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GOP club board votes against having chair of Hamilton County Republican Party speak
The board for the Pachyderm Club, a GOP group in Hamilton County, recently voted against having the county Republican Party chair speak at a weekly lunch meeting, as was originally planned.
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee calls special session for redistricting
Sen. Watson says time is the biggest constraint
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Hamilton County has 4.7% early voter turnout before primaries
About 4.7% of Hamilton County voters cast their ballots early for county primary races -- turnout on par with similar election cycles, according to the county's administrator of elections.
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Louisiana congressional primaries are suspended as a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling
Louisiana suspended its congressional primaries Thursday as early voting was about to get underway, while pressure mounted on Republican officials in other states to redraw their U.S. House maps in light of a Supreme Court ruling that significantly weakened the Voting Rights Act.
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Trump signs bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, ending record shutdown
President Donald Trump swiftly signed a bipartisan legislation Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, shortly after the package won final approval in the House, ending the longest agency shutdown in history.
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Candidates for Hamilton County Commission omitted required donation information on campaign filings
Some primary candidates for Hamilton County Commission failed to disclose required donation information, intended to ensure transparency for voters, on their financial disclosures.
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Early voting begins in Georgia for May 19 primary
Early voting began this week for the May 19 Georgia primaries as true election season gets underway following the series of special elections that resulted in Republican Clay Fuller replacing Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Comey appears in court in Trump threat case that’s likely to pose a challenge for Justice Department
Former FBI Director James Comey made his first court appearance Wednesday in a criminal case against him that legal experts say presents significant hurdles for the prosecution and will likely be a challenge for the Justice Department to win.
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‘It’s just time’ Hamilton County officials weigh decision on sale of Business Development Center
"Being in this building has allowed us to level up in a way that we never would have if we were still on our own somewhere else."
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Early voting for Hamilton County primaries down to final two days. Here’s what to know
There are two days of early voting remaining for the primary election in Hamilton County. Election day is May 5.
