Multnomah County's Preschool for All program could reach universal coverage years ahead of its original 2030 goal, as new population projections show the county will need about 8,000 preschool seats to provide free preschool to every 3- and 4-year-old whose family wants it.

Nine states have redrawn congressional maps ahead of the midterms, shifting roughly one in ten voters into new districts. Through tactics like packing and cracking, these changes—often favoring Republicans—threaten to dilute Black voters' political influence, potentially affecting representation on healthcare, schools, and civil rights issues Black communities have long fought to secure.

Paramount entered the final stages of merging with Warner Bros. Discovery on Wednesday afternoon, when a federal judge approved last week’s settlement of an antitrust lawsuit filed by state attorneys general.