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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Limited hospital access disproportionately harms people incarcerated in rural areas

Close up of a single strand of barbed wire above a fence with a correctional facility in the background.

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The Supreme Court is more interested in Second Amendment cases than ever before

U.S. Supreme Court Police direct visitors from behind security barriers in front of court building, which is obscured in construction scaffolding, on the first day of the Court’s new term on October 06, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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States hope to use rural health money to keep doctors, combat chronic disease

A high school student getting his blood pressure checked at a mobile medical clinic in Terre Haute South High School, Indiana.

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SNAP reliance and benefits by state

A 'SNAP welcomed here' sign at the entrance of a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon.