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Montana return address making some think rebates are a scam
Some Minnesotans are mistaking their tax rebate checks for a scam or junk mail because of the address of the Montana contractor the state is working with.
Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide
The court's sweeping decision Wednesday comes amid a trend in Latin America of loosening restrictions on abortion, even as access has been limited in parts of the United States.
McConnell tries to shift Senate focus from his health to spending
Reporters repeatedly asked the Senate GOP leader to provide details of what caused two incidents where he froze at events. McConnell instead referred them to a recent letter from his physician.
Legislators weigh in on potential special session over new student restraint law
Gov. Tim Walz says he wants to clear up a law about school resource officers’ use of force and restraining students in schools and he’s not ruling out a special legislative session to do so.
A 25-year-old from a small town leads North Carolina's Democratic Party toward 2024
Anderson Clayton is the youngest — and only Gen Z — state party chair in the country. She wants to help President Joe Biden win over young and rural voters in her state next November.
The perilous hunt for PPP fraud and the hot tip that wasn't
The public data on PPP loans contains a lot of suspicious patterns, but it can also send people on wild goose chases