Matt Vasilogambros | (TNS) Stateline.org
PORT AUSTIN, Mich. — Deep in the thumb of Michigan’s mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula, Republican election officials are outcasts in their rural communities.
Michigan cities already were familiar with the consequences of election conspiracy theories. In …
(TNS) KFF Health News
“We’re losing 300,000 people a year to fentanyl that comes through our border. We had it down to the lowest number and now it’s worse than it’s ever been.”
— Former President Donald Trump at a …
Kevin Hardy | (TNS) Stateline.org
The presidential race gets the hype, but the nearly 6,000 state legislative races across the country in November’s elections could reshape power dynamics in some states.
While Republicans are primed to maintain their national advantage …
SEASIDE >> Residents of this Monterey Peninsula city of about 31,000 will have an opportunity to provide input on initiatives the city of Seaside plans to take, as well as participating in a survey identifying challenges and suggesting solutions, to …
By DAVID BAUDER
NEW YORK (AP) — Fans of politics have another way to keep track of what’s happening in the most competitive states in the country through a new service that collects and streams local newscasts.
Swing State Election …
Alexander Battle Abdelal | (TNS) Bloomberg News
Beating the heat in the U.S. is a little harder this summer than it used to be: E. coli and cyanobacteria are causing widespread beach closures at lakes and rivers. It’s a problem …
Having a baby is about the ultimate “shoppable” health care experience, since you have roughly nine months to pick where to deliver.
As a health reporter, I have more experience with hospital prices than many people, so I thought I’d …
By TERRY TANG Associated Press
Brandi Brown has yet to find a Black church near her Southern California home that feels right for her. So when she wants to talk about God, she relies on someone over a thousand miles …
Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance said Sunday that former President Donald Trump would veto a national ban on abortion if reelected, a promise that drew immediate pushback from Democrats, including Bay State Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Warren speaking Sunday on …
By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination “on behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on Earth.” America, Barack Obama thundered, “is ready for a …
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday is tying Vice President Kamala Harris to the chaotic Afghanistan War withdrawal on the third anniversary of the suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service …
By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — She’s the sitting vice president who has been in office for 3 1/2 years. She’s also the presidential candidate of just five weeks promising a “new way forward.”
Kamala …
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press
The campaigns of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are arguing in advance of their high-stakes Sept. 10 debate over whether microphones should be muted except for the candidate whose turn it …
When government employment trackers announced last week that US job growth was likely a third less than originally reported, we wondered: How does California look?
The latest revisions to nationwide employment counts showed 2.1 million American jobs were added in …
When government employment trackers announced last week that US job growth was likely a third less than originally reported, we wondered: How does California look?
The latest revisions to nationwide employment counts showed 2.1 million American jobs were added in …
Four years ago this week, California’s power grid was so strained by a heat wave that rolling blackouts hit hundreds of thousands of residents over two days. It nearly happened again two years ago, when state officials issued 11 “flex …
SALINAS >> Twenty-three years ago, a pregnant Andrea Boutelle was rushed into surgery when doctors discovered the umbilical cord had wrapped around her son’s neck in utero. By the time doctors removed the fetus, it was too late. The infant’s …
Bu Robbie Sequeira, Stateline.org
When pandemic-era tenant protections expired, rents immediately soared, and eviction filings surged last year more than 50% over pre-pandemic levels in some U.S. cities.
These filings can cast long shadows. Simply being named in an eviction …
By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News
Trisha Byers left behind one crucial item when she moved to North Carolina last year to be closer to her family after suffering a brain injury: health insurance.
In Massachusetts, Byers, 39, was enrolled …
Jordan Rau | (TNS) KFF Health News
Dan Shively had been a bank president who built floats for July Fourth parades in Cody, Wyoming, and adored fly-fishing with his sons. Jeffrey Dowd had been an auto mechanic who ran a …
