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Pastor Kenny Batson stands near a sign displaying the worship service times of Grace Fellowship Church on Nov. 16, 2023, in El Dorado Springs, Mo. Batson was convicted of a series of crimes in the 1990s but became a Christian pastor after being released from prison. He was pardoned by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson. (AP Photo/David A.Lieb)

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Missouri governor granting pardons at pace not seen since WWII era
By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press
Thu,11/23/23-11:00PM , 44 Reads
Distraught by a romantic breakup, 16-year-old Kenny Batson vented his hurt by stomping out the windshields of cars on a for-sale lot. He landed in juvenile detention, but that was only the beginning of his trouble.
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A map of a GOP proposal to redraw Alabama's congressional districts is displayed at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Democrats got a potential boost for the 2024 congressional elections as courts in Alabama and Florida ruled in the summer of 2023 that Republican-led legislatures had unfairly diluted the voting power of Black residents. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File)

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Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024
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Tue,09/05/23-11:09PM , 68 Reads
Democrats got a potential boost for the 2024 congressional elections as courts in Alabama and Florida
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People hold hands around the State Capitol during a prayer session before a special session of the state legislature on public safety Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

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Mass shootings spur divergent laws as states split between gun rights and control
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Mon,08/21/23-11:07PM , 69 Reads
Tennessee's Republican-led Legislature is meeting in special session this week to consider a package of public safety proposals, including some stemming from a deadly shooting at a Nashville elementary school earlier this year.
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Members of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight Committee hear testimony on a new map of state congressional districts onNov. 16, 2021, at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court will take yet another look at the legality of the state's congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, June 30, 2023, set aside a ruling striking down the districts and ordered further consideration of the case. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)

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Supreme Court directs Ohio's top court to take another look at redistricting lawsuit
By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press
Fri,06/30/23-1:41PM , 158 Reads
The Ohio Supreme Court will take yet another look at the legality of the state's congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday set aside a ruling striking down the districts and ordered further consideration of the case.
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