Tag: states
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These states have abortion laws on the ballot for the 2024 election
Washington — The 2024 election will not only decide who succeeds President Biden in the White House, but in 10 states, voters will also have the chance to weigh in on abortion access through ballot measures. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade, which had established the right to…
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Harris and Trump campaign in battleground states in election’s final stretch
Harris and Trump campaign in battleground states in election’s final stretch – CBS News Watch CBS News Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are both campaigning in battleground states as the 2024 presidential election approaches. Both will head south today, with Harris holding events in Georgia and North Carolina and Trump holding…
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How the United States is celebrating the Day of the Dead
How the United States is celebrating the Day of the Dead – CBS News Watch CBS News Day of the Dead, or Dia de Los Muertos, is a celebration that honors the dead. Many of the traditions honoring the holiday come from Latin America, but these days, those who celebrate don’t have to leave the…
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Election 2024 live updates amid neck-and-neck polls as Harris and Trump make push in battleground states
Updated 2m ago Supreme Court denies GOP request to block counting of certain provisional ballots in battleground Pennsylvania The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to freeze a decision from Pennsylvania’s highest court that required election officials to count provisional ballots cast by people whose mail ballots are invalid because they lacked mandatory secrecy envelopes. The…
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Voters in 3 red states cast ballots on paid sick leave
St. Louis — Voters in Missouri, Nebraska and Alaska will soon decide whether workers there should be entitled to paid sick leave. If approved, the ballot measures would allow many workers to accrue paid time off, a benefit supporters say means workers — especially those with low-paying jobs — would no longer have to fear…
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In some battleground states, low-wage workers keep losing ground
Half of the eight battleground states in this year’s U.S. presidential election use the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, a rate that hasn’t changed since 2009 despite a 47% surge in the cost of living since then. In essence, that means minimum-wage workers in those states have seen much of their purchasing power vaporized…
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Georgia secretary of state’s office says it repelled cyberattack
The secretary of state’s office was the target of an unsuccessful cyberattack earlier this month, the agency confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday. An official with the secretary of state’s office said the attack was an attempt to crash the absentee voting website, and it was discovered when the agency noticed a spike in attempts…