Maine State

Florida State

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Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said he will consider more DUI patrols if voters legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida. Voters will consider Amendment 3 in November. It would allow adults 21 or older to possess, purchase or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical purposes.

More DUI patrols possible if marijuana issue passes

Colorado State

David Heitz

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

Wisconsin State

Latin Times

In a new CNN report, senior data reporter Harry Enten shared results from a new NYT/Siena College poll, showing how men and women are responding to Vice President Kamala Harris and why the Democrat seems to be gaining traction. The polling shows Harris gaining momentum amongst female voters, but not...

Kamala Harris gaining momentum among female voters, but not men, poll suggests

North Carolina State

The Hill

Democrats are rightly euphoric about what is happening in the 2024 presidential campaign. Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) have changed the vibe for the upcoming election and tapped into a hunger for the politics of joy. That is all for the good. But it shouldn’t...

Chaos is coming: Americans must act now to protect the vote from interference

The Conversation U.S.

Voter turnout among young people is historically low in the United States. And there is indication that a relatively small percentage of young voters could cast their ballot in November.

Most young voters support Kamala Harris − but that doesn’t guarantee they will show up at the polls

A flock of cranes whoop loudly at Fort Cooper in Citrus County. It’s the kind of up-close wildlife encounter you might expect at one of Florida’s 175 state parks. But you may have seen some other headlines about state parks lately. Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection is proposing...

Florida state parks and primary races

TIME

A guide to the battleground states in the 2024 election fight between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

The 7 States That Will Decide the Election

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Total Apex Sports & Entertainment

Some zodiac signs have many misfortunes while others excel in all sectors. Venus is in Libra on August 29 and will transform the three luckiest zodiac signs’ lives. Their friendships and relationships will grow on Thursday. Libra’s transition will inspire them to have a good attitude in each move they make. Could you be among these lucky signs?

3 Luckiest Zodiac Signs On August 29, 2024

More than 100 people gathered at the entrance to Honeymoon Island State Park on Tuesday for a third day of protests over plans for pickleball courts there. The protesters chanted, “Keep Florida Wild,” waved signs and vowed to keep the heat on DeSantis. Michelle Birnbaum of Dunedin has...

Protesters assail plans for recreational development at Honeymoon Island State Park

Orange County, FL

For the first time in nearly 100 years, two cases of the mosquito-borne disease, dengue, were acquired in Orange County. “In modern times, we've not had any local transmission,” said Steve Harrison, the manager of Orange County Mosquito Control. He said the last cases probably were recorded in the mid-1930s.

First local cases of dengue in modern history are confirmed in Orange County

It’s been a hot summer for Florida, and as much as we would love to say that Labor Day is the unofficial end to the summer, like our northern neighbor states say, well... it just doesn’t happen here. The first few noticeable temperature dips don’t come until late October or early November, for most of Florida. There have been plenty of heat advisories happening and we expect them to continue, especially throughout the holiday weekend across South Florida.

Florida's Labor Day Weekend forecast: more moisture coming

The Southwest Florida Water Management District is once again extending lawn-watering restrictions for Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties. The district voted to extend the restrictions until Dec. 31, according to a news release. Residents in the three counties will still be limited to watering their lawns once a week. Current...

Lawn-watering restrictions in the Tampa Bay region are extended through December

Texas State

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Missouri State

CJ Coombs

When I learned the brown tarantula is also native to Missouri, I gasped, and when I say I'm not too fond of spiders of any genus is an understatement. It's psychological. They have too many legs.

It's mating season for the Texas brown tarantula also known as the Missouri tarantula

Montana State

Wyoming State

WyoFile

To increase the genetic diversity of an island population of grizzly bears , Wyoming and Montana wildlife managers recently worked together to import fresh bloodlines into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Two Montana grizzly bears trucked to Wyoming to bolster genetic diversity, help states’ delisting case

Georgia State

HuffPost

The Georgia Democratic Party claims Trump's allies are trying to "establish a new power of not certifying an election result should their preferred candidate lose."

Democrats Sue Georgia Election Board Over New Rules That Could Delay Vote Certification

The Florida Housing Coalition has called for collaboration among government, private, and nonprofit sectors to help solve the current “housing crisis.”. “We don’t have enough affordable housing in Florida,” read the organization’s 2024 Home Matters report, released Monday at the organization’s 37th Annual Statewide Affordable Housing Conference at the Rosen Center Hotel in Orlando.

Millions of Floridians are in need of affordable housing, a new report says

Cheyenne, WY

WHITE MOUNTAIN—“That’s a lot of horses,” lamented Cheyenne resident Robyn Smith from a high-desert ridgeline. It wasn’t her first exasperated exclamation. “Argh, oh crap,” was her immediate reaction to learning a federal judge had given the Bureau of Land Management the OK to proceed with plans to fully remove two wild horse herds from the landscape in southwest Wyoming.

BLM wins two lawsuits, clearing way for elimination of two Wyoming wild horse herds

Confidence in U.S. public opinion polling was shaken by errors in 2016 and 2020. In both years’ general elections, many polls underestimated the strength of Republican candidates, including Donald Trump. These errors laid bare some real limitations of polling. In the midterms that followed those elections, polling performed better....

Key things to know about U.S. election polling in 2024

Axios Raleigh

After losing voters for most of the last six months, the Democratic Party has seen a bump in affiliated voter registrations since President Biden ended his re-election campaign, per an analysis by Western Carolina University political professor Chris Cooper.Why it matters: Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign saw an influx of both volunteers and donations in its first week — pointing to momentum building in the Democratic party around her candidacy. Zoom in: The latest voter registration numbers in North Carolina are also evidence that Harris' campaign launch is giving the party a modest but much-needed boost in the state. It's "potentially...

NC Democrats see voter registration bump since Biden-Harris switch

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If You Can Keep It: The realities of ranked choice voting

Both majorpolitical parties havenowwrapped up their conventions. In one way,they’re advertisements forwhy Americans should vote foreach party’scandidates, from president all the way down the ticket. Butthis...

If You Can Keep It: The realities of ranked choice voting

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