ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill gutting a Civil War-era law that allowed residents to arrest one another, a move championed by…
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A New Delay for Census Numbers Could Scramble Congressional Elections
WASHINGTON — The delivery date for the 2020 census data used in redistricting, delayed first by the coronavirus pandemic and then by the Trump administration’s…
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Democrats Claim Veto-Proof Majority in N.Y. Senate, Pressuring Cuomo
ALBANY, N.Y. — Democrats lost seats in the House of Representatives. Dreams of Democratic pickups in the Senate were dashed in Maine, South Carolina and…
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Shelly Simonds, Who Lost Random Draw in 2017 Race, Wins Handily in Virginia
Her 2017 run for the Virginia House of Delegates ended in heartbreak, with her losing a random-chance draw out of a bowl after she tied…
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Texas House Speaker Facing Political Scandal Says He Won’t Run Again
AUSTIN — With the fallout from a secretly recorded meeting with a conservative activist plunging him deeper into scandal, the Republican speaker of the Texas…
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As Shootings Bring Calls for Change, Officials Try to ‘Thread the Needle’
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two days after a gunman killed nine people outside a bar in Dayton, Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio said Tuesday that he…
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Opinion | The Law©?
No one owns the law, because the law belongs to everyone. It’s a principle that seems so obvious that most people wouldn’t give it a…
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Opinion | New York Lawmakers Showed How to Get Things Done
Albany, of all places, has provided a glimpse of what can happen when politicians feel they owe the voters rather than the donors. In November,…
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Missouri Is Latest State to Advance Abortion Restrictions
Lawmakers in Missouri on Thursday advanced a bill that would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected. If the legislation passes, Missouri would become…
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Opinion | With Abortion Rights Under Assault in Alabama, Here’s How to Help
All eyes were on Alabama on Tuesday as the State Senate debated, and then passed, what could become the most restrictive abortion law in the…
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Amid Chaos, Alabama Lawmakers Delay Vote on Far-Reaching Abortion Ban
The Alabama Senate on Thursday postponed debate on a proposal to outlaw most abortions in the state, delaying a measure that is intended to serve…
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Amid Chaos, Alabama Lawmakers Delay Vote on Far-Reaching Abortion Ban
The Alabama Senate on Thursday postponed debate on a proposal to outlaw most abortions in the state, delaying the measure that is intended to serve…
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The Tax Break Was $260 Million. Benefit to the State Was Tiny: $155,520.
It was called the Economic Opportunity Act, a measure intended to kick-start the sputtering post-recession economy in New Jersey, particularly in its struggling cities. The…
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Opinion | It’s Your iPhone. Why Can’t You Fix It Yourself?
A giant John Deere tractor and a pocket-size Apple iPhone have something important in common: The cost of repairing either one is too high. The…
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