The Texas Supreme Court on Friday halted the expansion of mail-in voting in the state during the coronavirus pandemic.The court issued the stay after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) asked the Lone Star State's top court to take action in a letter earlier this week.The state Supreme Court has set oral arguments in the case for Wednesday.Democrats and voting rights advocates…
The Texas Supreme Court issued a stay Friday evening to keep county election officials from allowing voters who are afraid of catching coronavirus to vote by mail.
Bart Jansen, USA TODAY Published 4:54 p.m. ET May 14, 2020 | Updated 5:46 p.m. ET May 14, 2020CLOSE Protesters took to the streets around the Virginia State Capitol to show support for ending tight restrictions due to coronavirus pandemic USA TODAYWASHINGTON – The Wisconsin Supreme Court decision overturning the state’s stay-at-home orders added fuel…
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the state's stay-at-home order during the coronavirus pandemic as "unlawful, invalid, and unenforceable" after finding that the state's health secretary exceeded her authority.In a 4-3 ruling, the court called Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm's directive, known as Emergency Order 28, a "vast seizure of power."The order directed…
(CNN)The Wisconsin Supreme Court has overturned the state's stay-at-home order, ruling it "unlawful" and "unenforceable" in a high-profile win for the state's Republican-led Legislature. In a 4-3 decision, the court ruled that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' ad…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…