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On Dec. 5, many across Idaho made their voices heard at runoff elections in Mountain Home and Eagle and a special election in Jerome. The first of two Mayoral runoff elections was in Eagle, where November election frontrunners incumbent Jason Pierce and his opponent Brad Pike both received less than 50% of the vote, prompting the runoff. Voters in Eagle made their voices heard and selected

Some in the legislature want to call for a special session to address property taxes. The Montana Freedom Caucus, made up of 20 Republican legislators, has asked the Secretary of State's office to poll the legislature. It will take 76 legislators, one more than half of the Senators and Representatives, to make that happen for a possible start date of Jan. 15. "There's a lot of people out there

Texas lawmakers failed to act again during this special session on several priority issues, including teacher pay raises, vouchers, and increasing funding for school safety measures.House Speaker Dade Phelan gaveled in Tuesday afternoon as the House was set to take up bills passed in the Senate, including Senate Bill 5, which would provide $800 million in funding for school safety initiatives.

After a contentious campaign, Ohio voters will decide today whether it should be harder to change the state constitution. Issue 1:Everything you need to know about Ohio Issue 1 and the August special election Polls opened at 6:30 a.m. for the special election on Issue 1, which would require a 60% of the vote to enact new constitutional amendments instead of a simple majority. It also would: •