Grace Panetta

1 week ago | 19thnews.org | Grace Panetta

Published In Albany, New York legislators are ending their session without passing two measures that would provide new protections for survivors of sexual misconduct within and outside of the workplace. Meanwhile, in New York City, the former governor who resigned in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations could be weeks away from achieving a political comeback in his mayoral bid.

1 week ago | 19thnews.org | Grace Panetta

Published Melissa Hortman, a former Minnesota House speaker who championed the passage of ambitious progressive policies in the state, was assassinated early Saturday in what Gov. Tim Walz called “an act of targeted political violence.” Hortman, 55, who was elected to the Minnesota House in 2004, became the speaker of the state’s House of Representatives in 2019 and, during her first few years, presided over the chamber under a divided government.

2 weeks ago | 19thnews.org | Grace Panetta

Published Rep. Mikie Sherrill is vying to be the Democrats’ nominee for governor of New Jersey in the race to replace term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy in Tuesday’s primary. If she wins, women candidates will lead 2025’s two biggest statewide elections. Sherrill is running in a crowded field of Democratic primary candidates that includes Rep.

1 month ago | rawstory.com | Grace Panetta

This story was originally reported by Grace Panetta and Barbara Rodriguez of The 19th. Meet Grace and Barbara and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Reproductive health advocates are sounding the alarm over the case of a pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead months ago but must now stay on life support, according to her family, because of the state’s strict abortion ban law.

1 month ago | 19thnews.org | Grace Panetta |Barbara Rodriguez

Published Reproductive health advocates are sounding the alarm over the case of a pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead months ago but must now stay on life support, according to her family, because of the state’s strict abortion ban law. Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old nurse from the metro Atlanta area, experienced a medical emergency in February that involved blood clots in her brain.