Tag: county
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The race for clerk in a rural Michigan county has become a battle over 2020 election denialisms
BELLAIRE, Mich. — Sheryl Guy never dreamed she’d be thrust into a national political firestorm. “I was appalled,” she said. “I was betrayed, and I was used.” Guy, 63, is the Antrim County Clerk in northwest Michigan. After a 45-year career working for the country from switchboard operator to clerk, and everything in between, she…
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Kamala Harris’ small business pitch resonates in Georgia’s most diverse county
ATLANTA — The election could be decided in Georgia’s fastest-growing and most ethnically diverse county. In Gwinnett County, a part of metro Atlanta where 58% of voters backed Joe Biden in 2020 versus the 40% who voted for Donald Trump, both parties are again locked in a race centered on the economy. Vice President Kamala…
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Students in Helene-ravaged Buncombe County return to school a month after mass devastation
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — One month after Hurricane Helene destroyed mountain towns, swept away homes and upended countless lives here, thousands of Buncombe County’s students returned to school Friday. Students were hopeful and said it was a joyous occasion to be able to reconnect with friends and see some normalcy return to their lives after the…
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Pennsylvania officials investigating fraudulent voter registration applications in Lancaster County
Pennsylvania officials said Friday they are investigating as many as 2,500 fraudulent voter registration applications in Lancaster County that election workers flagged during routine reviews of the forms. When reviewing the personal information, identification and signatures listed on the forms, election officials found inaccurate information, signatures that did not match the one that had for…
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Formerly Republican mayor in reliably red Wisconsin county endorses Harris
The mayor of Waukesha, the seat of a reliably Republican county outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president on Wednesday — the first time the formerly Republican city leader is supporting a Democrat for commander in chief, the campaign said. “It would be easier for me to stay quiet and vote my…
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Senate candidate Tim Sheehy’s firm promised jobs and more to a Montana county. It’s still waiting.
Bridger Aerospace Group, a Montana-based aerial firefighting company helmed by Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, was losing money in 2020 when its top executives made a business pitch to elected officials in the county where it’s based. At a recorded public meeting, the executives asked whether Bridger could use Gallatin County’s name and pristine credit rating to raise $160 million…
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Los Angeles County DA to make decision on Menendez brothers resentencing within 10 days
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón told NBC News Wednesday he hopes to make a decision within 10 days about whether to recommend a resentencing for the Menendez brothers — and that, if he does, it’s possible the brothers could be out of prison by the end of the year. “It will…
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Fulton County DA Fani Willis asks appeals court to reinstate six charges in Trump election case
Fulton County prosecutors asked a Georgia appeals court this week to restore six charges that were tossed in former President Donald Trump’s indictment over attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. In a court filing, prosecutors from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ office requested that the state’s Court of Appeals reinstate…
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Texas county adopts policy to ensure unclaimed bodies are treated with dignity
This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. A Texas county that for years gave unclaimed bodies to a local medical school without families’ consent will now cremate or bury those people instead — but only after officials document that they have done all…
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Kamala Harris rallies in a Pennsylvania bellwether county as she focuses on ‘blue wall’ states
ERIE, Pa. — Kamala Harris will rally voters Monday in Erie County, a bellwether that has a knack for predicting who carries Pennsylvania, having mirrored the outcome of this crucial battleground state in the last four elections. The Democratic vice president’s trip kicks off a campaign blitz this week in a trio of Northern battlegrounds…