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T.R. Edwards grew up with stories from his grandmother Kathleen about her struggle to vote as a Black woman in Wisconsin: A child of the Jim Crow s...

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Florida’s governor has removed elected officials before. New legislation gives him more leeway to do so to force local governments to comply with ICE instructions.

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Florida Republicans spent weeks squabbling over rival immigration bills. Their conflict wasn’t over significant policy differences: They agreed o...