Tag: state
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Mickey Guyton talks new album ‘House on Fire’ and the state of country music
The nation is finally beginning to see that “country music is for everyone,” and Mickey Guyton loves it. Guyton, 41, has been a trailblazer in country music for years: In 2021, she became the first Black woman to co-host the Academy of Country Music Awards and the first Black woman solo artist to be nominated…
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Four college volleyball teams forfeit against San José State over possible trans player
A fourth university has forfeited its women’s volleyball match against San José State University following controversy over the gender identity of one of the team’s players. Utah State University said in a brief statement Tuesday that it would not play its Oct. 23 match against SJSU, joining the University of Wyoming, Boise State University and…
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Barack Obama to kick off battleground state blitz for Harris next week in Pennsylvania
Former President Barack Obama will campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris in Pittsburgh next week, his first foray into the election as a battleground-state surrogate. The event, according to a senior Harris campaign official, will launch a larger effort by Obama, who intends to ramp up his campaigning for Harris in the final stretch of…
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State judge strikes down Georgia abortion ban
A judge in Georgia’s Fulton County struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban Monday, allowing the procedure to resume and making it legal up to 22 weeks of pregnancy. The state law was signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in 2019 but didn’t take effect until July 2022 after it faced a legal challenge and…
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These are the battlegrounds where state legislative control is up for grabs
Partisan control of at least eight legislative chambers across the country is up for grabs this November, battles that will go a long way in determining the fate of a litany of hot-button issues ranging from abortion to immigration in key battleground states. Both parties have trained their focus almost exclusively on five states in…
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West Virginia state senator asked to resign after second arrest in two months
A Republican state senator from West Virginia is being asked to step down by his local GOP party chair after being arrested on a drunk driving charge — his second arrest in as many months. State Sen. Mike Maroney, who was first elected in 2016, was arrested in August on a charge of indecent exposure.…
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Democratic group launches legal fund to help secretaries of state defend against postelection lawsuits
A Democratic group is launching a legal fund to help secretaries of state in key states defend against an anticipated post-election deluge of lawsuits. In plans shared first with NBC News, the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State plans to spend at $5 million to support top election officials in Maine, Michigan, North Carolina and…
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Massachusetts State Police suspend boxing training after recruit’s death
The Massachusetts State Police has suspended full-contact boxing training activities among recruits after one died, a state police spokesperson said. Enrique Delgado-Garcia, 25, of Worcester, was pronounced dead at a hospital Sept. 13, a day after he participated in an exercise in the boxing ring at the Massachusetts State Police Academy in New Braintree, in…
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TikTok removes Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik, citing ‘covert influence operations’
TikTok said Monday it had removed accounts belonging to the Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik for engaging in what it called “covert influence operations.” The social video app said in a statement on its website that it removed accounts associated with TV-Novosti and Rossiya Segodnya, the parent organizations of the RT television network…
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Key Nebraska Republican opposes changing how the state awards electoral votes, blocking Trump push
A Nebraska Republican state lawmaker said Monday that he remains opposed to switching how the state allocates its electoral votes, effectively blocking a bid by President Donald Trump and his allies to change the system in search of an extra electoral vote this fall. Trump allies have pushed for a special legislative session intended for…