What’s changed after the undoing of Roe v. Wade | #elections | #alabama
(AP) — Anti-abortion groups hoped and strategized for decades for a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that was delivered in June, ending a court-protected right to abortion after nearly 50 years. The fallout was immediate and far-reaching — and it’s not over yet. The midyear ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which established the right to […]
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Alaska Democrats, Republicans form coalition Senate majority | #alaska | #politics
Posted: Nov 25, 2022 / 09:25 PM CST | Updated: Nov 25, 2022 / 09:26 PM CST Alaska stateline ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska state Senate will have a coalition of Democrats and Republicans serving as a majority caucus next January, officials announced. Friday. The coalition will include nine Democrats and eight Republicans, leaving […]
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Trump governor races endorsements | #alaska | #politics
(The Hill) — Former President Trump’s nearly two dozen endorsements in gubernatorial races this election season showed a near-dead-even split in wins and losses in races across the U.S. Of the 21 gubernatorial candidates who ran in the general election with Trump’s backing, nine won their races while 11 lost, following a tally of the latest […]
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Maine to hold ranked-choice runoff election for House seat | #alaska | #politics
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(NewsNation) — Maine’s 2nd Congressional District is headed for a ranked-choice runoff after neither candidate secured 50% of the votes needed. Incumbent Democratic Rep. Jared Golden led his Republican challenger Rep. Bruce Poliquin with 48.2% of the total vote, just shy of carrying the race. The runoff will be determined by the 6% of votes […]
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Yuma mayor describes impact of record migrant surge
(NewsNation) — About 900 people a day are crossing the U.S.-Mexican border near Yuma, Arizona, and immediately turning themselves in to Border Patrol, according to the city’s mayor, Douglas J. Nicholls. It’s a dramatically high number compared to normal. And Nicholls says he expects the number to increase as weather gets better. “We need a change […]
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‘Boy Meets World’ actor Ben Savage running for city council | #citycouncil
Ben Savage arrives at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (AP) (The Hill) — Actor Ben Savage is running for a seat on the city council in West Hollywood, California, saying he wants to “restore faith” in local government with “reasonable, innovative and compassionate” solutions to the city’s problems. […]
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‘Revolutionary’ SCOTUS term on abortion, guns and more | #elections | #alabama
WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion, guns and religion — a major change in the law in any one of these areas would have made for a fateful Supreme Court term. In its first full term together, the court’s conservative majority ruled in all three and issued other significant decisions limiting the government’s regulatory powers. And it […]
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