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FILE – In this Oct. 5, 2021, file photo, a healthcare worker receives a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. The number of Americans getting COVID-19 vaccines has steadily increased to a three-month high as seniors and people with medical conditions seek boosters, and government and employer mandates push more workers to take their first doses. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) NYAG501 NYAG501

October 12, 2021 at 12:04 pm

Florida fines key county $3.5 million for mandating vaccines

The Florida Department of Health issued the fine for Leon County, home to Tallahassee, saying that it had violated Florida's “vaccine passport" law, which prohibits...

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September 1, 2021 at 9:21 pm

After voters embraced mail ballots, GOP states tighten rules VIEW

Texas has become the latest state where Republicans have rolled back access to voting methods that soared in popularity during last year’s pandemic presidential election

July 8, 2021 at 12:27 pm

Critics: Postal Service plans imperil community newspapers

The U.S. Postal Service's plan to raise mailing rates could present one more damaging blow to community newspapers already reeling from the coronavirus pandemic and...

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June 13, 2021 at 7:52 am

Exodus of election officials raises concerns of partisanship

There is no shortage of job openings for local election officials in Michigan. It's the same in Pennsylvania. Wisconsin, too. After facing threats and intimidation...

June 3, 2021 at 10:45 am

Justice Department probing postmaster over fundraising

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over political fundraising activity at his former business, a DeJoy spokesman said Thursday....

May 30, 2021 at 4:56 am

Iowa flap raises fears of politicized local election offices

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It had been eight years since a Republican candidate even stepped forward to challenge Democrat Roxanna Moritz as the top...

May 28, 2021 at 2:04 pm

Senate OKs Biden nominees to postal board amid mail changes

All three of President Joe Biden’s nominees to the governing board of the U.S. Postal Service have been approved by the Senate, increasing Democratic influence...

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May 20, 2021 at 1:45 pm