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Judge denies effort to halt State Fair of Texas' gun ban
DALLAS (AP) — A judge on Thursday denied a effort by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to halt the recently announced ban on guns at the State Fair of Texas. Dallas County District Judge Emily Tobolowsky denied the state's request for a temporary injunction to stop the ban from...
Georgia official seeks more school safety money after Apalachee High shooting
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state school superintendent says he wants the state to spend more money to guarantee security officers and wearable panic alert buttons after a school shooting killed four at Apalachee High School northeast of Atlanta. Richard Woods, a Republican elected...
Tennessee judge rules gun control questions can go on Memphis ballot
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge ruled Wednesday that three gun control questions can go on the November ballot in Memphis, even as top Republican state leaders have threatened to withhold tens of millions of dollars in state funding should city leaders put the initiative before voters. ...
Judge restores voting rights for 4 tangled in Tennessee gun rights mandate but uncertainty remains
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has ruled that four people can't be denied their voting rights because their specific felony offenses bar them from having a gun, even under a state directive that added gun rights as a prerequisite to casting a ballot again. But the four...
Young women are more liberal than they’ve been in decades, a Gallup analysis finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Young women are more liberal than they have been in decades, according to a Gallup analysis of more than 20 years of polling data. Over the past few years, about 4 in 10 young women between the ages of 18 and 29 have described their political views as liberal,...
Kamala Harris, gun owner, talks firearms at debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris surprised some viewers during her debate with Donald Trump when she said that she's a gun owner, raising the fact to counter her Republican opponent's accusation that she wants to confiscate firearms. “Tim Walz and I are both gun...
Nevada GOP politician who ran for state treasurer headed toward trial in fundraising fraud case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada Republican who ran unsuccessfully for state treasurer in 2022 pleaded not guilty Monday to two new charges and headed toward trial in two weeks on federal accusations she used funds raised for a statue honoring a slain police officer for political and personal costs,...
Hawaii can ban guns on beaches, an appeals court says
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii can enforce a law banning firearms on its world-famous beaches, a U.S. appeals court panel ruled Friday. Three Maui residents sued to block a 2023 state law prohibiting carrying a firearm on the sand and in other places deemed sensitive, including banks, bars...
Mayor of Alabama's capital becomes latest to try to limit GOP 'permitless carry' law
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The mayor of Alabama’s state capital signed a local ordinance into law on Friday requiring anyone carrying a concealed firearm to also carry a photo ID, saying Republican lawmakers' decision to toss permit requirements for concealed guns had hindered police officers'...
JD Vance says he laments that school shootings are a 'fact of life' and calls for better security
PHOENIX (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance said Thursday that he lamented that school shootings are a “fact of life" and argued the U.S. needs to harden security to prevent more carnage like the shooting this week that left four dead in Georgia. “If these...
