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News · PA
Consumers seeking to make a claim should consult the attorney general’s official settlement instructions before submitting information.
News · MD
A prosecutor is raising capacity concerns as Maryland changes rules for charging young people.
News · NJ
The state action targets synthetic kratom and is not directly connected to a New Jersey election or candidate.
News · MN
The Minnesota Attorney General has started a public review of the proposed merger between HealthPartners and Essentia.
News · CO
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is asking a court to halt a planned ICE detention center in Hudson.
News · MS
The attorney general will not pursue another trial for the officer in the fatal shooting of a Black motorist.
News · MN
Minnesota’s attorney general is inviting community views on HealthPartners’ proposed acquisition of Essentia Health.
News · DE
A candidate for judge says the Delaware County Fair interfered with free speech rights, but the claim itself is not a legal finding.
News · NH
The court rejected a request to remove a school tax cap question, allowing the ballot process to continue.
News · NY
The attorney general alleges that Polymarket offered sports betting contracts in New York without a license.
News · VA
The attorney general has asked Virginia’s State Corporation Commission for more time to review the proposed merger.
News · CO
The attorney general announced Colorado’s first enforcement action under the state law governing medical debt collection.
News · TX
The women called the “lionesses” prevailed in a lawsuit seeking air conditioning across the Texas prison system.
News · MO
The former Missouri attorney general announced his departure from the federal agency; the move is not directly tied to an election.
News · MO
Missouri Republican officials objected on X after the Supreme Court kept the state's 2022 map in place instead of the 2025 HB 1 plan.
News · MO
The unanimous order settles which congressional districts Missouri voters will use in the 2026 general election.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court directed the Riverside County sheriff to return 650,000 ballots taken into custody.
News · FL
Florida officials say 16 noncitizens and four felons on parole voted despite being ineligible.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court directed the Riverside County sheriff to return 650,000 ballots that had been seized.
News · AR
The ruling leaves in place an injunction blocking two 2023 laws that moved oversight of the corrections secretary to the governor.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court directed the Riverside sheriff to return 650,000 ballots that had been seized.
News · MN
A federal lawsuit challenges 30-day handgun waits that the Justice Department says can extend to nearly 60 days.
News · CA
The court ruled against Bianco in a legal matter that has no direct connection to a candidate race or election.
News · AL
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced a settlement with TikTok that his office described as historic and worth multiple millions of dollars.
News · MO
The court again rejected a Missouri district map described as favoring Republicans, marking the third rejection.
News · TX
Texas’ highest criminal court upheld the reversal of Crystal Mason’s Tarrant County voter fraud conviction, ending her case after nearly 10 years.
News · NC
A divided state appeals panel upheld a 2024 law moving elections-board appointment authority from the governor to the state auditor.
News · ID
The court action concerns Missouri’s congressional district boundaries and is not tied to a named candidate race.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court found that a sheriff’s seizure of ballots violated state election law.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court directed that seized ballots be returned, changing who has custody of the election materials.