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Midterm Elections Had Record Voter Turnout
A record number of people cast their votes in the 2018 midterm elections. About 113 million people voted nationwide, which is the highest turnout ever for a midterm. 49 percent of eligible voters cast...
Nov 8, 2018
Midterm Elections Had Record Voter Turnout
A record number of people cast their votes in the 2018 midterm elections. About 113 million people voted nationwide, which is the highest turnout ever for a midterm. 49 percent of eligible voters cast...
Nov 8, 2018
Rosenstein No Longer Overseeing Russia Probe
Wednesday’s shakeup at the Justice Department continues with the announcement that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will no longer be overseeing the Russia investigation. The investigation...
Nov 8, 2018
Tester Wins Re-Election in Montana Senate Race
It took a little while longer than he may have preferred, but Montana’s John Tester will have another 6-year term as a member of the United States Senate. It has been projected that Tester will ...
Nov 8, 2018
Lesbian, Native American, Ex-MMA Fighter Elected To Congress
Voters from several backgrounds could identify with Sharice Davids when they cast their votes on Tuesday. The 38-year-old won her seat in Kansas in a bunch of firsts for the state. Davids is not only ...
Nov 7, 2018
Michigan Approves Recreational Marijuana
Smoke ’em if you got ’em, in 10 states that is, as Michigan has become the most recent to decriminalize the use of marijuana. Proposal 1 passed on Tuesday, which allows those 21 and over i...
Nov 7, 2018
Recreational Marijuana Measure in North Dakota Rejected
An initiated ballot measure in the state of North Dakota pushed to legalize recreational marijuana in the state, but voters have rejected it on Tuesday. Critics of the measure did not like that it wou...
Nov 7, 2018
Voters in Washington State Decline Carbon Tax
After voters in Washington state shot a carbon tax down, every state in the nation continues to be free of such a tax. Companies involved with fossil fuels would have had to pay a tax equal to $15 for...
Nov 7, 2018
Stacey Abrams Remains in Race Against Brian Kemp
The governor race in Georgia will not be decided before all the votes have been counted according to candidate Stacey Abrams. Abrams has yet to concede to opponent Brian Kemp even though results show ...
Nov 7, 2018
Cruz Defeats O’Rourke in Close Senate Race in Texas
Beto O’Rourke was the most popular, and most financially-backed, democrat to run in Texas in recent history, but that was not enough to beat candidate Ted Cruz. With Cruz’s narrow victory,...
Nov 7, 2018
