Florida State

NewsNation

Here's where the two parties stand when it comes to Social Security reform.

Social Security: Where do Democrats and Republicans stand

Tennessee State

Nashville, TN

Fox News

A conservative congressman who has twice filed articles of impeachment against Vice President Kamala Harris is grabbing national attention as Tennessee holds primary elections on Tuesday.

House conservative who's twice moved to impeach Vice President Harris faces competitive GOP primary

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Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

Georgia State

Arizona State

Palm Springs Tribune

In an effort to target traditional Republican voters who are not part of the MAGA movement, the Harris campaign has announced the “Republicans For Harris” movement. The group has secured key endorsements from some high ranking republicans with a notable array of former Trump White House officials, including Stephanie Grisham and Olivia Troye. The group also includes former Secretaries Chuck Hagel and Ray LaHood, as well as former Governors Jim Edgar, Bill Weld, and Christine Todd Whitman. Additionally, it boasts support from former U.S. House members such as Rod Chandler, Tom Coleman, Dave Emery, Wayne Gilchrest, Jim Greenwood, Adam Kinzinger, John LeBoutillier, Susan Molinari, Jack Quinn, Denver Riggleman, Claudine Schneider, Christopher Shays, Peter Smith, Alan Steelman, David Trott, and Joe Walsh. Former GOP State Chair and State Senator Chris Vance is also among the endorsers, along with many others.

Republicans For Harris Group Launches While Trump Insults Key Georgia Republican

The Hill

President Biden on Friday celebrated the two-year anniversary of his administration’s signature legislative achievement, the Inflation Reduction Act, as former President Trump and other Republicans target and vow to roll back parts of the law should they win back the White House in November. Biden, in a statement, touted the law as the “largest climate…

Biden marks Inflation Reduction Act anniversary amid GOP attacks

Virginia State

NBC News

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good, R-Va., has lost his primary recount, a Virginia court certified on Thursday, cementing his narrow defeat to GOP state Sen. John McGuire. The recount results confirmed McGuire beat Good, after McGuire initially led Good by just 374 votes in the June primary in Virginia’s...

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good loses Virginia primary recount

New Jersey State

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) exits Manhattan federal court on July 16, 2024, in New York City. Menendez and his wife Nadine are accused of taking bribes of gold bars, a luxury car, and cash in exchange for using Menendez's position to help the government of Egypt and other corrupt acts according to an indictment from the Southern District of New York. The jury found Menendez guilty on all counts. (Adam Gray | Getty Images)

Sen. Menendez pulls independent bid for Senate, ending Congressional career

Honolulu, HI

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi addresses the media during a press conference to announce new affordable housing and beds at Waikiki Vista to help alleviate homelessness. State Coordinator on Homelessness John Mizuno, left, and Gov. Josh Green listen in. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024) Emboldened by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that...

Honolulu Mayor Vows Tougher Approach On Homelessness

Kansas State

Students, parents and educators are all still grappling with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, writes our columnist. (Eric Thomas for Kansas Reflector) Four years ago, I sat with my hands resting on this same keyboard. I was frozen and baffled. On the bulletin board above my desk, I was...

What the pandemic taught Kansas teachers, four years after the most bizarre academic year ever

Montana State

Bozeman, MT

Former President Donald Trump soaks in the crowd at a rally in Bozeman on Aug. 9, 2024. (Photo by Blair Miller, Daily Montanan) I watched nearly 100 minutes of Donald Trump’s speech that he gave a week ago in Bozeman, one of his few recent public rallies. Listening closely...

Trump’s visit to Montana demonstrates he’s all bluster and no policy

POLITICO

AIPAC and other pro-Israel groups spent a combined $25 million on ads to defeat Reps. Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush this summer. Liberals worry they're just getting started.

Progressives face an existential threat from AIPAC. And there's nothing to stop it.

Colorado State

Denver, CO

A senior chief cryptologic technician pipes during the Navy Reserve Center change of command ceremony at U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum, Colorado Springs, Aug. 13, 2022. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Gilbert Bolibol) During the last century, the U.S. military resorted to asbestos when the World War...

Asbestos exposure may concern veterans even today

Camden, NJ

Cornelius, NC

Morristown Minute

CAMDEN, N.J. – Lisa Smith, 61, of Cornelius, North Carolina, has admitted to her role in a fraudulent scheme involving over $3.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today that Smith pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Karen M. Williams in Camden federal court on July 17, 2024, to a charge of bank fraud conspiracy.

Woman Pleads Guilty to $3.5M COVID Relief Scam

Polk County, FL

Fort Meade, FL

Uncovering Florida

The Polk County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after conducting an investigation into a case of credit card fraud involving 28-year-old Burger King employee, Kellyn Miley. The incident was discussed in detail during this morning's briefing with Sheriff Grady Judd.

Burger King Employee Caught Using Customer's Credit Card for Food at Former Job

State social services workers sign up residents for Medicaid at a resource fair in Richmond in 2018. (Ned Oliver/ Virginia Mercury) Of the roughly 2 million Virginians who’d been enrolled in Medicaid before the COVID-19 pandemic, over 480,000 of them have been disenrolled as of this August. Typically eligibility...

Nearly 500,000 Virginians in Medicaid have been disenrolled

Nebraska State

More than 100 state employees rallied during a noon hour in early December against Gov. Pillen's order to end remote work. Dec. 7, 2023. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) The Nebraska Commission of Industrial Relations, a state agency charged with settling disputes between public employees and their government employers, recently made a high-profile decision regarding remote work assignments for state employees that may affect all Nebraskans.

We urge Gov. Jim Pillen to end the dispute over remote work and negotiate with state employees

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

The Kentucky Secretary of State on Friday announced 14,502 Kentuckians registered to vote in July. “Kentuckians are signing up to vote in big numbers, because they trust the integrity of our elections,” said Secretary of State Michael Adams.

Kentucky voter registrations increased by more than 14,500 in July, the most since 2022

House Democratic Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that House Democrats will do “everything that we need to do” to win back the House so that the American people don’t need to encounter the question of whether House Republicans will certify the 2024 election.

Tapper to Jeffries: Are you confident the GOP-led House would certify 2024 election?

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Two Florida congressional Dems warn Medicare drug price reduction is at risk if Harris doesn’t win

Medicare recipients who take insulin will be the first to benefit from the drug pricing provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act. Additional drug costs will start...

Two Florida congressional Dems warn Medicare drug price reduction is at risk if Harris doesn’t win

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