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Texas tumbles further in voting access, report findsDALLAS — Voters in Texas face among the most obstacles in the U.S. to cast a ballot, a new academic study says. The state ranks 46th in the country for voting access, falling one spot since 2020. Voti…

Jerry Zezima: Jumping in with both big feet

If the shoe fits, let someone else wear it. That’s my motto now that I have donated four pairs of clodhoppers to my granddaughters’ school fundraiser. Usually, fundraisers are held so parents and grandparents can shell out the equivalent of a mortgage …

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‘Trump has created a cult,’ North Carolina’s Cooper says in campaigning for Democratic governorsCHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper chairs the Democratic Governors Association and has been making the rounds promoting campaigns of Democrati…