About our lieutenant governor debacle
New Jersey MonitorGov. Mike Sherrill’s administration was thrown into turmoil this week when she accused her lieutenant governor of ethical lapses and demanded his resignation. He complied.
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Mayes, Fontes say the Trump administration may be breaking the law to scour Arizona voter data
Arizona MirrorA federal effort to identify noncitizen voters using voter registration information might be violating state privacy laws, according to Attorney General Kris Mayes. In a letter sent earlier this week to Timothy Courch...
Read article →US Supreme Court again blocks Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map
Missouri IndependentThe U.S. Supreme Court on Friday drove a stake through the heart of Missouri’s undead congressional map, ordering it be buried for the year and for voters to cast ballots in the districts they’ve used the past two ele...
Read article →Construction company accused of scamming Florida residents sued by AG Uthmeier
Florida PhoenixFlorida Attorney General James Uthmeier was in Sarasota Friday to announce his office has filed a lawsuit against a construction company and its executives for allegedly scamming at least 80 residents out of at least ...
Read article →Walz administration wants to rethink standardized tests
Minnesota ReformerThe Minnesota Department of Education is creating a task force to take a closer look at standardized tests. The group — made up of students, parents, teachers and school leaders — will review whether Minnesota’s once-...
Read article →You can’t strengthen Arizona schools by dismantling the team behind our teachers
Arizona MirrorDuring my time in the Air Force, fighter pilots were the golden boys. In combat, they were the tip of the spear. But they never fought alone. They depended on aircraft maintenance crews, airfield managers, security fo...
Read article →Jolly to national Democrats: Show me some money
Florida PhoenixTAMPA — With more polls and election analysts suggesting David Jolly could become the first Democrat to win a governor’s race in Florida in more than three decades, the former GOP congressman is appealing for money to...
Read article →At least 10 people detained at Columbus County checkpoint, NC advocacy group says
NC NewslineAt least 10 people were arrested or detained Thursday evening during a license checkpoint operation in Tabor City, according to Siembra NC, an immigrant rights advocacy group. The checkpoint took place near N.C. Highw...
Read article →Top U.S. Senate Republican stumps with Collins in Georgia as seat appears to slip out of reach
Georgia RecorderU.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune came to Atlanta to keep hope alive for the Mike Collins campaign as Collins challenges Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in the Nov. 3 midterm election. Thune’s visit came amid rep...
Read article →Effort to recall Antrim County Clerk gets go-ahead from state board
Michigan AdvanceThis article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Michigan’s free newsletter here. LANSING, Mi...
Read article →Poll: 2 out of 3 North Carolinians get political news from local TV or social media
NC NewslineNo other source reached more than 17%, according to the poll.
Read article →After state warning, NJ panel approves 34% health premium hike for teachers
New Jersey MonitorThe vote to hike teachers’ health benefit rates came after a warning from state officials that benefits may be halted in the new year without an agreement.
Read article →LVMPD attorney seeks to unseat judge in Clark County District Court race
Nevada CurrentMartina Bauhaus, an attorney for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept. for almost two decades, is challenging Judge Jasmin Lilly-Spells, who is wrapping up her first term on the bench. District Court Dept. 23 hears ...
Read article →High-risk pregnancy doctors publish new standards for care under state abortion bans
Louisiana IlluminatorAs physicians continue to navigate care for patients with complex pregnancies in states with abortion bans, a group of maternal-fetal medicine specialists has developed new guidelines to help providers in those states...
Read article →Educator challenges incumbent for Nevada state controller
Nevada CurrentRepublican Nevada State Controller Andy Matthews is seeking reelection this November as the state’s independent fiscal watchdog, while his challenger, Democrat Michael MacDougall, hopes a blue wave will help launch hi...
Read article →Workforce development specialist, former state legislator face off in regent race
Nevada CurrentFive Nevada Board of Regents seats are on the ballot this year, but only one is an open seat not featuring an incumbent. That race, for District 5 in Southern Nevada, will bring to the board either a former state legi...
Read article →Grand Rapids community demands answers after Guatemalan man dies fleeing attempted ICE stop
Michigan AdvanceDozens gathered in Grand Rapids Thursday to demand justice for Mario David Coronado Juárez, a 35-year-old undocumented immigrant from Guatemala who died days earlier after fleeing when ICE agents attempted to stop his...
Read article →Colorado’s first state fair opened in 1876 with displays of produce and a pigeon shooting match
Colorado NewslineColorado’s first-ever state fair opened in Denver on the afternoon of Sept. 26, 1876, and “every means of transportation in the city was pressed into service” to ferry passengers to the 40-acre fairgrounds on its east...
Read article →Prince George’s County residents speak out on proposed $1 billion Sphere
Maryland MattersQuestions about labor protections, traffic and taxpayer costs filled a packed hearing Tuesday night in Largo, as the Prince George’s County Council heard from the public about the proposed Sphere at National Harbor.
Read article →Newly available reports show state owed millions by providers, local health agencies
Maryland MattersThe Office of Inspector General for Health did almost 1,400 audits and investigations over the last four years and found more than $42 million in improper or unrecovered payments -- but those reports have only recentl...
Read article →State officials call for more funding to address chemical plume in Antrim County
Michigan AdvanceThis story is made possible through a partnership between Interlochen Public Radio and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. A decades-old contaminated groundwater plume from industrial chemicals in Ant...
Read article →Two Michigan residents charged with making terrorist threats against state officials
Michigan AdvanceAttorney General Dana Nessel on Monday announced charges against two Michigan residents accused of making terrorist threats against public officials in unrelated incidents, including the mayor of Dearborn, Gov. Gretch...
Read article →‘This industry is the future:’ Clark County teachers union wants state to bargain with data centers
Nevada CurrentThe Clark County Education Association is calling on Nevada lawmakers to stop pushing to ban data centers entirely and instead focus their efforts on ensuring revenue from the data center boom benefits public educatio...
Read article →Hudson residents join lawsuit against town over ICE detention center zoning
Colorado NewslineThe town of Hudson has refused for months to take any steps to review and enforce its zoning code as it applies to a planned immigration detention center there, say the plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking to block the fac...
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