Arkansas ends fiscal year with $698 million surplus, finance office says

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas has ended its fiscal year with a $698.4 million surplus, state finance officials announced Tuesday. The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration said the state’s net available revenue for the fiscal year that ended on Sunday totaled $6.9...

Virginia certifies John McGuire as primary winner over Rep. Bob Good, who says he'll seek a recount

RICHMOND. Va. (AP) — The Virginia State Board of Elections on Tuesday certified the apparent narrow defeat of Republican Rep. Bob Good, one of America's most conservative congressmen, to a challenger endorsed by former President Donald Trump in the state's June 18 primaries. The...

Virginia Senate takes no action on move to repeal military tuition program restrictions

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Senate has failed for a second time to eliminate new restrictions on a state program that offers free college tuition at state schools for families of veterans who were killed or seriously disabled while on active duty. The state House of Delegates...

Book Review: Pollster who wrote 'The Latino Century' says both political parties get Hispanics wrong

Mike Madrid, author of the new book “The Latino Century,” is better situated than most political consultants to comment on the U.S. Latino electorate because of his job experience and upbringing. Growing up in a Mexican American family in Southern California, Madrid says he...

House Republicans sue Attorney General Garland over access to Biden special counsel interview audio

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Monday filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland for the audio recording of President Joe Biden's interview with a special counsel in his classified documents case, asking the courts to enforce their subpoena and reject the White House's...

Campaign to get new political mapmaking system on Ohio’s ballot submits more than 700,000 signatures

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a proposal to change Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system delivered hundreds of thousands of signatures on Monday as they work to qualify for the statewide ballot this fall. Citizens Not Politicians dropped off more than 700,000 petition...

House Republicans sue Attorney General Garland for access to audio of Biden's interview with special counsel

Democrat Elissa Slotkin makes massive ad buy in Michigan Senate race in flex of fundraising

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin is using her fundraising advantage in the race for Michigan’s coveted open U.S. Senate seat to drop $8 million on advertising in the final weeks leading up to the general election. Slotkin is the overwhelming favorite to win...

Voters kick all the Republican women out of the South Carolina Senate

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year. In return, they lost their jobs. Voters removed Sens. Sandy Senn, Penry Gustafson and Katrina Shealy from...

Republican JD Vance journeys from 'Hillbilly Elegy' memoirist to US senator to VP contender

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — It was March 2022 and Senate candidate JD Vance was standing under hot lights in a Cleveland television studio debating four fellow Republicans on whether the U.S. should support a no-fly zone over Ukraine, not a month into its grinding war with Russia. ...