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Report: Minnesota Speaker Lisa Demuth potentially saved by red flag law she voted against
The Minnesota Reformer reported that Minnesota’s 2023 “red flag” law potentially saved House Speaker Lisa Demuth’s (R) life earlier this year. Demuth voted against the law in 2023 and is actively blocking more gun control measures in the state.
Income inequality persists in Ohio, and a new reports says a GOP tax law will make it worse
An updated analysis of census data shows that the gap between rich and poor persists in Ohio. And a new Republican “flat” income tax now in effect will only make it worse, the analysis said.
Thomas Massie ousted by Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein in Kentucky primary
Ed Gallrein, President Donald Trump’s endorsed candidate, defeated U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District primary, the most expensive House primary in U.S. history after a flood of pro-Israel dollars.
National Democratic group aims to help break GOP’s Indiana House supermajority
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, a national group, says it will provide campaign help to 11 Indiana House candidates with the aim of breaking the supermajority control Republicans have had of the chamber since the 2012 elections.
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