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  • Kate Aurandt-Gribbler holds her daughter, Olivia Gribbler, 3, as she votes at the Westmont Borough No. 1 polling place at Westmont Grove in Johnstown, Pa., in<br /> Cambria County, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Thomas Slusser/The Tribune-Democrat via AP)Politics

    Marijuana legalization fails in Florida as voters in dozens of states weigh more than 140 ballot measures

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • man standing on damEnvironment

    9/11-era security measures and climate change put thousands at risk from dams

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • JEFFERSON CITY, MO &#8211; JANUARY 17: The Missouri state flag is seen flying outside the Missouri State Capitol Building on January 17, 2021 in Jefferson City, Missouri. Supporters of President Donald Trump gathered at state capitol buildings throughout the nation today to protest the presidential election results and the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)Finance

    U.S. states are ordering their pension funds to sell their China investments: ‘They won’t get money from us. Not one penny’

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • A truck going over a bridgeEnvironment

    Dozens of shoddy old bridges across the U.S. are about to get a major modern makeover

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • FILE &#8211; A logging truck drives on the Interstate 5 bridge that spans the Columbia River and connects Portland, Ore., with southwest Washington state, Feb. 13, 2024. Dozens of aging bridges, including this Interstate 5 bridge, in 16 states will be replaced or improved with the aid $5 billion of federal grants announced Wednesday, July 17, by President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration as the latest beneficiaries of a massive infrastructure law. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)Politics

    Biden administration announces $5 billion in federal funding to improve or replace aging bridges in 16 states

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • Maxon Shooter&#8217;s Supplies owner Dan Eldridge poses in his store in Des Plaines, Ill., Tuesday, June 25, 2024. A new national divide is emerging among states over whether to track sales by gun stores. A California law taking effect Monday will require credit card networks to provide banks with special retail codes to assign to gun stores. By contrast, new laws taking effect in Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee and Wyoming will prohibit the use of special gun shop codes in financial transactions. A total of 17 states have passed some sort of limit on category codes for gun retailers, while California has been joined by Colorado and New York. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)Politics

    Credit card gun sales are the new policy flight after California requires Visa and Mastercard to provide special codes for gun store buys, while Georgia and others ban the practice

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • model house and wood blocks that spell taxFinance

    Here’s how property tax laws can leave a baby boomer with an annual bill below $8 and a recent buyer with a $3,236 tab—for homes that are worth the same

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • Plastic containers RoundupFinance

    Bayer is going all in to create legal shields in Missouri, Iowa and Idaho against 170,000 Roundup weedkiller lawsuits it faces

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • computer screen shows man holding gunTech

    Just 1 company appears to meet requirements in several states eyeing AI-powered surveillance to spot school shooters. ‘Probably the most egregious thing that I have ever read’

    By David A. Lieb, John Hanna, and others
  • Bill Anderson listens at a conference.Finance

    3 states consider Bayer-written legislation giving it immunity for Roundup cancer claims as it reels from $10 billion in verdicts and counting

    By Hannah Fingerhut, David A. Lieb, and others
  • Jim Blodgett, safety and security director for the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, discusses digital mapping of school facilities on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at his office in Middleton, Wis. Digital maps can be used by law enforcement and others who are responding to emergencies. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)Tech

    School shootings are spurring states to fund digital building maps to prepare first responders

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • Vivek MalekPolitics

    ‘The demand is huge, and it is real’: Obscure state funding programs for small business take off after interest rates spike cost of bank loans

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • USA map and flag, cash dollar billFinance

    Tax cut trends across the U.S. may slow in 2024: ‘Funds will be more limited. States will have to make decisions on what areas they prioritize’

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • Sports gamblingLifestyle

    ‘It just seems silly that everyone else can do it and we can’t,’ says sports gambler behind social media campaign to legalize it in Missouri

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • Buffalo Bills stadiumPolitics

    Taxpayers are on the hook for billions of dollars worth of new sports arenas as 2023 yields one new project every month

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press