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News · KY
The Kentucky Court of Appeals ordered former Gov. Matt Bevin released from jail, a development not directly tied to an election or candidate race.
News · TX
The family sued Attorney General Ken Paxton and the doctors who treated the woman after she died from a pregnancy-related condition.
News · AZ
Mail voting will continue under existing procedures in Arizona, where three in four voters used it in the 2024 general election.
News · FL
Rafiq Osborne McDonald, 34, faces state charges tied to allegations involving Polk and Orange counties.
News · TX
The family says Texas law blocked lifesaving medical care for Walker before she died of preeclampsia while 20 weeks pregnant.
News · KS
A Johnson County judge struck the city’s claims against two petition organizers and classified the proposed ordinance as legislative.
News · UT
The complaint concerns records Rubicon says may matter to its pending billion civil-rights case against former state officials.
News · MI
A federal court has left an injunction against proposed USPS mail-ballot lists and related rules in place.
News · OK
Parties in the 21-year-old pollution lawsuit have until Sept. 30 to explain why the judge should consider their proposed settlement.
News · NV
The justices rejected a Trump administration appeal that sought to disrupt Nevada’s existing process for mail ballots.
News · MI
The Supreme Court blocked federal mail-ballot restrictions as Michigan lawmakers began examining a citizenship petition’s rejection.
News · OH
The justices left in place a lower court ruling against required U.S. Postal Service screening of mail-in ballots.
News · ID
The court rejected Trump’s effort to restrict mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections, leaving election administration unchanged by that effort.
News · UT
The Supreme Court turned aside Trump’s requested mail-ballot restrictions ahead of the midterm elections.
News · VT
The Supreme Court left in place an injunction preventing new Postal Service rules for mail ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
News · CO
Colorado can continue sending mail ballots to active registered voters under state law during the 2026 midterm election.
News · UT
Rubicon has filed another lawsuit against Utah Attorney General Derek Brown’s office over evidence tied to a billion case.
News · VT
Sarah Copeland Hanzas welcomed the court’s decision to block federal requirements for distributing and returning mail-in ballots.
News · UT
The court action creates a new legal dispute between a private landscaping company and the Utah Attorney General’s Office.
News · NE
The Omaha City Council acted on a Blackstone building settlement, a lower speed limit and SRO contracts.
News · NJ
The justices kept federal restrictions from taking effect as New Jersey prepares to send mail-in ballots for the November election.
News · IN
The court ruled that state Sen. Spencer Deery won the Republican primary by a margin of three votes.
News · CA
Newsom called the ruling a California-backed victory after the Supreme Court stopped a Trump action aimed at vote-by-mail.
News · AZ
A lawsuit alleges Arizona Clean Elections pressured candidates to suspend their campaigns; the claim has not been decided by a court.
News · MA
A proposed consent judgment would permanently prevent a debt buyer from conducting collection activity if the court enters the order.
News · IA
An announcement addresses the distribution of Iowa funds from a settlement involving Meta, with no election or candidate directly connected.
News · HI
The justices would not allow the Postal Service to impose a disputed restriction on ballots sent through the mail.
News · MD
The Supreme Court refused to let the Postal Service restrict mail ballots, denying Trump the result he sought.
News · VA
The law requires many court proceedings to be postponed when they conflict with General Assembly sessions or legislative meetings.
News · MD
The court declined to halt a lawsuit involving Baltimore’s inspector general while legal proceedings continue.