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School bonds were a tough sell to Bay Area voters this election -- why was this one a slam dunk?
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South Carolina
National Action Network's "Let Mullins Vote" campaign challenges Mullins election shift
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Wisconsin
Democrat Rebecca Cooke for WI Gov--· Jun 6 This week we took out full page ads in local papers
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Minnesota
Document details numerous whistleblower allegations against Chief O'Hara, top staff weeks before resignation
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Michigan
Proposed Michigan prison diversion program for drug offenses hopes to end re-arrest cycles
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Massachusetts
Erika Johnson McMahon Wins Competitive School Committee Seat in Scituate Town Election
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Indiana
IN-SOS: Beau Bayh defeats Blythe Potter for Democratic secretary of state nomination
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Colorado
Primary election ballots are coming to your mailbox. Here's what you need to know.
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Maine
New Maine primary poll shows Bobby Charles, Hannah Pingree, and Joe Baldacci leading ranked choice primaries
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West Virginia
The Greenbrier faces a takeover bid as critics accuse U.S. Sen. Jim Justice of draining revenue from the historic resort
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Wyoming
Weston County has a new election clerk after two years of investigations into the former
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Pennsylvania
Why switching Philadelphia to an elected school board would be very complicated
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Oregon
Recall election for six Waldport council members will be July 14 after county verifies signatures
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Alaska
Trump administration denies Alaska's request for larger cost share of Halong disaster recovery
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Louisiana
Louisiana voters will decide on 10 legislatively referred ballot measures in Nov. 2026
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Canada
Toon of Poilievre critisizing PM Carney because Trump has purposely tanked our economy.
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Kentucky
General election candidates set for cities across Christian County: Mayor, school board and more
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Middle East
Israeli army captures strategic castle in Lebanon in deepest incursion into the country in 26 years
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New Hampshire
GOP bid to require documentary proof of citizenship struck down By Jacob Knutson
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Arkansas
She faced a life-threatening miscarriage. Under Arkansas' abortion ban, even calls to the governor's office didn't help
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