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An election this month in Pittsburgh and some of its suburbs is emerging as an early test of whether Israel’s war with Hamas poses political threats to progressive Democrats in Congress who have criticized how the conflict has been handled. U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, a first-term lawmaker who has aligned herself with “the squad,” is facing a primary challenge from …

A Harris County attorney defended a guaranteed income program that’s been targeted in a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday. Paxton’s lawsuit claims that “Uplift Harris,” a guaranteed income program established in Harris County, is “unconstitutional.” The lawsuit seeks an “immediate ruling to block Uplift Harris from beginning to make payments under the program.” “This lawsuit …

Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Wednesday evening a measure that allows local police to arrest illegal immigrants in the Hawkeye State who have previously been deported or denied admission. Senate File 2340, which makes it a crime for an illegal immigrant to enter or re-enter the state if he or she has previously been deported or denied …

A New York state judge late on Thursday dramatically scaled back his order from the previous day that had invalidated most of the state’s cannabis regulations in a case challenging rules for advertising marijuana. New York Supreme Court Justice Kevin Bryant issued an amended order on Thursday that voided only regulations pertaining to cannabis marketing. The judge in Albany, New …

A Louisiana Democrat announced on Tuesday he is voting for a school choice bill, bucking his party that typically votes against school choice. Louisiana Democrat State Rep. Jason Hughes spoke during a committee meeting as state representatives discussed a bill that creates education savings accounts. The ESA is a school choice model adopted by several other states that enables parents …

EXCLUSIVE: A former Trump official is making waves in one of this year’s crucial battleground Senate races, one that could determine whether Republicans win control of the Senate from Democrats. Republican Nevada Senate candidate Jeff Gunter, the former U.S. ambassador to Iceland, announced on Tuesday that his campaign would be ramping up ahead of the state’s June 11 primary by …

An Alabama inmate seeking to block the state’s attempt to make him the second person put to death by nitrogen gas has filed a lawsuit arguing the first execution under the new method was “botched” and caused cruel and prolonged suffering. Attorneys for Alan Eugene Miller, who survived a 2022 lethal injection attempt, filed the lawsuit Friday in federal court …

Two Orange, California school board members were ousted from their positions after a recall election. Madison Klovstad Miner and Rick Ledesma, the Trustee Area 4 and Trustee Area 7 representatives on the Orange Unified School District Board of Education in California, faced a recall effort on March. According to Ballotpedia, a majority of residents approved the recall, voting in favor …

Although the Kentucky legislature paved the way for school choice with a Constitutional amendment, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear vowed to strike down the amendment when it reaches the November ballot. HB 2, which passed both chambers on March 15th, seeks to clarify the state constitution’s language about education funding. If approved by voters, the bill would add a section to …

The campaign for Derek Myers, a Republican candidate competing in Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District race, committed a series of embarrassing mistakes, including accidentally sending out a concession email, hours before the close of Tuesday’s primary. An email from Myers’ campaign office that was sent to media outlets on Tuesday at around 3 p.m. ET lamented that “tonight did not go …