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ATLANTA (AP) — Lawmakers in several Republican-led states have been looking to exert more authority over state and local election offices, claiming new powers that Democrats warn could be used to target left-leaning counties in future elections. The moves range from requiring legislative approval of court settlements in election-related lawsuits to creating paths for taking [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — A high-stakes August special election with national political implications is upending local election offices across Ohio, as already stressed election workers are suddenly faced with a mountain of logistical challenges after Republican lawmakers backtracked on their own law. Officials have to lure poll workers away from vacations, relocate polling places booked for [...]
Evan Burroughs has spent eight years touting the virtues of an Oregon pilot program charging motorists by the distance their vehicle travels rather than the gas it guzzles, yet his own mother still hasn't bought in. Margaret Burroughs, 85, said she has no intention of inserting a tracking device on her Nissan Murano to record [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A possible crack down on the deluge of duty-free packages coming in from China could have major ramifications for e-commerce businesses and consumers importing products from China valued at less than $800. It also could add to the growing tensions between the countries. Under current federal law, most imports valued at less [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration last week increased the amount of biofuels that must be blended into the nation's fuel supplies over the next three years, but held production totals steady for corn-based ethanol, disappointing the biofuel industry and farm advocates. A plan finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency sets biofuel blending volumes at [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has opened a Senate investigation into Amazon’s warehouse safety practices, the latest in a series of probes he’s initiated against big corporations in his role as chairman of a committee that oversees health and labor issues. Sanders, who has run for president twice as a Democrat [...]
WASHINGTON — Just six days after the bipartisan deal on the debt limit became law, House Republicans proposed a slew of tax cuts, leading to charges of hypocrisy by Democrats in a squabble that shows two clashing visions for the economy. GOP lawmakers are pushing deep tax cuts for companies and the affluent as the [...]
OCEAN CITY, N.J. — Opponents of offshore wind energy projects in New Jersey are gathering force legally and politically as they seek to snuff out the nascent industry. Within the last week, three residents groups sued New Jersey over a key approval of its first planned wind farm; the research arm of Congress agreed to [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden opened his 2020 presidential run at a Pittsburgh union hall, declaring, "I'm a union man. Period." As he gears up for re-election, the president's first political rally was scheduled for a union gathering on the other side of Pennsylvania, punctuating just how much Biden is counting on labor support to [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has used electronic surveillance programs to catch fentanyl smugglers and the hackers who temporarily shut down a major fuel pipeline, the White House said earlier this week as part of its push to have those programs renewed by Congress. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expires at [...]