This is a collaborative reporting project of university-led newsrooms across the country. Facilitated by the Center for Community News at UVM and the University of Missouri School of Journalism, the collaboration illuminates emerging trends in policy and politics on critical issues in public life.

Attempts to give fetuses personhood status seen across state legislatures

Reporters Rylie Oswald Al-Awhad of the KU Statehouse Wire Service, Serra Sowers of Fresh Take Florida, Emily Richardson of VCU Capital News Service and Nic Tamayo at the University of Colorado contributed to this report.

This story was reported by outlets including the Columbia Missourian, the Royal Examiner, and the Independent Messenger.

Driven by the 2024 election, states around the U.S. push to change voting laws

By Emmaline Luetkemeyer, University of Missouri

Additional outlets reporting this story include the Webster County Citizen, Lewis County Press-News Journal, the Missouri Press Association, and the Marietta Daily Journal.