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Supreme Court rules states may allow grace period for mail-in ballots

States that allow mail ballots to be counted after Election Day reacted with relief Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Republican effort to outlaw the practice. A decision favoring the state of Mississippi over the Republican National Committee delivered an immediate reprieve to the 14 states with grace periods for regular mail ballots, as well as heading off what was expected to be a scramble to alter the practice and inform voters just months ahead of the midterm elections. At least one state, Ohio, had preemptively changed its law in anticipation of a different result ...

Fed’s Cook can keep job for now, but other firings upheld

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday dramatically expanded presidential power, upholding President Donald Trump’s firings of the heads of independent federal agencies with one important exception: the Federal Reserve. The justices allowed Fed governor Lisa Cook to stay in her job while she fights the Republican president’s effort to fire her over allegations of mortgage fraud, which she has denied. But other than at the nation’s central bank, with its role of setting interest rates, the court held that presidents have free rein to fire agency heads at will, despite ...

Former Lakeview runner raises money for diabetes through NYC marathon

When Lakeview Local Schools graduate Brooke Taylor Hays joined the cross country team in high school, she learned something a little too late. “I actually hated running,” Hays said. “I hated it because I knew running was good for you.” She eventually switched to tennis. She’s ...

County dog warden is Air Force veteran

GREENE — While it was his Uncle Rudy who planted the seed, his Uncle Jose and good friend Dina Moore provided the inspiration that would lead Matthew Dubon into a military career that would eventually bring him to the position he now has as the Trumbull County Executive Dog Warden. “I had ...

Supreme Court rules mail-in ballots can be counted after Election Day

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day, a persistent target of President Donald Trump. The decision rejected a Republican-led attack on laws in more than half the states and the District of Columbia that permit mailed ballots to arrive and be counted some number of days after the election, provided they are postmarked by Election Day. The outcome spares officials the headache of changing their ballot rules just a few months before the 2026 midterm congressional elections. In just over half those states, the more ...

Weather you like it or not

A long and dangerous heat wave will blast a large swath of the central and eastern United States this week, the National Weather Service said, with temperatures rising ahead of the July Fourth holiday and feeling even hotter because of the high humidity that’s arriving with it. Already, parts of the U.S., especially Phoenix and central Texas, and much of the Southwest were experiencing temperatures around 100 F on Sunday, while the weather service warned of severe wildfire conditions developing across much of the West as new fires popped up across the region. On Sunday, well over 130 ...