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Kapoor To Propose Increasing Asheville City Council Seats To 9 As Fight Over Districts Intensifies

Asheville city council will hold a work session Tuesday evening on potential legal options for the city to stop the imposition of electoral districts for…

The campaign for restoring voting rights to felons was resoundingly approved by Florida voters last November.

ACLU Sues Over Florida Law That Requires Felons To Pay Fees, Fines Before Voting

The ACLU says the new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis creates "two classes of returning citizens: those who are wealthy enough to vote and those who cannot afford to."

Opening Day Of NBA's Free Agency Sent The Basketball World Into A Frenzy

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with The Ringer's Haley O'Shaughnessy about the opening day of NBA Free Agency and the drama that took place on Sunday.

What's Your Signature Song? Tell Us What It Means To You

Do you have a song you keep coming back to year after year or a song you always play? NPR's Weekend Edition wants to hear about the piece of music that has a particularly special meaning for you.

Oregon's Legislature passed a bill that would allow duplexes, like this one in Portland, in areas zoned for single-family housing in cities with more than 10,000 people.

Oregon Legislature Votes To Essentially Ban Single-Family Zoning

The bill makes duplexes allowable in cities over 10,000 people, and quadplexes legal in the Portland metro area. It's part of a growing change to zoning policy amid a national housing crisis.

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan took on more of the consequential writings for the court's liberals this past term. Above, Kagan testifies on Capitol Hill about the court's budget.

Ginsburg Passing The Liberal Torch: Takeaways From A Big Supreme Court Term

The new swing vote on the court is the conservative chief justice; Trump's appointees are going different directions; and Justice Ginsburg appears to be handing off the liberal torch to Justice Kagan.

Winston-Salem-based public radio station WFDD tackles the Triad's housing crisis in its yearlong collaborative project 'On The Margins.'

WFDD Investigative Collaboration ‘On The Margins’ Tackles The Triad’s Housing Crisis

As of 2016, Greensboro and Winston-Salem had the highest rates of evictions in all of North Carolina. A yearlong collaborative reporting project dove...

A youth in Tijuana, Mexico, stands by the border fence that separates Mexico from the United States, where candles and crosses stand in memory of migrants who have died during their journey toward the U.S.

Trump Administration Hits Some Immigrants In U.S. Illegally With Fines Up To $500,000

The Department of Homeland Security targeted individuals for "failing to depart the U.S. as previously agreed," among other factors. It's the latest effort to clamp down on interior enforcement.

Alison Beyea of ACLU of Maine speaks during an abortion-rights rally at Congress Square Park in Portland, Maine, in May. Democrats elected last November have pushed through two laws that expand access to abortion in the state.

Newly Blue, Maine Expands Access To Abortion

Maine elected a wave of Democratic women to state office in 2018. They've pushed Maine to join a handful of other states shoring up the right to an abortion ahead of expected Supreme Court challenges.

Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu delivers a speech in Moscow last month. Shoigu is leading an investigation into an explosion on board a Russian navy research vessel.

A Fire Kills 14 Crew Members Onboard Russian Navy Sub

Russia's Defense Ministry said the submariners were poisoned by fumes from the fire, which broke out on a navy deep water research vessel.

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