Nebraska Supreme Court will hear lawsuit challenging measure to expand abortion rights

Nebraska Supreme Court will hear lawsuit challenging measure to expand abortion rights

OMAHA, Neb. — The Nebraska Supreme Court has agreed to expedite a hearing on a lawsuit that could keep voters from deciding whether to expand abortion rights in the state. The court has set a hearing for next Monday for arguments over the suit filed by the conservative Thomas More Society, according to court records. … Read more

Votes in space? How stranded Starliner astronauts will cast U.S. election ballots – National

Votes in space? How stranded Starliner astronauts will cast U.S. election ballots – National

The upcoming U.S. election is expected to be close, meaning every vote will count — including ballots sent from space. NASA says all astronauts on the International Space Station will have the opportunity to vote in November’s election while in orbit around the globe, including the two-person crew that is currently stranded there after arriving … Read more

Tulsi Gabbard says Harris ‘hypocrisy’ prime target

Tulsi Gabbard says Harris ‘hypocrisy’ prime target

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) dances as he leaves the stage after speaking alongside former US Representative Tulsi Gabbard during a town hall meeting in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on August 29, 2024.  Kamil Krzaczynski | Afp | Getty Images Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who has endorsed Republican former President … Read more

Measures to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska can appear on November ballot, official says

Measures to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska can appear on November ballot, official says

OMAHA, Neb. — A group seeking to legalize marijuana for medical use in Nebraska has gathered enough signatures to get the issue before voters in November, the state’s top election official said Friday. Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana announced earlier this year that it had gathered about 114,000 signatures — well more than the approximately 86,000 … Read more

Cord cutters getting political ad blitz as campaigns flood Roku, Hulu

Cord cutters getting political ad blitz as campaigns flood Roku, Hulu

Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and former President Donald Trump Reuters Consumers who cut their cable cord in recent years are finding that there’s one thing about linear TV they can’t escape: political ads. With the U.S. presidential election less than 70 days away, campaigns are swarming streaming services like Roku and Hulu to such … Read more

RFK Jr. to stay on Wisconsin ballot after endorsing Trump

RFK Jr. to stay on Wisconsin ballot after endorsing Trump

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes an announcement on the future of his campaign in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. August 23, 2024.  Thomas Machowicz | Reuters The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Tuesday voted to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the state’s November presidential ballot, thwarting the former third-party candidate’s plan to remove his … Read more

Trump taps RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard for transition team

Trump taps RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard for transition team

Former President Donald Trump has added his onetime campaign rival Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to his presidential transition team, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday. Both Kennedy and Gabbard endorsed Trump in the past week in his race against Vice President Kamala  Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee. “As President Trump’s broad coalition of supporters … Read more

Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of petitions to let voters decide on abortion access

Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of petitions to let voters decide on abortion access

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the state’s rejection of signed petitions for an abortion rights ballot initiative on Thursday, keeping the proposal from going before voters in November. The ruling dashed the organizers’ hopes of getting the constitutional amendment measure onto the ballot in the predominantly Republican state, where many top … Read more

Competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights will appear on Nebraska’s November ballot

Competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights will appear on Nebraska’s November ballot

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska voters will choose between two competing abortion measures to either expand abortion rights or limit them to the current 12-week ban — a development likely to drive more voters to the polls in a state that could see one of its five electoral votes up for grabs in the hotly contested … Read more

Judge declines to order New York to include ‘abortion’ in description of ballot measure

Judge declines to order New York to include ‘abortion’ in description of ballot measure

ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York judge said Friday he won’t force state election officials to tell voters that a proposed antidiscrimination amendment to the state’s constitution would protect abortion rights, dealing a blow to Democrats who pushed for the change. The decision from Judge David A. Weinstein came in a lawsuit over the language … Read more