Abortion rights amendment qualifies for the South Dakota ballot
South Dakota officials on Thursday certified a proposed amendment that would enshrine abortion access in the state’s constitution to appear on the November ballot.
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They Supported Biden in 2020. What Made Them Change Their Minds in 2024?
Frederick Westbrook, a retired Las Vegas hotel worker, voted for President Biden in 2020 — as a vote to get Donald J. Trump out of office. He now calls that “the biggest mistake of my life.”
Latinos found jobs and cheap housing in a Pennsylvania city but political power has proven elusive
HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) — Latinos seeking jobs and affordable housing have transformed Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in recent decades, but a federal lawsuit argues the way representatives are elected to their local school board is unfairly shutting them out of power.
Trump to speak at NRA convention as US gun-safety groups sound alarm
When Donald Trump last addressed members of the National Rifle Association in February, he pitched himself as a paragon of inaction on gun violence, vowing to again march in lockstep with the gun rights group if he is reelected in November.
Trump and Johnson spread unfounded fears by urging non-citizen voting ban
Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are pushing for federal legislation to ban non-citizen voting, which could end up disenfranchising eligible citizens. The effort also underscores how Trump and allies are already seeding doubts about this fall’s election.
Psychedelic therapy and workers’ rights bills fail to advance in California’s tough budget year
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As California faces a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, lawmakers must make tough decisions about which of the more than 1,000 measures still alive in the Legislature this year will not make the cut.
Repeal of a dead law to use public funds for private school tuition won’t be on Nebraska’s ballot
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A measure to repeal a now-defunct law passed last year that would use public money to fund private school tuition has been pulled from Nebraska’s November ballot, the secretary of state announced Thursday.
Trudeau calls New Brunswick’s Conservative government a ‘disgrace’ on women’s rights
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has “issues” with the Progressive Conservative government of New Brunswick.