17+ hour, 53+ min ago   (253+ words) Housing developers and construction stakeholders in New York’s Mid-Hudson region are receiving additional public funding as the state directs $22 million toward three developments expected to advance nearly 830 homes. Empire State Development announced the final awards Sept. 8, completing a $150 million regional…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (712+ words) By Lauren Eales and Bethany Dawson Support rose to 81% among people with a disability or health condition. The polling comes ahead of the Second Reading of Lauren Edwards MP’s assisted suicide Bill on Friday. The survey of 2,071 UK adults was…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (192+ words) ALBANY – The state’s Mid-Hudson Momentum Fund has approved $22 million for three housing projects in Peekskill, Haverstraw and Newburgh. One Lafayette in Newburgh will receive $8.75 million toward the multi-million project that would see a five-story building constructed on Liberty Street. The…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (410+ words) The two evenings of debates will feature commission, sheriff and judicial contests. The Nye County Republican Club is holding two debate nights for local races that will be decided during the general election in November. “Now that the primary’s over…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (654+ words) by Hannah Meisel, Capitol News Illinois September 8, 2026 CHICAGO — Illinois is set to become the first Midwestern state to allow terminally ill adults to take life-ending medication prescribed by physicians when the law goes into effect late this week. But a…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (661+ words) Disability rights advocates worry about potential for coercion, want more state oversight CHICAGO — Illinois is set to become the first Midwestern state to allow terminally ill adults to take life-ending medication prescribed by physicians when the law goes into effect…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (648+ words) Illinois is set to become the first Midwestern state to allow terminally ill adults to take life-ending medication prescribed by physicians when the law goes into effect late this week. But a federal judge is weighing whether to block the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (504+ words) A federal judge has ruled Chemours and DuPont are responsible for PFAS entering the properties of thousands of North Carolinians, a major development in a class-action lawsuit over contamination from the Fayetteville Works plant. The case covers more than 180,000 households…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (50+ words) New Article: Note, Barriers and Safeguards: Access to Assisted Dying for the Socioeconomically Vulnerable, 139 Harv. L. Rev. 1984 (2026). New Article: Barriers and Safeguards: Access to Assisted Dying for the Socioeconomically Vulnerable A Nation Within: Navajo Land and Economic Development HOLES IN THE…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (321+ words) Despite vigorous advocacy efforts urging the state to oppose passing a physician-assisted suicide bill by people with disabilities, organizations serving people with disabilities, the Illinois Medical Society along with individual physicians, faith-based groups, senior citizens, justice focused coalitions, legislators, editorials…...