Ashley Lopez
Ashley Lopez is a reporter forWGCUNews. A native of Miami, she graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a journalism degree.
Previously, Lopez was a reporter for Miami's NPR member station, WLRN-MiamiHerald News. Before that, she was a reporter at The Florida Independent. She also interned for Talking Points Memo in New York City andWUNCin Durham, North Carolina. She also freelances as a reporter/blogger for the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting.
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Texas Refused To Expand Medicaid Coverage To More Poor Adults. Groups Ask Congress To Do It Instead.Hundreds of organizations are asking Congress to extend Medicaid in the current budget reconciliation bill being negotiated in Washington.
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Black, Hispanic and Asian Texans made up the majority of the state's massive growth in the past decade — and groups say new political maps should reflect that.
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Unlike other abortion restrictions, the state is not enforcing this ban. Instead it is up to private citizens to sue.
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Voting rights experts say the latest bill still would make it harder to vote in Texas, but it's less restrictive than what almost passed in May.
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State officials say in just the past week hospitalizations are up 49% due to the highly contagious COVID variant.
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The Texas House Democratic Caucus moved some meetings with advocates online after a handful of representatives in Washington tested positive for the virus. Members are also following protocols like wearing masks.
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In effect, the law could eliminate access to all abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
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The latest bills contain many measures from a past failed legislative effort that voting rights groups say would make it harder to vote in Texas.
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Texas legislators have begun a special session, where they once again will consider a bill that could change how the state votes.
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Currently new moms are covered for only 60 days. Starting Sept. 1, they will have coverage for up to six months after they give birth.