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News · CA
The new California law changes the legal landscape for lawsuits involving pen registers, without a directly linked election or candidate race.
News · NY
The state program will offer rebates for electric lawn equipment to landscapers and municipalities.
News · OH
The governor has approved an Ohio gas tax measure that creates a temporary 90-day pause.
News · TN
A Tennessee senator has taken a dispute over the seizure of phone records connected to Jan. 6 to court.
News · DE
The governor rejected a state of emergency measure whose proposed rules would not have applied to him.
News · TN
The state canceled executions after officials were unable to execute Christa Pike by lethal injection.
News · AZ
Arizona failed to stop the scheduled start of a court-ordered takeover of health care in its state prisons.
News · AK
The state is reviewing up to 5.7 million acres of lower-priority claims as it approaches its federal land entitlement.
News · US
An Arab political party leader has withdrawn from an Israeli election after being compelled to leave the contest.
News · US
The 2026 midterms have no established winner, and control of the House and Senate remains unsettled.
News · US
The 18th Legislative District is identified for 2026, but no specific contest or candidate field has been established.
News · WA
Military and overseas ballots are reaching King County by mail and email as the Pentagon sets aside a day for service members to vote.
News · US
Gibney discusses a documentary tracing Elon Musk’s influence across government, artificial intelligence, space, transportation and robotics.
News · US
The Senate Leadership Fund ended future North Carolina ads, started a Kansas effort and kept its Georgia spending in place.
News · CO
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop an ICE detention center in Hudson.
News · MD
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott filed for a protective order covering some records sought by the inspector general.
News · AZ
Congress approved a bipartisan bill to redesignate Chiricahua National Monument as Arizona’s fourth national park.
News · HI
The former Trump prosecutor told the Senate that the threat of prosecution would not stop him from speaking.
News · LA
Attorney General Liz Murrill is challenging states whose laws protect abortion-pill providers.
News · NJ
The district describes a positive audit outcome, but that phrase does not identify the auditors’ formal opinion or detailed findings.
News · MN
The attorney general warns that Google’s proposed Pine Island data center could lead to higher Xcel Energy rates.
News · CA
Executive Directive 17 is intended to strengthen Los Angeles’ response to ICE raids and masked federal agents.
News · IN
The lawsuit creates a court dispute among the attorney general, a state court commission and the Lake County prosecutor.
News · ID
Gov. Little commented on a broader state-federal effort intended to speed forest management work across Idaho.
News · MA
A proposed voting change has prompted debate over whether Republican candidates could compete more effectively in Massachusetts.
News · SD
Attorney General Jackley says a federal appeals court will hear a dispute involving a South Dakota ballot question.
News · IL
The measure would require support from three-fifths of the 50-member City Council before Chicago could approve new borrowing.
News · MS
A young district attorney is urging party leaders and donors to compete despite a Democratic drought dating to 1982.
News · FL
Senate Democrats stopped Florida Sen. Ashley Moody’s effort to pass an anti-fraud measure after a corresponding bill cleared the House.
News · US
The bipartisan congressional measure changes cash-payment policy as part of an effort to reduce government waste.