Two years ago, although pregnant women won a victory in the Supreme Court in Young v. UPS, the complicated process set up in the decision still left many working women uncertain about their rights in the workplace. Just last month, former Wal-Mart employees filed a class action lawsuit for refusing them reasonable accommodations, which a 2013 study estimated occurs to 250,000 women each year. Many more are likely discouraged from even asking.

Maybe, just maybe, the action taken by the Kansas legislature last week to end the massive tax cuts pushed by Governor Brownback and enacted five years ago will wake up Congressional Republicans to the folly of massive tax cuts for the wealthy as a means of economic growth.

The Joint Economic Committee released state fact sheets with information on how each each state has been impacted by the opioid epidemic. The fact sheets also examine how Medicaid has helped those seeking treatment for substance use disorders.

Today, the House of Representatives will be voting on the Financial CHOICE Act (H.R. 10), an all-out attack on the Dodd-Frank Act by House Republicans. The Financial CHOICE Act is a crude attempt to deregulate financial and consumer markets and green-light America’s next financial crisis, putting millions of Americans on the hook for the next bailout. This legislation is packed with deregulatory handouts to every kind of financial institution, including large banks who want to return to the excessive borrowing and risky banking practices that led to the financial crisis.