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Mississippi rebuilds health earmark empire in post-Cochran era - Roll Call

The state joined states such as New York, California and Missouri in nabbing more than $50 million in health-related earmarks in fiscal 2022.

Roll Call · Oct 26, 2022

Arizona attack on voting: Ugly tradition

Armed goons are reportedly harassing Arizona voters — it's a new twist in the Grand Canyon State's nasty history

Salon · Oct 26, 2022

Ohio elections chief: Precincts can't take absentee ballots

Ohio's elections chief is cautioning that state law does not permit voters to return absentee ballots at their precincts on Election Day

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Texas Republicans in tight races open to rape and incest exceptions to abortion ban

In some battleground state legislative races, Republicans have been making overtures to those who believe the ban as too extreme. They have said they are open to revising the ban to include the exceptions — and even voiced confidence that the Legislature will do so when it reconvenes in January.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 26, 2022

Lynn Schmidt: Putting country, state or county over party

What if the way to break through our polarized politics was to reward those willing to cross the partisan divide for the greater good?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 26, 2022

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton leans into controversy, brushes off scandals as he vies for reelection

AUSTIN, Texas — Ken Paxton settled in across from two Austin police officers and asked them not to turn on their recorder. The attorney general didn’t want the public to hear what he was about to say.

Tribune News Service · Oct 26, 2022

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Midterm elections could threaten US support for Ukraine

The main reason Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ill-considered and brutal invasion of Ukraine has so far proved unsuccessful has been the unexpected determination and courage of the Ukrainian people in fighting to keep their independence.

Tribune News Service · Oct 26, 2022

GOP eyes Indiana upset amid national push to diversify party

Air Force veteran Jennifer-Ruth Green is eyeing an upset in an Indiana U.S. House district that has been Democratically controlled for nearly a century

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Moderator raises eyebrows by refusing to call Mehmet Oz ‘Dr Oz’

Television reporters Dennis Owens of ABC27 and Lisa Sylvester of Pittsburgh’s WPXI spent the entire debate referring to the ex-Columbia University medical school instructor as ‘Mr Oz’

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

After blowup, Reps. Garcia, Newman, 28 other progressives retract letter urging Biden to seek Ukraine cease-fire

Garcia, mulling a run for Chicago mayor, was blindsided by the Monday release of the letter he signed back in June.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 26, 2022