More States Allow Residents With Felony Convictions to Vote
The Maryland attorney general has accused officials of covering up and failing to act in the sexual abuse of at least 600 children in the Archdiocese of Baltimore since the 1940s. The 463-page report named 156 former clergy, deacons, teachers, and other employees and revealed some children were subject to abuse by multiple abusers. Church officials were also accused of silencing victims and dismissing or ignoring claims of abuse.
Idaho, Montana and Florida saw the highest population growth among U.S. states from 2020 to 2022. New York, Illinois and Louisiana suffered the most shrinkage, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick and Kavya Beheraj report from new Census Bureau data. By the numbers: Idaho's population grew by nearly 5%. Montana and Florida each grew by 3%. Utah and South Carolina each came in a hair under 3%. San Francisco lost a staggering 7.1% of its residents — a trend fueled by tech workers unshackled from their offices in the remote-work era, combined with high housing costs in the area.
Texas has more anti-transgender legislation filed this session than any other state, with 57 bills, and more than half of those are sponsored by Houston-area representatives. The flood of state-level efforts to restrict transgender rights is being fueled by many of the Christian and conservative groups that led the charge against Roe v. Wade.
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