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Do you know your state's senators?

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One of Michigan’s most populous counties will post all ballots online

A voter casting an absentee ballot at the Sterling Heights Election Center in Michigan, USA.

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Michigan AG won’t appeal decision to drop charges against 2020 'false electors'

U.S. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks at a campaign rally in Michigan State University.

The harrowing journey home for families leaving immigration detention

Aerial view of South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas.

The troubling personal side of public surveillance

A surveillance camera is seen in the median of West Cesar Chavez Street at Lavaca Street next to Austin City Hall in Texas.

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Racial health disparities could widen as states grapple with Trump cuts, experts warn

Emergency Room nurses fill a hallway as they tend to patients at the Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital in Texas.

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Pennsylvania’s unique system of electing poll workers comes with downsides

Poll workers demonstrate how ballots are received, processed, scanned, and securely stored on Election Day.

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Inside the movement to professionalize election administration

A photograph of Lydia McComas, 28, the new city clerk in Madison, Wisconsin, decided in college that she wanted to be in the election administration field.

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Voting by mail faces uncertain moment ahead of midterm elections

Election workers sorting mail-in ballots at the Santa Clara County registrar of voters office on October 21, 2024 in San Jose, California.

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With deadline for healthcare premium tax credits expiration looming, farmers brace for rate hikes

Close up of a farmer's hands.

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Rural Americans struggle to afford heat as winter intensifies

Mark Burger of Blackhawk Propane delivers propane to a rural home on January 24, 2014 near Clinton, Wisconsin.

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A tiny land deal with giant implications

An aerial view of Brian Head ski resort in winter on a clear day.

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Deportations, tariffs, court clashes, record shutdown mark a historic year in Washington DC

US President Donald Trump signs the 'Big, Beautiful Bill' into law on Independence Day of 2025.

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Republicans want ‘comprehensive oversight’ of Michigan’s 2026 election. What does that mean?

The facade of the State Capitol Building of Michigan in Lansing.

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Trump appoints Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair: What it means for markets

Bom Kim (center), founder and CEO of Coupang, walks with investor Stan Druckenmiller and member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Kevin Warsh during the Allen & Company's annual Sun Valley Conference on July 13, 2023 in Sun Valley, Idaho.