Michigan Election Results Live Updates: Abdul El-Sayed Wins Democratic Senate Primary (Gift Article)

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive, defeated Representative Haley Stevens, a moderate, in a Senate primary that had divided the Democrats, according to The Associated Press.

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U.S. Border Patrol wants a contractor to track down deported people abroad and collect their immigration fines

The agency gave bidders three business days to compete for a first-of-its-kind contract to collect fines from people it has deported to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala.

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Missouri voters reject income tax phaseout, initiative petition changes • Missouri Independent

Missouri voters resoundingly rejected major Republican priorities on Tuesday as proposals to eliminate the income tax and change the way majorities are counted lost by large margins across the state.

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Arizona’s Democratic Governor Set to Pick a Republican Running Mate (Gift Article)

Gov. Katie Hobbs, locked in a competitive re-election battle, plans to tap a moderate former mayor of Mesa, Ariz., John Giles, to serve as her lieutenant governor if she wins in November.

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VDH investigating dengue virus in Northern Virginia, first-ever documented case of virus being acquired locally

The Virginia Department of Health announced they are investigating a confirmed case of dengue virus that occurred in a resident in Northern Virginia.

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Julian Beaudion Quits Senate Race in South Dakota, Clearing Way for Independent (Gift Article)

The decision by Julian Beaudion, the Democratic nominee, to leave the race was the third recent withdrawal by a Democratic Senate candidate in a red state.

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C.D.C. Expands Cyclospora Outbreak to More States (Gift Article)

Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina are now among the states linked to the outbreak associated with iceberg lettuce.

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Local Organizations Protest the World Athletics Championships On Its Penultimate Day

On July 23, Eugene Housing and Neighborhood Defense, the Eugene Revolutionary Study Group, the Revolutionary Women’s Committee, and Stop The Sweeps-Eugene held a protest to “denounce the non-consen…

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Seattle library levy leads in Tuesday’s vote counts

A property tax levy to fund the city's public library system over the next seven years is solidly ahead after the first release of vote totals Tuesday evening.

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Hundreds of migrant children are stranded in Spain’s Ceuta after mass crossing

Some 860 minors remain in Ceuta while most of the 60,000 people who came across last week have gone back.

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Missouri Says Voters Cannot Decide on Redrawn Congressional Districts (Gift Article)

Opponents of the new map, which was redrawn to benefit Republicans, had gathered signatures seeking a statewide vote. The issue could now move to the courts.

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Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez survives Washington’s crowded primary

Two-term Democrat faced attacks from the left and right while defending a House seat in a territory Trump won

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AP&P agent fired after sexual solicitation plea involving female he supervised

A Utah Adult Probation and Parole agent has been terminated and will never be able to work as a peace officer in the state again after pleading guilty to solici

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It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico

A days-long electronic warfare drill was one of the causes behind the loss of a four-passenger medevac flight.

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Todd Blanche’s New Grip on the Federal Prison System

Critics worry a little-noticed policy shift could let the attorney general reward allies, punish enemies, and sideline longstanding Bureau of Prisons processes.

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August 4 - The Bracero Program

On this day in Labor History the year was 1942. That was the day that the United States and Mexico signed the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement. It became known as the Bracero Program. The word “bracero” can be translated into “one who works with his arms” and refers to farm workers.

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Kansas City approves 5 ballot questions allocating money for sewer, water, housing

The questions covered water and sewer infrastructure, affordable housing, aging civic buildings and a sales tax for development in the urban core.

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Kansas voters reject constitutional amendment on judicial selection by wide margin • Kansas Reflector

Kansas voters were set to evaluate a proposed constitutional amendment that would spike a 68-year-old system for selecting justices for the highest court

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Antitrust as Anti-Oligarch Policy | The Regulatory Review

State lawmakers should rebuild competition law with clear rules to curb corporate power.

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Prominent Progressive Activist Wins Democratic Primary In Michigan House Race

Will Lawrence, a cofounder of the political action group Sunrise Movement, has a shot at unseating one of the most vulnerable GOPers in Congress.

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