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Dallas County Elections Department Receives Grant for COVID-19 Preparedness

Dallas County Elections Department Receives Grant for COVID-19 Preparedness

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas County Elections Department has been awarded more than $15,000,000 from the Center for Tech and Civic Life to assist with resources and staffing for what’s expected to be an historic election in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The CTCL is a nonpartisan non-profit that connects elections officials with technology…MORE

Rittenhouse’s Lawyers Fight His Extradition to Wisconsin on Murder Charges

Rittenhouse’s Lawyers Fight His Extradition to Wisconsin on Murder Charges

Associated Press WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) – A 17-year-old in Illinois accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is fighting his return to Wisconsin to face homicide charges that could put him in prison for life. Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested at his home in Antioch, Illinois, a…MORE

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Becomes First Woman to Lie in State at US Capitol

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Becomes First Woman to Lie in State at US Capitol

WASHINGTON (AP) – Commemorations are underway, honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the U.S. Capitol, the first woman in American history to lie in state at the domed building. Ginsburg, who died last week at age 87, also will be the first Jewish-American to lie in state and just the second Supreme…MORE

Judge Says 2020 Census Must Continue Thru October

Judge Says 2020 Census Must Continue Thru October

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – A federal judge has stopped the 2020 census from finishing at the end of September and ordered the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident extended for another month through the end of October. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh said in her ruling late Thursday that a shortened schedule would likely…MORE