From the States
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California GOP flips second state legislative seat, 3 weeks after election
Three weeks after the election, many races are uncalled, as about 183,000 ballots remain to be processed, only about 5,300 of which were mail-in ballots that arrived after Election Day.
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Judge blocks rule giving foreign farm workers in four states bargaining rights
The visa program, with its origins dating back to 1952, allows farmers to employ legal migrants on a short-term basis because there are not enough area residents to perform the work needed.
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Louisiana judge blocks state plans to clear out New Orleans homeless encampments
Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry earlier this month pushed the city of New Orleans to clear out the homeless encampments ahead of the upcoming holiday, and threatened to intervene if they failed to do so.
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Legal reform group calls on New York courts to crack down on fraudulent injury lawsuits
New York City is the number one city in the country for questionable slip and fall claims, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
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Harris honeymoon fading in North Carolina
Trump's campaign has gotten financial boosts from litigations in New York, Florida, Georgia and Washington, and aside from a conviction in the former – with sentencing on Friday pushed back behind Election Day – three of them have tumbled.
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Gavin Newsom nixes California legislation aimed at helping illegal immigrants buy homes
Fresno Democratic Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula, who introduced the bill, said the legislation was intended to help level the playing field for people in the country illegally by allowing them to apply for the loans.
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Rural communities in Wisconsin step up efforts to combat fentanyl overdoses
Fentanyl accounts for 91% of opioid overdose deaths in rural Wisconsin communities.
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Georgia politicians disagree on how to make schools 'safe' in wake of shooting
Democrats called for an end to the violence by moving forward with gun control measures, a sentiment that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have echoed in statements since the shooting.
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Student perspectives on campus protests mixed
The report cautions that the war between Israel and Hamas and the upcoming presidential election “is a combustible situation,” and protests on campus this fall seem inevitable.
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New York Gov. Hochul signs law mandating panic buttons in retail stores
The law will go into effect in 180 days.
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Supreme Court briefs filed against Tennessee minor gender-affirming care ban
The Supreme Court said in June that it would hear the case.
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Orleans Parish prosecutors grilled over high rate of post-conviction relief
"The numbers in New Orleans are substantially different than in other DA's around the state by a matter of hundreds," Murrill said.
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Washington state GOP files legal challenge to lands commissioner recount results
The Office of the Secretary of State certified results of a hand recount, giving King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove a 49-vote edge.