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Updated 1 month, 1 week ago

UPDATED: Former Moses Lake doctor arrested after shootout with U.S. Marshals in Florida

STUART, Fla. — Former Moses Lake surgeon Thomas Earl Steffens, 72, has been arrested in Florida after an altercati…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Louisiana: Ban Abortion Rights (No requirement to fund)

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Trump predicts he'll 'so easily' win Michigan

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Maryland: Expand Commercial Gaming (Authorize sports betting)

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Oregon: Provide Addiction Recovery Services (Fund with marijuana tax

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
EXPLAINER: Election unprecedented some ways, in others not

The election of 2020 has been called many things: extraordinary, bizarre, unprecedented.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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North Dakota: Amend Constitutional Initiative Process (Submit to

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Florida: Raise Minimum Wage (Fifteen dollars by 2026)

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
EXPLAINER: Calling a race is tricky: How AP does it

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the 2020 U.S. general election, The Associated Press will declare winners in more than 7,000 races – starting with the White House and reaching down the ballot to every seat in every state legi…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Kentucky: Rights for Crime Victims (Known as Marsy's Law)

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
EXPLAINER: Senate majority outcome may take weeks or more

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thirty-five U.S. Senate seats are on the ballot Tuesday, which will determine control of the legislative chamber for the next two years.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Oregon: Amend Campaign Finance (Allow reform laws)

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Iowa: Hold Constitutional Convention (To propose amendments)

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Alaska: Open Primary, Ranked Choice GE (Primary top four go to GE)

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Nevada: Allow Same-Sex Marriage (Constitutional Amendment)

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
China regulators summon Ant Group executives ahead of IPO

HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese regulators summoned Ant Group founder Jack Ma and two other senior executives to a meeting just days before the company's shares are due to begin trading following a blockbuster offering ex…