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Arizona’s 2020 election lies are back — and the people who spread them now work for Trump
Arizona is once again at center stage for false election claims after federal agents subpoenaed 2020 election information from the state Senate and unfounded allegations from President Donald Trump have led to a flurry of debunked election conspiracy theories resurfacing online. On Monday morning, Trump shared an article that claimed that the Federal Bureau of […]
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Trump keeps delaying action on abortion pill, and the anti-abortion movement is losing patience
For the second time this year, the Trump administration is trying to at least delay another legal attempt to curb access to medication abortion. The U.S. Department of Justice late Friday afternoon asked a federal court in Missouri to either pause or dismiss a lawsuit over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision last year to approve […]
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Arizona GOP moves to defund teachers union after it targeted school voucher program
The Arizona Education Association is the state’s largest teachers union, and it frequently advocates for or against legislation and political candidates on behalf of its more than 22,000 members. Republican lawmakers want to make it harder for the union to exist. Last month, GOP legislators gutted a bill about minimum wage to create a proposal […]
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LocalGABookman: Has the Kemp model fallen out of fashion in Georgia politics?
Brian Kemp, in his eighth and final year as governor, still enjoys significant popularity. In an Emerson poll conducted last weekend, only 24.5% of Georgians said they disapprove of his job performance, which in this divisive era is remarkable. You might think that kind of long-running success would make Kemp a model to be emulated […]
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Income tax bill heads to WA governor for signature
Democratic state senators in Washington pushed a state income tax across the legislative finish line Wednesday after Republicans’ last-ditch attempt to derail it failed. On a 27-21 vote, Democrats approved Senate Bill 6346, clearing the way for it to go to Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson, who is eagerly waiting to sign it. Passage didn’t occur […]
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Businesses can’t require microchip implants for workers under new WA law
Injected under the skin, usually between the thumb and index finger, microchip implants can serve as identification or make contactless payments smoother. But Washington workers don’t need to worry about their employers forcing them to get “chipped”. Under House Bill 2303, signed Wednesday, companies can’t ask or require that. The peculiar practice hasn’t been reported […]
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LocalMSOne killed, three injured during severe weather in Mississippi
LAWRENCE CO., Miss. (WLBT) - One person was killed, and three others were injured during ...
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Democrats settle on plan for patching up WA’s strained budget
Democrats in the Washington Legislature released a budget deal Wednesday balanced with one-time maneuvers, siphoning of rainy day reserves and slashing of child care funding. “There will be a lot of people who are disappointed by this budget. We knew that,” Sen. June Robinson, D-Everett, chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, said Wednesday […]
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Arizona Republicans advance bill that would make it easier for politicians to sue critics
Republican lawmakers would be able to sue people who use social media to criticize them and call them names under a bill they approved that would make it easier for politicians to file defamation cases against their critics. Among other things, the proposal would lower the long-held legal standard for public figures — like politicians […]
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Georgia legislative primaries see 537 candidates vying for 236 seats
A total 537 people signed up to run in May partisan primaries for the 236 seats in the Georgia House and Senate, where decisions are made on tax rates, health care access, gun laws, data centers, environmental protection and more. Here’s what we can tell you so far about the cohort. A total 537 people […]
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Dems demand answers on US strike that killed 168 at Iranian elementary school
WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense must quickly release the results of its investigation into whether the U.S. military bombed a girls’ elementary school in Iran that left at least 168 people dead, according to a letter sent Wednesday that was signed by nearly every Senate Democrat. “To be clear, the war against Iran is […]
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South Georgia lawmaker pleads guilty to unemployment fraud
Former state Rep. Dexter Sharper, a Valdosta Democrat, pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in court Wednesday as part of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into pandemic-related fraud. Prosecutors said Sharper, 54, fraudulently collected nearly $14,000 in unemployment benefits through a program aimed at helping those who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
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Long security lines start popping up at airports as TSA officers go without pay
Passengers at a handful of airports this week waited in hours-long security lines as the government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security dragged on. Though Transportation Security Administration officers are required by law to work during a lapse in funding, more than usual have been absent after receiving only a partial paycheck during the […]
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29 states and DC now reject federal vaccine guidance
Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia now reject at least some federal vaccine guidance as the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to de-emphasize the importance of childhood vaccinations under U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., according to research by KFF, a nonprofit health policy organization based in […]
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New targeted tax in WA aims to keep coal power plant shut down
Tax legislation Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed Wednesday targets the last coal-fired power plant in the Pacific Northwest. But if the coal tax and a related climate pollution fee work as the Legislature intended, the state treasury will never collect a dime under the new law. That is because the idled Centralia, Washington, generating plant […]
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DNC files suit after Trump officials won’t say if armed agents will patrol polling places
WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee Tuesday filed a lawsuit in federal court aiming to force the Trump administration to admit if it plans to send armed federal law enforcement or U.S. troops to polling locations in the upcoming midterm elections. The suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia charges that 11 […]
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Top Arizona officials urge counties to withhold voter data as FBI, DHS relitigate state’s elections
Arizona’s top law enforcement official and chief election officer are warning county officials not to hand over full, unredacted voter files to the federal government amid probes by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security into the state’s 2020 election. Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes […]
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Trump’s Iran war is estimated to cost in the billions already, with no end in sight
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress have not formally authorized a war in Iran, though they may soon be expected to approve emergency funding for the endeavor without any projection from the Trump administration as to how long it may last or the full cost, not just in dollars but in American troop and civilian lives. […]
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Proposal would require citizenship checks for Georgia families to access food aid
State House lawmakers approved new requirements for families applying for food assistance in what was one of the final votes on a key legislative deadline day, with the proposal passing after midnight Saturday. However, advocates have pushed back on the legislation, arguing that the changes would not adequately address errors within the system and urging […]
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Arizona Senate passes bill targeting doctor pay for vaccine rates amid measles surge
An Arizona senator and vaccine skeptic says legislation she proposed would help unvaccinated children get access to health care, but her bill doesn’t address the reason that many pediatricians’ offices say they won’t treat unvaccinated kids. Sen. Janae Shamp, a vaccine skeptic who says she was fired from a nursing job for refusing the COVID-19 […]
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