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Senator Rand Paul doesn't plan to get the coronavirus vaccine after contracting the illness early last year, he said in an interview released Sunday. 

During a podcast with businessman John Catsimatidis, Paul said, "All the studies show that I have just as good of immunity as the people who have been vaccinated." 

Paul had the first known case of coronavirus in the Senate in

Governors across the country have begun to rescind policies meant to stem the coronavirus’s spread, even as the rapid drop in new infections begins to stall.

In Texas, the nation’s second most populous state, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced that he would lift the state’s mask requirement and restrictions on businesses. Mississippi officials unveiled a similar plan.

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Mainers will be the first voters in the country to use ranked-choice voting in a presidential general election, after Gov. Janet Mills announced she would accept legislation allowing the new system.

Mills, a Democrat, announced Friday that she would permit a bill passed during a special legislative session in August to become law without her signature. But she said it would not take

Conservatives on the Supreme Court on Monday upheld Ohio’s method of purging voters from the rolls after they miss elections.

The court ruled 5 to 4 that Ohio’s process does not violate federal law. The dissenters said it could result in thousands of infrequent voters losing their right to vote.

Unlike many voting cases that come before the court, Wednesday’s case centered not on