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News · MD
A police accountability board member has taken Baltimore’s mayor to court in a dispute over the city’s policy for removing members.
News · MD
Baltimore failed to secure a pause in a legal process connected to an inspector general dispute.
News · IL
Johnson opened his campaign at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center ahead of the scheduled Feb. 23 mayoral election.
News · AR
North Little Rock has adopted zoning regulations for data centers, adding local land-use rules for such facilities.
News · NC
The ruling creates another legal barrier to Trump’s proposed mail-in ballot measures as North Carolina voting-access advocates rally.
News · SD
South Dakota’s election chief warns against immediate implementation, while the attorney general’s office supports lifting a court block.
News · MN
A first-in-the-nation ban and a federal lawsuit have made Minnesota central to the dispute over who regulates prediction markets.
News · TX
SpaceX has taken the Texas attorney general and Grimes County to court in a dispute involving public records requests.
News · MI
A proposed Michigan bill would restrict how children and teenagers use electric bicycles, but it is not yet state law.
News · WY
The senator said momentum behind the CLARITY Act will not return this decade if the current opportunity passes.
News · KY
Legislation advanced by Congressman Comer to support the Oscar Cross Boys and Girls Club has completed the federal lawmaking process.
News · CA
The new state laws address online child safety, with implementation details and effective dates now central to their impact.
News · AZ
The Arizona governor rejected multiple legislative measures intended to celebrate Charlie Kirk’s life.
News · MI
A federal court ruled against a Trump order intended to keep a Michigan coal plant operating.
News · VA
The act, named for West Virginia native Hershel “Woody” Williams, creates a National Medal of Honor Monument.
News · US
Sweden’s election remained exceptionally close, with preliminary results putting the opposition one seat above the majority threshold.
News · WA
The USS George Washington is deployed in the Middle East as U.S. forces prepare for possible combat involving Iran and allied groups.
News · US
The certification identifies the candidates and ballot measures that will go before voters in the November General Election.
News · KS
Kansas flags are to be displayed at half-staff Friday under an order not directly connected to an election or political race.
News · CA
The mayor followed a rent emergency declaration with a housing reform proposal, beginning a new phase of city policy consideration.
News · GA
The Stockbridge City Council voted to remove the mayor in a city government action unrelated to an election or candidate race.
News · NV
Gov. Joe Lombardo directed flags to fly at half-staff in Nevada in observance of 9/11.
News · NE
The state Supreme Court ruled that the proposed constitutional amendment violated Nebraska’s single-subject rule.
News · ME
Maine Democrats criticized Collins in Portland, saying a vote by Collins blocked the release of Epstein-related files.
News · NE
Omaha Public Schools would also draw nearly from reserves under its proposed 2026-2027 budget.
News · OR
The governor announced the state action with an AI-generated image, separating the policy decision from an unusual communications choice.
News · VA
The measure honors the West Virginia World War II hero and is not directly connected to an election or candidate race.
News · DE
The group is gathering signatures while a lawsuit challenges emergency provisions attached to two data center ordinances.
News · ID
Proposed changes to mail-in ballots have prompted concern among Idaho election officials, with the issue centered on election administration.
News · WI
A dispatch recording involving Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany has been released, with no direct connection to an election or candidate race.