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Posted Dec 16, 2021, 6:10 am
Kira Lerner
/Arizona Mirror
Phil Waldron, the suddenly famous election denier behind the circulation of a PowerPoint filled with plans to overturn the 2020 election and one of the proponents of the "audit" in Maricopa County, has a long history of election subversion attempts in multiple states.... Read more»
Posted Sep 13, 2021, 10:06 am
Kristian Hernandez
/Stateline
Many states face increased legal wrangling this redistricting cycle - so far, some 49 redistricting suits have been filed in state and federal courts in at least 22 states, and delayed census redistricting data has been the main reason cited in most lawsuits filed so far. ... Read more»
Posted Sep 9, 2021, 7:32 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
Conan Hayes, former professional surfer who made millions from the clothing brand he started and author of a Twitter account that has been called a “superspreader of election disinformation,” is part of a web of people connected to election fraud claims across the country.... Read more»
Posted Aug 6, 2021, 7:47 am
Alex Brown
/Stateline
As search and rescue teams across the country are hampered by an aging volunteer base and struggling to keep up with a surge in calls for help, a Colorado law enacted earlier this year could lead to a dramatic rethinking of the current current SAR structure.... Read more»
Posted Dec 29, 2020, 12:31 pm
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
A lawsuit filed Sunday in a Texas federal court by Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert, and several other Republicans including Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward, are suing Vice President Mike Pence in one more attempt to overturn the results of the presidential election.... Read more»
Posted Nov 5, 2020, 12:06 pm
Ian MacDougall
/ProPublica
It’s easy enough for the Trump campaign to file a lawsuit claiming improprieties, but a lot harder to provide evidence of wrongdoing or a convincing legal argument. Here’s what you need to know as the election lawsuits start to mount.... Read more»
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Posted Aug 18, 2020, 12:56 pm
Catherine Fusillo
/Cronkite News
Arizona was identified by Democrats Monday as one of six battleground states for this fall’s election, a status that state lawmakers said has been 10 years in the making.... Read more»
Posted May 21, 2020, 1:28 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from Michigan over a plan to give every voter in the state an opportunity to vote by mail in this year's elections – the same thing that Arizona election officials will do this year.... Read more»
Posted Apr 7, 2020, 10:13 am
Akilah Johnson & Talia Buford/ProPublica
Environmental, economic and political factors have compounded for generations, putting black people at higher risk of chronic conditions that leave lungs weak and immune systems vulnerable: asthma, heart disease, hypertension and diabetes. These conditions make the coronavirus more dangerous than it already is.... Read more»
Posted Apr 1, 2020, 10:29 am
Miranda Cyr
/Cronkite News
On March 16, the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a public alert aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19. The problem: For days, it was in English only – leaving millions of non-English speakers in the U.S. without direct guidance from the federal government amid the deadly and fast-moving pandemic.... Read more»
Posted Mar 25, 2020, 11:03 am
Judith Graham
/Kaiser Health News
Everyone age 60 and older is at high risk of complications from COVID-19 and should adopt measures to limit contact with others, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends.... Read more»
Posted Mar 8, 2016, 10:20 am
Eugene Kiely
/Factcheck.org
This time it’s Bernie Sanders’ turn to cherry-pick the facts about the auto bailout of 2008 and 2009 — which has become a point of contention between Sanders and Hillary Clinton in the final days before the Michigan presidential primary.... Read more»
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Posted Sep 1, 2014, 3:29 pm
Alex Lancial & Jim Tuttle/News21
Fear of the federal government’s interference with Second Amendment rights and suspicion that elected officials are ignoring the “will of the people” have provoked a resurgence of self-described patriots across the country who say they are preparing to defend themselves and their rights by any means necessary. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 27, 2013, 10:12 pm
Nikole Hannah-Jones
/ProPublica
The Supreme Court, poised to rule on a major affirmative action case, accepts another one. What this might say about dismantling race-conscious programs.... Read more»
Posted Feb 28, 2012, 9:25 pm
Global Post
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney won Michigan's primary Tuesday night, edging out rival Rick Santorum in his home state and giving his campaign a major boost.... Read more»
Posted Jan 12, 2012, 10:12 am
Luke Browne
/Global Post
New applications for weekly unemployment benefits jumped last week, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday, rising to a six-week high of 399,000 in the week ending Jan. 7, a 24,000 increase on the previous week’s total of 375,000.... Read more»