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Once Bright-Red Orange County Could Help Turn Congress Blue
1 day ago · The battle for control of the U.S. House of Representatives could well lie in what was once the most unlikely of places: Southern California’s Orange County.. For decades, Orange County and the surrounding area functioned as a firewall for Republicans, a reliable bastion of conservative votes nearly guaranteed to produce a handful of GOP U.S. House members.
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5 days ago · The SlickSeptember 27, 2024Aaron Cantú. California Cut $200 Million for Extreme Heat and Other Climate Disasters. Voters Can Reverse That. Proposition 4 would fund infrastructure to relieve brutally hot days such as those that just scorched Los Angeles. Swing ShiftSeptember 27, 2024Nick Romeo.
Michigan’s Gov. Whitmer Clears Path to Union for 35,000 Care …
4 days ago · Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law two bills Tuesday that clear a path for the state’s home care workers to organize a statewide union of more than 35,000 workers as well as standardize care and training.. Public Act 145 reinstates workers in Michigan’s Home Help Program as state employees. The change enables the workers, who are paid through Medicaid and often care for family ...
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This Union Leader Is the Kind of Voter Who Could Swing the …
Oct 7, 2024 · Ryan Sanders is the kind of voter whose support may ultimately decide the presidential race.A resident of Erie County in Pennsylvania, Sanders describes himself as “middle of the road”: He leans conservative, but he also said he tends to oscillate between either side of the center.In his early 40s, he’s young, like many swing voters.And above all, he said he wants a …
Swing Shift - capitalandmain.com
Kalena Thomhave. State Republicans devastated unions, but union electoral power remains crucial to defeating Donald Trump. Swing Shift The Stakes for Workers and the Battle for Their Votes in the 2024 Presidential Election.
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This series explores how public schools are now a battleground in the culture war of U.S. politics. Capital & Main will report from the classrooms and communities being divided as school boards and legislatures increasingly adopt book bans, limit the teaching of race and history and pass policies targeting gender identity in schools.
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Mar 8, 2024 · The Culture Clash Tearing at Our Schools . This series explores how public schools are now a battleground in the culture war of U.S. politics. Capital & Main will report from the classrooms and communities being divided as school boards and legislatures increasingly adopt book bans, limit the teaching of race and history and pass policies ...
Building Back Bigger - capitalandmain.com
April 27, 2023. By. Marcus Baram. Illustration: Decue Wu. This series examines the historic investment by the Biden administration in a far-reaching set of programs that, if successful, would begin to remake the nation’s social contract. From the American Rescue Plan to the Inflation Reduction Act to the CHIPS Act, Capital & Main will report ...