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Editorial Roundup: Nebraska
Lincoln Journal Star. May 24, 2023. Editorial: Better plan for voter ID moves ahead Nebraska had no demonstrable need for a voter ID law. Elections have always been safe, secure and accurately counted. But concerns, fueled by allegations from...
Spanish prime minister calls early general election after battering in regional vote
MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday called an early general election for July 23 in a surprise move after his Socialist party took a serious battering in local and regional elections. Prior to Sunday's debacle, Sánchez had insisted that he would ride out...
Debt ceiling agreement gets thumbs up from business groups, jeers from some on political right
WASHINGTON (AP) — The reviews are starting to come in as details emerge about the debt ceiling agreement reached by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Even before seeing those details, some lawmakers were criticizing the deal as not doing enough to tackle the...
Debt ceiling tests Speaker McCarthy as he rides breezily through high-wire act of his career
WASHINGTON (AP) — One morning during the debt ceiling crisis, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy climbed onto his mountain bike and took a ride along the National Mall, marveling at the monuments. The next day he arrived for negotiations at the Capitol carting in tortilla chips and queso...
Mississippi Democrats improperly excluded candidate for governor, judge says
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi could have a Democratic primary for governor in August because a judge ruled Friday that the party improperly excluded a candidate from the ballot. The state Democratic Party immediately filed notice that it will ask the Mississippi Supreme Court...
Oregon, awash in treatment funds after decriminalizing drugs, now must follow the money
Funding for drug treatment centers in Oregon, financed by the state's pioneering drug decriminalization policy, stood at over a quarter-billion dollars Friday as officials called for closer monitoring of where the money goes. That need for oversight was demonstrated Wednesday when...
Guatemala's top court ends candidacy of leading presidential hopeful 1 month before vote
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s top court blocked the candidacy of another presidential hopeful on Friday, this time ending the campaign of poll leader Carlos Pineda for alleged violations of electoral law. The Constitutional Court rejected Pineda’s appeal after electoral...
Debt ceiling explained: What to know about the showdown in Washington as default looms
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans still do not have a deal with President Joe Biden to raise the debt ceiling as the nation is a little more than a week away from a potentially catastrophic default. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Friday that negotiators were working...
Louisiana lawmakers pressed to resurrect bill banning gender-affirming care for minors
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A longtime Republican lawmaker, in rural Louisiana, is facing national backlash following his tie-breaking vote to kill a bill that would ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender youths in the state. State Sen. Fred Mills told The Associated Press...
Spanish Socialists under pressure in key regional elections
MADRID (AP) — Spain goes to the polls on Sunday for local and regional elections seen as a bellwether for a national vote in December, with the conservative Popular Party steadily gaining ground on the ruling Socialists in key regions. Spain's 17 regional governments, plus two...
