Arkansas court orders state to count signatures collected by volunteers for abortion-rights measure
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Tuesday night ordered the state to begin counting signatures submitted in favor of putting an abortion-rights measure on the ballot — but only ones collected by volunteers for the proposal’s campaign. The one-page order from the majority-conservative court left uncertainty about the future of the […]
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Arkansas abortion measure’s signatures from volunteers alone would fall short, filing shows
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The signatures collected by volunteers for an Arkansas abortion-rights measure would fall short of the number needed to qualify for the ballot if those are the only ones counted, according to an initial tally from election officials filed Thursday with the state Supreme Court. The filing from the secretary of […]
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Albania’s supreme court leaves ethnic Greek ex-mayor in prison
TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld a verdict of the lower courts keeping a former elected mayor from the country’s Greek minority in prison after he was convicted of buying votes. A Supreme Court statement said that it upheld the verdicts of the court of first instance and the court of appeal […]
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Arkansas groups not asking US Supreme Court to review ruling limiting scope of Voting Rights Act
Progressive groups in Arkansas have decided to not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a lower court’s ruling that civil rights groups say erodes the Voting Rights Act By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press July 1, 2024, 7:01 PM ET • 3 min read LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Progressive groups in Arkansas have […]
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Albanian appeals court upholds prison term for Greek minority mayor, raising tensions with Athens
TIRANA, Albania — An Albanian appeals court on Tuesday upheld a two-year prison sentence for an elected mayor of the country’s Greek minority, in a move expected to further exacerbate tension with neighboring Greece. The appeals court declined to change the verdict of the court of first instance in March on Dhionisios Alfred Beleris, 51, […]
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Arkansas Supreme Court reinstates rule eliminating ‘X’ option for sex on licenses and IDs
The Arkansas Supreme Court is reinstating an agency rule that prohibits residents from using “X” instead of male or female on state-issued driver’s licenses or identification cards By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press June 24, 2024, 5:28 PM ET • 3 min read LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Monday reinstated an agency […]
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FBI raids several California homes, including Oakland mayor’s | National News
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Federal authorities raided a home belonging to Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao early Thursday as part of a California investigation that included a search of at least two other houses, officials said. FBI agents carried boxes out of 80 Maiden Lane, a four-bedroom home that property records link to the first-term mayor, […]
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US Supreme Court sends Arkansas redistricting case back to judges after South Carolina ruling
The Supreme Court on Monday sent a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’ 2021 U.S. House map back to a three-judge panel, ordering it to review the suit in light of the high court’s decision against similar claims of bias in a redistricting case from South Carolina. The ruling is a setback for the lawsuit challenging the way […]
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Fake elector case: Ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty to felony charges in Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani pleaded not guilty Tuesday to nine felony charges stemming from his role in an effort to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Arizona to Joe Biden. Ten others, including former Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward, also pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, forgery and […]
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Brussels mayor gives Europe’s hard-right a free hit before EU election – POLITICO
Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli, from the hard-right governing Likud party, compared what he described as the tyrannical woke agenda as another kind of totalitarianism, sitting alongside jihadist terror. “They are hiding behind so-called liberal values but the nature of this movement is anti-liberal,” he told POLITICO. Captive audience Over two days, the […]
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