It’s crunch time for CA election
Election workers gather mail-in ballots after they run through a sorting machine at the San Diego Registrar of Voters on Oct. 29, 2024. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters Californians have…
Portland police gear up for potential election violence and National Guard on standby
Portland police will investigate and arrest any suspects in violence or other unlawful activity on election night or afterward. (Courtesy of Portland Police Bureau) As tensions tighten across the country…
In Nevada stops, Harris touts economic plan, says nation is ‘exhausted with’ Trump
Jennifer Lopez introduces Kamala Harris at a campaign rally in Las Vegas Thursday night. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Vice President Kamala Harris made her final pitch to voters in…
PEN America: Florida removed more library books than any state last year
Florida school boards removed more books from school libraries during the 2023-2024 school year than any other state. (Photo: Getty Images) Florida topped every state in the nation for the…
Alabama State Board of Education wants access to criminal database; commission skeptical
State Crime Information Director Maury Mitchell presents information to members of the Alabama Justice Information Commission at a meeting on Oct. 31, 2024 meeting. The group, comprised of law enforcement…
Judge denies Utah death row inmate’s request to disqualify AGs office from prosecuting case
The office of the Utah Attorney General at the Capitol in Salt Lake City is pictured on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) The…
Handful of Missouri legislative races will determine fate of GOP super majorities
The Missouri House chamber during the 2022 legislative session (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). Missouri Democrats have been slowly chipping away at the GOP legislative supermajority in recent years, culminating in…
More Lovelock inmates allege religious discrimination
Chaplain Scott Davis (Nevada Department of Corrections photo) The chaplain at Lovelock Correctional Center’s devotion to the Baptist faith is infringing on inmates’ rights to practice their own religions, says…
Grand jury indicts two Alaska troopers on felony assault charges after bloody arrest
This screenshot from a body camera video was attached to criminal charging documents published Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, by the Alaska Department of Law. It shows an Alaska State trooper…
On this day in 1890
Nov. 1, 1890 Credit: Wikipedia Mississippi adopted a new state constitution aimed at barring Black voters and restoring white supremacy. The disenfranchisement clause struck all voters from the rolls and…