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Georgia property-tax relief measures headed to easy victories

Georgia voters were poised to overwhelmingly approve two tax-relief measures on the statewide ballot Tuesday night, while a third tax-related proposal held a smaller lead.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Minimum wage hikes and paid sick leave were on the ballots in several states in the November 2024 election.

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  • Business

Here's how minimum wage and paid sick leave measures fared in the election

Some red states approved ballot measures to raise the minimum wage and require employers to provide paid sick time to their workers.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
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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  • Business

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
Former President Donald Trump speaks during his penultimate campaign rally the day before the 2024 election in Pittsburgh, Pa. on Nov. 4.

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  • Elections

Donald Trump has won the presidential election and will return to the White House

Becoming just the second president to be defeated and then reelected to a subsequent term, former President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Harris and will be the 47th president.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
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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  • Elizabeth Rembert, Nebraska Public Media
Pro-abortion rights demonstrators rally in Scottsdale, Arizona on April 15, 2024. The top court in Arizona on April 9, 2024 ruled a 160-year-old near total ban on abortion is enforceable, thrusting the issue to the top of the agenda in a key US presidential election swing state.

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  • Elections

Arizona voters pass constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion access

Arizona’s 15-week abortion ban is expected to fall once the new constitutional amendment goes into effect. But there are dozens of other laws on the books regulating abortion.

November 06, 2024
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  • Katherine Davis-Young
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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  • 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
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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By:
  • Taylor Velasquez, KUNM
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
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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