Laura Benshoff

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This group gets left-leaning policies passed in red states. How? Ballot measures

The Fairness Project has won campaigns to raise the minimum wage and expand Medicaid in nine states dominated by Republicans. Next is abortion. But there’s growing pushback from state lawmakers.

Expanding Medicaid is popular. That’s why it’s a key issue in some statewide midterms

Next month, South Dakotans will decide whether to expand Medicaid to 42,500 state residents. Democratic candidates elsewhere are making it a part of their pitch to flip GOP-held governors’ offices.

Abortion providers shift practices as states enact bans

When Dr. Maya Bass moved from Oklahoma to Philadelphia, she would regularly fly back to her former home state to perform abortions. Now, she has a different plan.