Organisers of competing abortion measures in Nebraska say that they collected enough signatures to get on the November ballot. Officials with Protect Our Rights, which seeks to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, said they turned in 207,000 signatures to the Nebraska secretary of state’s office. SBA Pro-Life America says 205,000 signatures have been […]
Anthony Anton, president of the Washington Hospitality Association, loads a box of signed Initiative 2066 petitions into a cart for delivery to the Secretary of State’s Office on July 2, 2024. The proposed measure would halt the state’s push to end natural gas use in homes and buildings. (Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard) It’s now all […]
More than 7 in 10 voters have already decided whom they will vote for in the November presidential election, according to a new poll. The Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday showed 72 percent of respondents said they have already made up their minds, while 28 percent said they are still weighing their choices. That’s a […]
Top allies of President Joe Biden came to his defense across several news programs on Sunday, acknowledging the president’s subdued debate performance but arguing that he remains the strongest contender against former President Donald Trump in the general election. “I think he’s the only Democrat who can beat Donald Trump,” Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., a […]
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Abortion-rights groups in Florida are locked in a battle with the state over the cost for a ballot measure that would overturn the state’s six-week ban. The fight is over a seemingly obscure fiscal impact statement estimating the cost to the state for passing the proposed constitutional amendment. It highlights how both […]
A constitutional amendment ending all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude — largely targeted at forced prison labor — is headed to the November ballot in California, the latest state to take up an issue that’s gaining traction nationally. The “End Slavery in California Act,” introduced by California’s Legislative Black Caucus as part of a […]
TUCSON, Ariz. — On the eve of the presidential debate, GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake decided to skip out on her own. The MAGA firebrand and frontrunner for her party’s Senate nomination in the key battleground state was invited to participate in a formal debate Wednesday night against her lone GOP primary competitor, Pinal County […]
Susan Cacace, fresh off her victory in the Democratic primary for Westchester district attorney, is looking ahead to the general election in November, where she will be facing off against Republican John Sarcone. “It goes back to experience, and my triad of experience that I don’t believe the Republican has,” she said in a brief […]
Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) has signaled he will vote for Joe Biden in November’s election, despite leaving the Democratic Party to register as an independent, as he ruled out backing Donald Trump at the ballot box. Last November, the West Virginia senator announced he would quit the party and not seek a third term in […]
Colorado’s primary elections on Tuesday will choose the winners in several bitter intraparty fights between the state’s Republicans, including in two competitive House districts that could help determine control of Congress in November. Despite a series of personal scandals, Lauren Boebert, a hard-right Republican who narrowly avoided defeat in 2022, is favored to win out […]
It has been two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that established a federal right to abortion, in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, now returning the issue of abortion to individual states. Since then 14 states have completely banned abortion with limited exceptions, according […]
In November, voters will decide whether to pass a $598 million bond measure to upgrade aging facilities at San Joaquin Delta College. The Delta College Board of Trustees recently approved placing the measure on the ballot in the upcoming general election. School officials say the bond would help address improvements needed at each of Delta […]