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News Articles: 2024 election

Voters in Travis County, Texas, St. Paul, Minn., and Sonoma County, Calif., considered whether to approve tax hikes to help fund child care.

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Here's where voters approved a tax hike to help pay for child care

Voters approved tax hikes to help fund child care for low-income families in the Austin, Texas, and Sonoma County, Calif. A similar measure in St. Paul, Minn., failed.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Signs supporting the abortion rights amendment are displayed during a rally on September 5, 2024 in Bozeman, Mont.

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  • Elections

Montanans vote to codify abortion access in the state constitution

Despite opposition from Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte, and others, Montanans vote to protect reproductive rights in the state constitution. 

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Shaylee Ragar, Montana Public Radio
Voters line up to cast their ballots at Dundee Elementary School in Omaha, Neb., on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

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  • Elections

Nebraska voters opt to keep 12-week abortion ban in place

Nebraska voters faced opposing abortion proposals on the ballot and chose to keep the state’s current law and enshrine it into the constitution.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Elizabeth Rembert, Nebraska Public Media
Abortion rights activists march along Fremont Street Experience as they protest the overturning of Roe Vs. Wade by the US Supreme Court, in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 24, 2022.

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  • Elections

Nevadans take first step to protecting abortion in state constitution

The proposal would guarantee abortion access until fetal viability and to protect the life of the pregnant person. It will need to pass again in 2026 to be fully approved.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Lucia Starbuck, KUNR Public Radio
A group of migrants are apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border protection officers after crossing over into the U.S. on June 26, 2024 in Ruby, Arizona.

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  • Elections

Arizona voters approve GOP-backed immigration measure

It’s already illegal under federal law to cross into the United States outside of legal ports of entry. The Arizona measure would allow local police to arrest undocumented migrants.

November 06, 2024
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  • Ben Giles
The South Dakota Senate begins a floor session, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, at the state Capitol in Pierre, S.D.

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  • Elections

South Dakota rejects effort to protect reproductive rights in the state constitution

South Dakota voters rejected an abortion rights amendment to the state constitution, according to a call by the Associated Press. Anti-abortion groups called the proposal ‘too extreme.’

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Lee Strubinger, South Dakota Public Broadcasting
Republican former President Donald Trump, joined by, from right, Melania Trump and Barron Trump, arrives to speaks at an election night watch party.

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  • Politics

Trump declares victory in White House race, ahead of AP call

Flanked by family and staff, Trump spoke to a convention center ballroom crowd in West Palm Beach after Fox News had projected that he had won — but before the Associated Press called the race.

November 06, 2024
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  • Alana Wise
Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pa. in November.

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  • Politics

Trump wins Pennsylvania, delivering harsh blow to Harris campaign

Securing the state’s 19 electoral votes is a major victory for Trump and a major blow to Vice President Harris.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Lexie Schapitl
A pedestrian traverses the rotunda in the New Mexico state Capitol building in Santa Fe, N.M.

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  • Elections

Former DACA recipient wins New Mexico legislative seat, making history

Cindy Nava came to the U.S. when she was 7 years old. She says she ran for the Albuquerque-area seat to boost political representation of the state's Hispanic-majority population.

November 06, 2024
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  • Taylor Velasquez, KUNM
People wait for results at the watch party for Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) as she remains in a tight race with Republican Eric Hovde in Madison, Wisc.

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  • Politics

Trump has won 2 Sunbelt states. Now, the 'Blue Wall' is Harris' best shot

Harris' narrowing path to electoral victory appears to come down to the "Blue Wall" states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram and
  • Camila Domonoske
Donald Trump greets supporters before offering remarks during a 2024 event in Asheboro, North Carolina.

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  • Politics

Trump wins North Carolina in sharp blow to Harris campaign

It is a crucial win for the former president, who carried the state twice before.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Elena Moore
Missouri residents and pro-choice advocates react to a speaker during Missourians for Constitutionals Freedom kick-off petition drive in February.

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  • Elections

Missouri voters back amendment to end abortion ban

Missouri’s current law bans abortion with almost no exceptions and this amendment would allow abortion to about 24 weeks of pregnancy.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Jason Rosenbaum, St. Louis Public Radio
Bernie Moreno at Brecksville Community Center on Nov. 4, in Brecksville, Ohio.

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  • Politics

Bernie Moreno clinches Ohio Senate seat in big win for Republicans

It is a major victory for Republicans and a serious blow to Democrats’ efforts to maintain their majority in the Senate.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks to media and people gathered at Kerry Park in 2022.

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  • Elections

Democrat Bob Ferguson wins Washington governor's race

Washington state elects Bob Ferguson as governor. Ferguson, a Democrat, rose to national prominence as the state attorney general, suing the Trump administration nearly 100 times. 

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Jeanie Lindsay, KUOW
An exterior view of the U.S. Capitol on September 9.

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  • Politics

Republicans will control the U.S. Senate

Republicans have successfully flipped control of the Senate, which Democrats currently control 51-49.

November 06, 2024
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  • Barbara Sprunt
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