New Jersey State

Mountain View, CA

NBC News

Jessica Taylor, Senate and Governors Editor of the Cook Political Report, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the latest polling numbers from key battleground state senate races and how Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign could affect down-ballot races.

New senate polls show gains for most Democrats in battleground states

California State

WashingtonExaminer

A Democratic state senator from California has switched her party affiliation to Republican, she announced Thursday. Now-Republican state Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil suggested she was dismayed by the state’s Democratic supermajority. “Since I’ve served in our state’s Capitol, I’ve had a front-row seat to witness the supermajority push California in the wrong direction, having a grave […]

Democratic California state senator switches to GOP

Florida State

Democrats have been sunny in their hopes to flip Florida in the presidential and Senate elections in November, but Republicans have expanded a key advantage that wasn’t in their favor four years ago. The Florida Republican Party announced Sunday that it expanded its voter registration advantage in the state to more than 1 million voters, […]

Democrats fall into 1 million voter hole in former swing state

Georgia State

State Democrats have appealed rulings by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger that allow independent presidential candidate Cornel West and socialist candidate Claudia De la Cruz on ballots in the November election. The Friday appeal of Raffensperger’s final rulings says the Secretary of State misapplied state law by allowing them...

Democrats appeal ballot decision on independent, third-party candidates

Wisconsin State

Mediaite

CNN data guru Harry Enten reported on recent polling numbers that are promising for Vice President Kamala Harris, showing her surging with voters usually viewed as former President Donald Trump’s base. Anchor Erin Burnett introduced the segment by noting that Harris was not just making gains against Trump generally,...

Harris Surging With Swing State White Working Class Voters — ‘Donald Trump’s Core Group’

Maine State

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Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

The Hill

Vice President Harris is gaining momentum among voters who disliked both President Biden and former President Trump, according to a new poll. The new Monmouth University poll found the number of “double haters”— voters who dislike both candidates — has been cut in half since Harris joined the race. The poll found 8 percent of voters do not have favorable views of either Harris or Trump, while 17 percent said they did not have favorable views of either Biden or Trump.

Harris picks up ‘double haters’ as Democratic enthusiasm jumps: Poll

Uncovering Florida

Today, Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a lawsuit against the Biden-Harris administration for failing to provide public documents requested through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) filing. The March 2024 FOIA request sought records related to policies allowing the release of dangerous criminal illegal aliens from U.S. prisons into the general population rather than deporting them.

FL Attorney General Sues Biden-Harris Administration Over Release of Criminal Illegal Aliens

Virginia State

Fox News

Gov. Glenn Youngkin codified an executive order on Wednesday that requires elections to use all paper ballots as part of wider security protocols implemented under his administration.

Youngkin mandates all paper ballots for presidential elections in Virginia

Denver, CO

David Heitz

A Denver City Council committee will consider Tuesday changing the term “feminine hygiene products” to the more inclusive “menstrual hygiene products” in city sales tax documents.

Denver considers name change for feminine hygiene products

NewsNation

Vice President Harris and former President Trump are locked in a tight race across seven battleground states as the race for the White House enters the home stretch, according to polling released Thursday.  The new survey from Emerson College Polling and The Hill found Harris edging out Trump in Georgia (49 percent to 48 percent), […]

Harris, Trump locked in tight race in 7 swing states: Poll

Kamala Harris needs young, Black voters like Julian Roberts to have any hope of taking key battleground state Georgia, which became a focus for Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 US presidential defeat. Joe Biden flipped the state by the smallest of margins four years ago -- defeating Trump by fewer than 12,000 votes -- and support from a surge of Black and young voters was critical.

In Georgia, Black voters' optimism meets suppression concern

Minnesota State

Savannah, GA

The Current GA

The Harris-Walz campaign opened its Savannah-area bus tour Wednesday with political pundits across the nation pondering weighty issues of whether the events showed Georgia to be either a red or blue state.

Harris, Walz make barbecue stop in Sandfly

Salem, OH

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

New York City, NY

An autopsy has revealed the causes of death for New York City lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda, two of the victims of the Bayesian yacht sinking.

Superyacht sinks: Cause of death revealed for NYC lawyer and wife

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A historic marker could be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting at the Dollar General store in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood nearly a year ago. If approved by the Jacksonville City Council, a marker would be installed at Kings Road and Canal Street on Aug. 25, a day before the first anniversary of the shooting, when a white gunman took the lives of three Black people.

Memorial considered to honor Dollar General victims

Thomson, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A Georgia city mayor has been arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation following an investigation and a grand jury indictment. According to GBI officials, the Thomson Police Department requested the agency to investigate an allegation that Thomson City Mayor, 52-year-old Benjamin Cary Cranford, provided alcohol to an inmate on work detail within the city limits on June 4, 2024.

Georgia City Mayor Arrested for Allegedly Giving Alcohol to an Inmate on Work Det

NewsBreak

Unaffiliated voter registration swells; Dems outpace GOP in NJ-7

While the GOP continues to outpace Democrats in voter registration tallies, it’s unaffiliated voters who are further dominating the registration forms. The number of unaffiliated voters...

Unaffiliated voter registration swells; Dems outpace GOP in NJ-7

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