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Arkansas State

A supporter of the Arkansas Abortion Amendment holds up a sign in an Arkansas Capitol hallway while petitions to put the amendment on the November ballot are delivered in boxes to the Secretary of State on Friday, July 5, 2024. (Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate) Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston’s argument...

Rejection of proposed Arkansas abortion amendment threatens other ballot measures, supporters say

Arizona State

Organizers for a ballot initiative that would amend the Arizona Constitution to protect abortion rights set up outside the Arizona Capitol on April 9, 2024, shortly after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that an 1864 near-total abortion ban is enforceable. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona Mirror. Voters in November...

Abortion rights constitutional amendment cleared for the November ballot

Attendees cheer during a Missourians for Constitutional Freedom rally after the campaign turned in more than 380,000 signatures for its initiative petition to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri’s constitution Friday morning (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Abortion will be on Missouri’s statewide ballot in November. An initiative petition to enshrine...

Missouri voters will decide whether to legalize abortion in November

Ballot language for a proposed constitutional amendment banning non-citizen and ranked-choice voting will not be changed, a judge ruled Monday (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent). The ballot language written by lawmakers for a proposed constitutional amendment stating “only citizens of the United States” can vote and banning ranked-choice voting is fair and...

Judge upholds ballot language to ban noncitizen voting, already illegal in Missouri

Ohio State

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

North Carolina State

Dave Almeida of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, NC DHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley and Gov. Roy Cooper at a July 2024 press conference on medical debt forgiveness. (Photo: Lynn Bonner) Gov. Roy Cooper announced Monday that 2 million North Carolinians will have their medical debt forgiven after all the state’s...

Two million North Carolinians could benefit as hospitals sign on to debt forgiveness program

Denver, CO

David Heitz

No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

Colorado State

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Kansas State

Jackson County, MO

Jackson County officials said Monday they are evaluating potential legal challenges to an order by the State Tax Commission they argue was only issued to cover for Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey. The Missouri State Tax Commission last week ordered the county to roll back most of its 2023 property...

Jackson County claims property tax order was meant to shield Missouri AG from deposition

New Jersey State

Jersey City, NJ

The meeting comes nearly two weeks after a federal judge declined to weigh in on whether federal law bars cops from using cannabis off duty. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Nearly two weeks after a federal judge said he wouldn’t weigh in yet on whether it’s legal for New Jersey cops to use marijuana, the Civil Service Commission is set to decide the fate of another police officer who was terminated for ingesting cannabis.

N.J. panel to hear new case of cop fired for using cannabis

Georgia State

Atlanta, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Los Angeles County, CA

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Herbie J Pilato

It's been 33 years since the handsome actor and Emmy award-winning TV game show host Bert Convy died of a brain tumor at 57 in 1991. This is his story. Bert Convy was born July 23, 1933, in St. Louis, Missouri. His father was in the shoe business, while his parents separated when he was just seven years old. His mother moved the family to California in the San Fernando Valley, where Convy attended North Hollywood High and was named the "class clown."

In Memory of Actor/Game Show Host Bert Convy: 33 Years After His Tragic Death From Brain Cancer

Iowa State

Cherokee County, IA

A still photo from a body-camera video shot during a search of a home by Cherokee County deputies in December 2023. (Main image courtesy of U.S. District Court; sheriff's insignia courtesy of Cherokee County) A northwest Iowa man is suing two Cherokee County deputies, alleging they mistakenly entered and searched...

Iowa man alleges confused deputies mistakenly searched his home

Tennessee State

Las Vegas, NV

A man from North Carolina has been arrested in Las Vegas after trying to defraud a casino using a fraudulent check. The man, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, used a check with an original value of $174.80 to claim $865,000 in chips. Nadendla Presented a Fraudulent Check. Dharma Nadendla,...

NC Man Arrested in Vegas for Gambling with Fraudulent Check

BroBible

DraftKings Sportsbook is backtracking, quickly, after announcing a plan to introduce a tax on winning bets in order to remain competitive in the market As you can imagine, that announcement didn’t go over well with the betting company’s users, especially after CEO Jason Robins issued a statement on the matter that only made things worse. […]
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DraftKings Walks Back Its Plan To Tax Winning Bets After Massive Blowback From Users

Texas State

Dallas, TX

The State Fair of Texas in Dallas on Oct. 20, 2016. (Allison V. Smith for The Texas Tribune) Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas House Republicans are pressuring State Fair officials to...

Texas House Republicans petition State Fair to rescind gun ban

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A Black woman may be leading the presidential ticket of a major political party for the first time, but for Jacksonville’s Black conservatives, political values trump a candidate’s personal identity.

Republicans look to shore up support among Black conservatives in Jacksonville

Florida State

Uncovering Florida

Most people are guilty of doing it at least once in their lives, many people do it by accident, some do it because they find it fun, and others do it for reasons like honoring loved ones. Regardless of the situation, just about everyone has released a balloon. The difference is that intentionally releasing balloons is now illegal by House Bill 321’s standards.

Law Signed By DeSantis Makes It Illegal To Release Balloons In Florida

New Hampshire State

Gov. Chris Sununu's has signed a slew of bills passed by the House and Senate during the spring. (Dana Wormald | New Hampshire Bulletin) As the State House voting chambers lie empty this summer, Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk has been flooded. Hundreds of bills passed by lawmakers in late spring have circulated from the Office of Legislative Services to the Secretary of State’s Office to the House speaker, the Senate president, and finally over to Sununu, who has signed the majority that have reached him.

Racial profiling ban, AI guardrails, and trespassing signs: The bill signings you may have missed

Ocilla, GA

Last Thursday, agents from the South Central Drug Task Force (SCDTF) made an arrest following a successful execution of a search warrant at a residence in Ocilla. According to officials, the search yielded a significant quantity of drugs, including tablets suspected to contain fentanyl, associated with a criminal street gang.

Successful Drug Bust in Ocilla Leads to Arrest Linked to 'Local Criminal Street Gang'

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Sports wagering, minimum wage hike headed for November vote in Missouri

Bill DeWitt III, president of the St. Louis Cardinals, foreground, testifies in favor of sports wagering alongside Todd George, executive vice president of Penn National Gaming,...

Sports wagering, minimum wage hike headed for November vote in Missouri

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