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News · IA
The case challenged a pre-election poll showing Donald Trump behind Kamala Harris, and the judge warned about effects on news reporting.
News · OH
A federal appeals panel reversed an order that had blocked Ohio’s citizenship-document rule for voter registration at BMV offices.
News · IL
The Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments over changes to the rules for Chicago police disciplinary hearings.
News · UT
The California Supreme Court directed the Riverside County sheriff to return 650,000 ballots that had been seized.
News · OH
A 2-1 ruling restores Ohio’s proof-of-citizenship requirement one month after a lower court temporarily blocked the voter ID law.
News · MT
The federal court action stops Montana’s political “deepfake” advertising law from operating under the terms of the judge’s order.
News · MO
An emergency appeal challenges an appellate order reviving new districts after the justices twice blocked their use in November.
News · IA
The case followed Trump’s claims that an Iowa poll was inaccurate and deliberately designed to hurt him politically.
News · OH
NEC announced that the Ohio Attorney General’s Office will move to the Integra-ID 7 biometric platform through a software-as-a-service model.
News · ND
North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley announced an agreement with F5 Project leaders tied to a self-lending investigation.
News · CT
John Bolton and incumbent William Tong were projected as their parties’ Connecticut attorney general primary winners in uncontested races.
News · WI
Eric Toney and Josh Kaul were projected as their parties’ Wisconsin attorney general nominees in uncontested primaries.
News · MO
The justices are again considering Missouri’s congressional boundaries after an appeals court ordered the state to use a Trump-backed map.
News · MT
A temporary Montana Supreme Court order places the proposal before Butte-Silver Bow voters while an appeal continues.
News · NC
The charge concerns damage to a former senator’s Arizona home and is separate from a North Carolina lawsuit involving the senator.
News · MA
Edwin Guerrero received nine years and 11 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to threatening Rep. Randy Fine and his children.
News · MO
The 8th Circuit stayed its order through Sept. 28, leaving time for the U.S. Supreme Court to review the dispute.
News · MO
A renewed court order keeps Missouri’s gerrymandered district map in place for the midterms as the dispute moves toward the Supreme Court.
News · VT
Burlington says Diane Wheeler’s dog has been involved in at least seven attacks and that she has refused to follow city orders.
News · NJ
Davenport announced a settlement in a lawsuit connected to the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, with the terms still unspecified.
News · MO
The Missouri attorney general’s orders give added state-level significance to a high court decision, with no election or candidate directly involved.
News · NV
Nevada Attorney General Ford announced a settlement in litigation involving the Warner Bros.-Paramount merger.
News · NJ
The federal government has ended its appeal of a ruling that blocked infrastructure funding cuts affecting New York and New Jersey.
News · CT
The decision follows voters’ 2024 approval of broader absentee voting beyond the state’s existing excuse-based system.
News · DE
The Court of Chancery sided with Wilmington Councilman James Spadola in his dispute with the rest of the City Council.
News · CT
The decision removes a legal barrier, but official state action will determine how and when voting procedures change.
News · MT
The order stops Montana officials from applying the state’s AI campaign-ad restrictions to Dan Bartel and the Accountability in State Government PAC.
News · MO
The attorney general directed unlicensed prediction markets to halt activity the office classifies as unlawful sports wagering.
News · VA
Virginians can begin voting Friday for the Nov. 3 midterms after the Supreme Court kept proposed Postal Service restrictions on hold.
News · DE
The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled for a Wilmington city councilman in a dispute over whether he could remain in office.