Florida and Arkansas both recently added restrictions to the citizen amendment process, after ballot measures to expand abortion rights were successful in other states.
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Brian Kemp Won’t Run for Senate in Georgia, Giving Ossoff a Lift
The popular two-term governor of Georgia had been seen as the strongest potential Republican challenger to Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat.
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Long Island Judge Expected to Be Named Interim U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn
President Trump, facing opposition from New York’s senior senator, will name Joseph Nocella Jr. to do the job on a temporary basis.
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Official Shot DoorDash Driver Who Asked for Directions, Police Say
The highway superintendent of the town of Chester, N.Y., was charged with felony assault after he opened fire on a delivery worker, the authorities said.
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Officer Pleads Guilty to Fatal Beating of Prisoner Seen on Camera
The corrections officer, Christopher Walrath, is one of 10 charged in the brutal beating of Robert Brooks in Marcy, N.Y. He will be sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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What Will the New Pope Do About the Latin Mass?
In Detroit, traditionalist Catholics were bracing for a crackdown. The promise of change in Rome offers them a sliver of hope.
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Trump Says He Wants Alcatraz Restored as a Prison
The project would be extraordinarily expensive at a time when the administration already plans to cut billions of dollars from the Justice Department’s budget.
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Utopian Dreamers Founded This Alabama City. Now, a Fight Over Books Is Dividing It.
Fairhope originated as an experimental colony, and that spirit remains part of its character. But it now faces a culture war, with its library at the center.
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A Scenic Tour of Red Tape: Tracking the Slowest High-Speed Train in the Country
On a recent Friday, Mark Wasser, an eminent-domain lawyer from Sacramento, embarked on a one-day road trip of more than 500 miles. It is one that he has taken often over the past decade. A tall and trim man in his 70s, dressed in jeans and a flannel …
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