to penalize those hospitals.

Our primer on the case. With Ann Marimow Caroline Kitchener.

washingtonpost.com/health/2024/04…

Over the past six months, I have been looking into the rising influence of profit-seeking investors -- particularly private equity firms -- in the child care sector. What I found is a cascade of risks that call for policymaker attention.

Early Learning Nation

earlylearningnation.com/2024/04/the-en…

Join me at YIMBY Action's first big DC symposium 'Housing Abundance and the 2024 Election' with Rachel Cohen with Vox and Laura Foote 🌇 Tues May 21st. Let's talk politics and housing! Tickets here eventbrite.com/e/housing-abun…

The idea of being 'cool' isn't as important to me as it was a decade or two ago. Honestly I can't think of too many people whose coolness impresses me? Then there's Evan Gershkovich. What is there to say? The guy is staying cool. He looks cool. He's cool twitter.com/BenTavener/sta…

so much is wrenching about all these articles coming out on campus protests, but it’s made just worse knowing the priorities of national media are most certainly not the safety or well-being of students. No incentive to de-escalate.

'Of the 32 cities where we have complete data coverage, 25 saw an increase in eviction filings between 2022 and 2023.'

new Eviction Lab report released

evictionlab.org/ets-report-202…

Not specific to this case or to any specific justice but time and again it's obvious that Supreme Court judges simply don't know or are wrong about key aspects/policies/nomenclature of many issues that they decide on