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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during a campaign event, Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Royal Oak, Mich.

RFK Jr. could be a spoiler in November. But will it help Biden or Trump?

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during a campaign event, Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Royal Oak, Mich.

May 5, 2024, 6:00am Politics

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign was once viewed as a quixotic quest by a scion of a storied political family — an environmental warrior who sullied his family’s name most recently by aligning himself with a political party founded by a segregationist to get on the November ballot in… Read story

FILE - Bob McCabe works on privacy booths as poll officials set up at The Coliseum in preparation for Election Day, Nov. 2, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Some 170 foundations, donors and advisors have signed on to a pledge started by the nonprofit Democracy Fund to make their grants earlier this Election Year. A small portion of the billions spent around the November election will go to nonprofits working to boost voter participation and usually, those funds come in right before Election Day.

Cash-strapped election offices have fewer resources after bans on private grants

FILE - Bob McCabe works on privacy booths as poll officials set up at The Coliseum in preparation for Election Day, Nov. 2, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Some 170 foundations, donors and advisors have signed on to a pledge started by the nonprofit Democracy Fund to make their grants earlier this Election Year. A small portion of the billions spent around the November election will go to nonprofits working to boost voter participation and usually, those funds come in right before Election Day.

May 5, 2024, 6:00am Politics

In April, Wisconsin joined 27 other states that have banned or restricted local governments’ use of private donations to run cash-strapped election offices, buy voting equipment or hire poll workers for Election Day. Read story

Will AI deepfakes and robocalls upset the 2024 election?

May 5, 2024, 5:31am Politics

In the analog days of the 1970s, long before hackers, trolls and edgelords, an audiocassette company came up with an advertising slogan that posed a trick question: “Is it live or is it Memorex?” The message toyed with reality, suggesting there was no difference in sound quality between a live… Read story

Phil Sears
FILE - Supporters of Florida Voice For The Unborn demonstrate outside the fourth floor as legislators work on property insurance bills, May 24, 2022, at the state Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. The Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday, April 1, 2024, that a ballot measure to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution can go before voters in November. (Chasity Maynard/Tallahassee Democrat)

Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?

Phil Sears
FILE - Supporters of Florida Voice For The Unborn demonstrate outside the fourth floor as legislators work on property insurance bills, May 24, 2022, at the state Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. The Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday, April 1, 2024, that a ballot measure to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution can go before voters in November. (Chasity Maynard/Tallahassee Democrat)

May 4, 2024, 6:26am Nation & World

South Dakota advocates submitted petitions Wednesday in their effort to amend the state constitution to include the right to abortion, at least under some circumstances. Read story

Washington, D.C., Roll Call report

May 4, 2024, 5:31am Northwest

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending May 3. Read story

President Joe Biden awards the nation&rsquo;s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Opal Lee during a ceremony Friday in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ honored

President Joe Biden awards the nation&rsquo;s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Opal Lee during a ceremony Friday in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

May 3, 2024, 7:10pm Politics

Opal Lee, known as the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, White House officials announced. Read story

A small group of pro-Palestinian student protestors led daily marches and rallies at Washington State University Vancouver throughout this week, calling for an end to violence in Gaza. Protestors paused the march at one point outside of the Dengerink Administration Building to deliver direct criticism to the office of the Chancellor.

WSU Vancouver students peacefully protest war in Gaza, want school to divest from ties to Israel

A small group of pro-Palestinian student protestors led daily marches and rallies at Washington State University Vancouver throughout this week, calling for an end to violence in Gaza. Protestors paused the march at one point outside of the Dengerink Administration Building to deliver direct criticism to the office of the Chancellor.

May 3, 2024, 3:50pm Clark County News

A small group of students at Washington State University Vancouver this week joined nationwide student protests calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and asking university leaders to divest from companies with financial ties to Israel. Read story

The U.S. Oil &amp; Refining Co. in Tacoma has been in operation since 1957. Washington law makers will be fine-tuning the state&iacute;s 1-year-old cap-and-invest program during the 2024 Legislative session.

The multimillion-dollar fight over WA’s cap-and-invest program

The U.S. Oil &amp; Refining Co. in Tacoma has been in operation since 1957. Washington law makers will be fine-tuning the state&iacute;s 1-year-old cap-and-invest program during the 2024 Legislative session.

May 3, 2024, 3:03pm Election

Bolstered by an almost $5 million war chest, supporters of Washington’s cap-and-invest program have begun their efforts to keep the state’s carbon pricing system, which is facing a November recall referendum. Read story