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• Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access: Some of the bills were filed in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
  
  
• Hoping to “Trump Proof” Students’ Civil Rights, Illinois Lawmakers Aim to End Police Ticketing at School: The latest version of a bill spurred by a ProPublica-Chicago Tribune investigation would explicitly prevent police from ticketing students for violations such as vaping or truancy, and would require districts to track and disclose police activity. Following our investigation, the Garrison School in Illinois is also changing its disciplinary practices and providing services to those who missed class due to being arrested or sent to a seclusion room.
  
  
• Mississippi Lawmakers Move to Limit the Jail Detentions of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment: Lawmakers in Mississippi have overhauled the state’s civil commitment laws to limit when people can be jailed without criminal charges as they await court-ordered psychiatric treatment. Our 2023 investigation found that Mississippi is an outlier in how it routinely jails people for days or even weeks while they wait for mental health treatment, despite not having been charged with a crime.

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