From the States
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Mask requirement at Washington county auditor's office produces standoff
Tracy Abuhl, an Island County GOP precinct committee officer and trained election observer, was forced to leave her observation of Island County elections workers on Monday for refusing to wear a mask.
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Republicans fired up in North Carolina as historic numbers turn out
This means that Republicans have had a 41% turnout of registered voters compared to the Democrats’ turnout of 38%.
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Nearly 565,000 illegal border crossers in Arizona in fiscal 2024
Tucson Office of Field Operations agents also reported 47,051 illegal border crossers in fiscal 2024, significantly less than San Diego OFO’s 183,890 over the same time period.
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Washington state Supreme Court denies GOP effort to reject fiscal impact messaging on initiatives
By state statute, a public investment impact disclosure must appear on the ballot itself alongside the initiative.
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Department of Education loan rule could cost up to $600 billion
The Department of Education announced Friday another student debt relief effort.
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20 mail-in ballots destroyed in Phoenix mailbox fire
Suspect Dieter Klofkorn, 35, pleaded guilty to the arson and was located and arrested Thursday by the Phoenix Police Department
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Cruz campaign files complaint with FEC over Allred, Democratic committee ads
According to FEC data, the DSCC and Colin Allred for Senate campaign have placed $10,626,467 million in advertising buys and reservations with Texas television stations through Nov. 5.
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Georgia woman gets 12-year prison sentence for $30M COVID-19 scheme
Defendant conspired with others to file more than 5,000 fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment claims, prosecutors say.
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120 Michigan National Guard soldiers deployed to southern border
Guardsmen will “provide mission enhancing support to CBP’s border security operations” and are expected to remain up to a year.
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Paxton makes criminal referral to DOJ over ActBlue donations
ActBlue says it’s raised more than $15.8 billion online since 2004.
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Human trafficking financial aid requests, including for children, surge under Biden-Harris
Under the Biden-Harris administration, the number of requests for taxpayer-funded financial benefits for trafficked foreign nationals, including children, skyrocketed.
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Miami-Dade county leans Republican during early voting for first time in history
More than 300,000 votes have been cast in the county so far, with 119,539 Republicans voting at the time of publishing. Democrats have cast a total of 117,429 votes in the county, and 74,492 Independents have voted so far.
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Oakland blames 'perceived crime' for falling revenue, says it’s cutting police
The city blamed interest rates, inflation, and “perceived increased theft” for declining tax revenues.