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High housing costs cut into Texans’ income gains in 2025, new Census data shows
Incomes grew in some parts of the state and fell in others, according to new U.S. Census Bureau figures. Meanwhile, homeowners are paying more to keep a roof over their heads.
News The Texas Tribune
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Texas elections aren’t official until they get certified. Here’s how it works.
The typically low-key process has come under scrutiny since Jan. 6 rioters sought to halt certification of the 2020 presidential election.
News The Texas Tribune
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Lost in translation, found in sound: South Texas jazz story heads to Tokyo
San Antonio filmmaker Nick Mery’s “One Night Stand in Tokyo” follows South Texas jazz drummer Brandon Guerra as he collaborates with Japanese musicians. The documentary screens at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia in November, continuing Mery’s exploration of cultural…
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Memphis immigrant food pantry says need remains high a year after federal task force entered city
After her two adult daughters were arrested while working at a Memphis nightclub during a sweeping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in late August, a grandmother suddenly found herself responsible for the care of her eight grandchildren. It’s families like this…
News Tennessee Lookout
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Detroit Could Block Billionaire-Owned Concrete Plant From Further Neighborhood Expansion
The post Detroit Could Block Billionaire-Owned Concrete Plant From Further Neighborhood Expansion appeared first on ProPublica.
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AIPAC Isn’t Retreating. Here’s How It’s Already Shaping the Next Congress.
A new project by The Intercept reveals the hundreds of candidates still taking the pro-Israel lobby’s cash, and how AIPAC is obscuring its spending. The post AIPAC Isn’t Retreating. Here’s How It’s Already Shaping the Next Congress. appeared first on The Intercept.
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Black and Latino children end up in foster care in Colorado at higher rates despite overall drop
The latest report on racial disparity in the state child welfare system shows little improvement for children of color
News Colorado Sun
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Social media stars are getting paid to take sides in California's billionaire tax battle
The battle over the billionaire tax proposal is playing out on social media where influencers, including parents and senior citizens, are getting paid to post videos to inform and sway voters.
News Los Angeles Times Politics
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In final push, Trump rallies in red states, offering a rosy and off-script message
With polls showing most Americans unhappy with the economy, President Trump is offering a portrait of national prosperity that many voters may not recognize.
News Los Angeles Times Politics
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Support dwindles for wealth tax, voter ID ballot measures, new poll shows
A new UC Berkeley/Los Angeles Times poll finds 50% of likely voters oppose Proposition 40's one-time billionaire tax, as support has faded amid a heavily funded campaign against it.
News Los Angeles Times Politics
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Despite concern from CA reps, Trump admin is still sending pregnant migrant youth to South Texas
SoCal Dems add their voices to concerns about the girls' safety and the Trump administration's lack of transparency
News LAist
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Why Abdul el Sayed won’t denounce the Muslim Brotherhood
NBC News’s Meet the Press host Kristen Welker kept insisting on Sunday that Abdul el Sayed, Michigan’s Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, had denounced the Muslim Brotherhood. I was flabbergasted. How could I have missed such major news? Until now, the progressive…
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Trump faces ‘purest referendum’ in South Carolina
South Carolina’s surprisingly competitive Senate race poses one of the clearest tests of President Trump’s continued sway over Republican voters, as his popularity sinks across the political spectrum. He’ll return to the state for the second time in two weeks Thursday, seeking to…
News The Hill
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The Memo: Trump faces massive midterm rebuke — if the polls are right
President Trump looks to be facing a major rebuke from voters as the clock ticks down to the midterm elections. Yet, even as Democratic hopes rise, there are also nagging fears within the opposition party about its chances of taking the Senate, in particular. The overall dynamics…
News The Hill
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Midterm results could bring brewing student loan battle to a head
Student loan advocates see next week’s midterms as an opportunity for further oversight and potential reversals of policies from the Trump administration that have delayed or denied debt relief and increased monthly payments. Democrats have the potential Tuesday to retake the…
News The Hill
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Johnson signals he’ll remain atop GOP, scrambling leadership landscape
Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) recent hints that he intends to remain GOP leader even if Republicans lose the House have rattled the party’s leadership outlook and raised fresh new questions about the GOP’s future heading into the next Congress. Most House Speakers in recent…
News The Hill
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Democrats eye ways to rein in the power of future presidents
Confident in their odds of flipping the House, Democrats are eyeing ways to curb the powers of the presidency. The effort is not likely to result in any significant reforms while President Trump remains in office and controls the veto pen. But Democrats, who have long accused…
News The Hill
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Democrats see battleground map expand to South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi
Democrats are giddy about the possibility of a bigger blue wave than expected in the battle for the Senate as polls show that South Carolina, Florida and Mississippi — three seats that were long seen as safe Republican holds — are now competitive races. Democrats view the…
News The Hill
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Goodnight nobody, goodnight mush
Your daily Minnesota news roundup starts … NOW. Tally up two more cases of voter fraud in Minnesota, this time by conservative provocateur James O’Keefe and his associate Cameron Higby. […] The post Goodnight nobody, goodnight mush appeared first on MinnPost.
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Opinion: What should we make of the ‘ugliest political ad of 2026′?
News Deseret News Politics
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Georgia is single-handedly shifting the conversation on Black women in politics
The 2016 election changed how Tanya Miller felt about politics. The 2024 election — President Donald Trump’s defeat of then-Vice President Kamala Harris — changed how she saw her career. “Who I viewed as one of the most qualified folks to ever run for president got beat by a…
News The 19th
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Gobierno evalúa convertir a Puerto Rico en sede de ensayos clínicos con psicodélicos
En noviembre se sabrá si el Comité Asesor recomienda insertarse en esta nueva política pública federal, pero aún no se sabe de dónde saldría parte del dinero y el personal para ejecutarla.
News Puerto Rico Center for Investigative Journalism
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Is Montana Holding the Key to Undoing Citizens United?
In early January, Jeff Mangan, the founder of a small nonprofit called the Transparent Election Initiative, was preparing to launch a ballot initiative to reduce the flow of money into Montana politics when his email inbox pinged with a message from the director of a canvassing…
News Mother Jones
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Tennessee Gov. Lee questions state rules denying licenses to immigrants legally able to work in U.S.
Gov. Bill Lee said Wednesday he is seeking more information about new rules imposed by state driver’s license administrators that have prevented immigrants legally authorized to work in the United States — including so-called “Dreamers” — from obtaining or renewing a Tennessee…
News Tennessee Lookout
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Milwaukee Brewers World Series Champs: First In 57 Years. What You Need To Know - October 29
Hanna Battah reports as the Milwaukee Brewers win the World Series for the first time in their 57-year history. Plus, President Trump says the Democrat in Alaska's Senate race should be prosecuted. And dozens of people protest outside Liberty Mutual headquarters over something…
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‘I get more meetings because of the brand’: BlackBerry’s CEO on keeping a famous name
Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.
News Fortune
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Phillip Ensler, John Wahl meet in lieutenant governor debate
The state’s Democratic and Republican nominees for lieutenant governor took the stage Wednesday night in Huntsville for the first, and likely only, debate between candidates for state office in this year’s election cycle. During the hour-long debate, Democratic nominee Phillip…
News Alabama Reflector
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Young Boozer, Rosilyn Houston face off in Alabama State Treasurer race
Alabama voters next week will choose whether to retain one of the state’s longest-serving state treasurers or elect a retired banker in his place. Republican incumbent Young Boozer will face Democratic nominee Rosilyn Houston in next Tuesday’s election to the position, which…
News Alabama Reflector
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DHS targeting naturalized Americans in voter investigations, civil rights groups say
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is unlawfully scrutinizing naturalized U.S. citizens and placing them at risk of disenfranchisement, civil rights groups alleged in a lawsuit Wednesday, less than a week before Election Day.
News Pennsylvania Capital-Star
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Midlife Lessons: We Need To Talk About Death (No Really)
Reaching middle age means facing the inevitable–but even if thinking about death is upsetting, it makes our lives more meaningful.
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