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Attorney FritzGerald Tondreau, who helps with immigration issues at Konbit Neg Lakay in Spring Valley, N.Y., shows intimidating videos of gang hostages and enemies being killed or beaten in Haiti. As a new wave of immigrants fleeing chaos arrives, many are moving beyond New York and Florida to find jobs and housing. (Tim Henderson/Stateline) This story originally appeared on Stateline . Fortified with work authorizations and a new freedom, Haitian immigrants are moving out of their longtime strongholds in Florida and New York, often finding good jobs while remaining wary of how they will be received in new places in the Midwest and South. This movement helps explain why Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, have become embroiled in the presidential election. For several weeks, Republican presidential and vice presidential nominees Donald Trump and J.D. Vance have spread untrue rumors about Haitian immigrants in the city eating their neighbors’ cats and dogs. Until recently, “w...

Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, D-Huntsville, endorses Democratic 2nd Congressional District candidate Shomari Figures on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Montgomery. Figures faces Republican nominee Caroleene Dobson in the November election. (Alander Rocha/Alabama Reflector) Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, D-Huntsville, endorsed Democratic nominee Shomari Figures for Alabama’s 2 nd Congressional District Monday in Montgomery. Daniels, who ran against Figures in the primary and runoff for the Democratic nomination for the district, called this election “the most consequential election in American history” and urged voters across the political spectrum to get behind Figures, saying he’s the most qualified to to address issues in the district, including health care access, economic disparities, and gun violence. “This election, more than any other election, will be a stress test of our enduring strength of our Constitution. This election will also test our fai...

Signage at an early voting center on Sept. 23, 2016 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As response rates drop, pollsters are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to determine what voters are thinking ahead of Election Day, not only asking the questions but sometimes to help answer them. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) Days after President Joe Biden announced he would not be seeking re-election, and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, polling organization Siena College Research Institute sought to learn how “persuadable” voters were feeling about Harris. In their survey, a 37-year-old Republican explained that they generally favored Trump for his ability to “get [things] done one way or another.” “Who do you think cares about people like you? How do they compare in terms of caring about people like you?” the pollster asked. “That’s where I think Harris wins, I lost a lot of faith in Trump when he didn’t even contact the family of the supporter who died at his rally,”...

A row of firefighters’ helmets, coats, and boots in suspendered pants hang at the ready at a fire station. A prefiled bill in the Alabama Legislature would extend death benefits to survivors of volunteer firefighters who die of cancer that develops while they perform their duties. (Getty Images) An Alabama legislator is sponsoring legislation to compensate the families of volunteer firefighters stricken with cancer while performing their duties. HB 35 , sponsored by Rep. Russell Bedsole, R-Alabaster, would make survivors of volunteer firefighters eligible to receive the death benefits awarded by the State Board of Adjustment for first responders who perish in the line of duty. “Homes in today’s world have so many more carcinogens in them, just the basic materials that are inside the homes, whether it is construction-related materials or the personal possessions we all love, electronics and things of that nature, that could potentially, if they are exposed to that much heat, put off...

Fast-casual restaurant Chipotle is experimenting with a work station that has automation assembling salads and bowls underneath the counter while a human worker assembles more complex dishes such as burritos on top. (Photo courtesy of Chipotle) Though food service workers and economists have long worried about the impact technology would have on the restaurant labor force, pilot programs in several fast-casual restaurants over the last few years have shown it may not have the negative impact they feared, a labor economist says. Technology plays several roles in food service, but the industry has seen the adoption of touch screens , AI-powered ordering and food prep machines over the last few years. And even more recently, it’s become more likely that a robot is playing a part in your food preparation or delivery. They may take shape as your bartender, your server or your food delivery driver , but many are like the “collaborative” robots just rolled out in some Chipotle restaura...

With many 2017 tax cuts expiring and cost of living a major challenge for Americans, tax policy has become a central issue in the 2024 presidential campaign. (Phillip Rubino/Getty Images) This is one in a series of States Newsroom reports on the major policy issues in the presidential race. WASHINGTON — With the clock ticking on former President Donald Trump’s signature 2017 tax law, and high housing, food and child care costs darkening Americans’ mood, tax cuts have become the star of the 2024 presidential contest between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump wants to overall extend his tax provisions beyond the 2025 expiration date and then some, promising to lower the corporate tax rate even further and lift the cap on the state and local taxes deduction. He argues the loss in federal revenue will be made up by imposing steep tariffs on imported goods. GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX SUBSCRIBE Tariff is a “beautiful word,” he told a crowd in S...

The Department of Justice on Friday unsealed an indictment detailing a yearslong hacking scheme by Iran that targeted the 2024 presidential campaign of former President Donald Trump. In this photo, Trump speaks on May 28, 2022 in Casper, Wyoming. (Chet Strange/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — U.S. law enforcement on Friday announced charges against three Iranians who allegedly stole materials from former President Donald Trump’s campaign and tried to pass them to news media and Democrats in an attempt to influence the 2024 election. The Department of Justice unsealed the indictment detailing a yearslong hacking scheme by Iran that targeted the email accounts of U.S. government officials, journalists, think tank experts, and most recently the 2024 presidential campaigns. “The defendants’ own words make clear that they were attempting to undermine former President Trump’s campaign in advance of the 2024 U.S. presidential election,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a Friday press ...

The Democratic National Committee announced Friday it plans to send $2.5 million to state parties. In this photo, signs marking states’ seating sections are installed and adjusted ahead of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug. 15, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Democratic National Committee will send $2.5 million to more than 30 of its state and territorial parties in the closing weeks of the 2024 election cycle, the DNC said in a Friday statement. With the new grants, national Democrats will have contributed to all 57 state and territorial chapters for the first time in a presidential cycle, according to the party. “From the school board to the White House, the DNC is doing the work to elect Democrats to office at all levels of government,” DNC Chair Jaime Harrison said in the statement, given to States Newsroom ahead of a wider announcement. “We are the only committee responsible for building Democratic infrastructure to ...

Vice President and Democratic nominee for president Kamala Harris speaks at an event hosted by The Economic Club of Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University on Sept. 25, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During the speech, Harris gave details about her economic platform, including ways to support small businesses and making home ownership more attainable, among other policy proposals. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images) The Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, laid out more of her economic vision Wednesday during her first one-on-one cable TV interview. Harris and former President Donald Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, are laying out dueling economic agendas this week as the two vie for the Oval Office in an extremely close race. “I really love and am so energized by what I know to be the spirit and character of the American people — we have ambition, we have aspirations, we have dreams, we can see what’s possible, we have an incredible work ethic, but not e...

A photo of Birmingham-Southern College's campus. Miles College enters purchase agreement for the school. (Birmingham-Southern College Communications Department) Miles College has entered a purchase agreement for the campus of Birmingham-Southern College, which shut down earlier this year. “ It is clear that institutions like Miles College continue to serve as powerful engines of economic growth and opportunity,” Miles College President Bobbie Knight said in a statement. “For generations, Miles College has been a cornerstone of progress in our community. This opportunity is a significant next step in our vision to lift our college, campus, and community.” The release did not disclose a purchase price. Birmingham-Southern College, a liberal arts college with roots going back to the 1850s, announced its closure last spring after an attempt to obtain a loan from the state did not come to fruition. Miles and BSC said in June that they had started negotiations over the propert...

The U.S. Capitol on March 21, 2023. Congress on Wednesday approved a stopgap spending bill that will keep government running through mid-December. (Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — Congress overwhelmingly approved a stopgap spending bill Wednesday that will keep the federal government running through Dec. 20, though the divided Congress has a lot of negotiating to do if members want to pass the dozen full-year appropriations bills before their new deadline. The short-term funding bill, sometimes referred to as a continuing resolution, will avoid a partial government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1. The CR is supposed to give lawmakers more time to hash out agreement on the appropriations bills. But Congress regularly uses it as a safety net to push off or entirely avoid making decisions about which departments should get more funding and whether to change policy about how federal tax dollars are spent. Debate on the CR was broadly bipartisan with ...

The U.S. House voted, 215-191 , on Friday to roll back an Environmental Protection Agency rule strengthening standards for air pollution from car and truck tailpipes. Eight Democrats joined all but one Republican present in voting to approve a resolution under the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to undo certain executive branch rules, to disapprove of the rule that was announced in March. The rule would set up a multiyear schedule to lower the limit on greenhouse gas emissions by passenger vehicles by nearly half by 2032. GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX SUBSCRIBE Democrats Yadira Caraveo of Colorado, Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Don Davis of North Carolina, Jared Golden of Maine, Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, Mary Peltola of Alaska and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington voted for the resolution. Pennsylvania Republican Brian Fitzpatrick was the lone GOP member t...