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The unexpected, under-the-radar Senate race in Michigan that could determine control of the chamber
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Elissa Slotkin had less than half an hour to reckon with a retirement announcement that would reshape Michigan's political landscape. The state's senior senator and the third-ran...
May 02, 2024
New York made Donald Trump and could convict him. But for now, he's using it to campaign
NEW YORK (AP) - He's visiting Manhattan construction sites, decrying local crime and holding court in his gilded Fifth Avenue penthouse. After a years-long breakup with his hometown, Donald Trump is b...
May 02, 2024
Mississippi Republicans revive bill to regulate transgender bathroom use in schools
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's Republican-led Legislature completed a last-ditch effort Thursday to revive a bill to regulate transgender people's use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories i...
May 02, 2024
A former Milwaukee election official is fined $3,000 for obtaining fake absentee ballots
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A former Milwaukee election official convicted of misconduct in office and fraud for obtaining fake absentee ballots was sentenced Thursday to one year of probation and fined $3,0...
May 02, 2024
Two months to count election ballots? California's long tallies turn election day into weeks, months
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Nearly two months after the election, a recount settled the outcome in a Northern California U.S. House primary contest, breaking a mathematically improbable tie for second place bu...
May 02, 2024
Arkansas governor says state won't comply with new federal rules on treatment of trans students
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared Thursday that the state won't comply with a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the na...
May 02, 2024
Former Michigan House leader, wife plead not guilty to misusing political funds
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The former leader of the Michigan House and his wife pleaded not guilty Thursday to financial charges arising from an investigation of how they spent money from unregulated ...
May 02, 2024
Minnesota sports betting bill runs afoul of partisan rancor over state senator's burglary arrest
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A bill to legalize sports betting in Minnesota is in serious trouble, running afoul of the partisan rancor over the arrest of a state senator on a felony burglary charge. One of...
May 02, 2024
Campaign to legalize sports betting in Missouri gets help from mascots to haul voter signatures
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's professional sports teams on Thursday turned in more than 340,000 voter signatures to put a ballot proposal to legalize sports betting before voters this November...
May 02, 2024
Quebec police can refuse to talk to and share notes with watchdog: Court of Appeal
MONTREAL - Quebec's highest court says police officers have the right to remain silent during investigations by the province's police watchdog. In a decision Tuesday, the Court of Appeal sided with th...
May 02, 2024
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