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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, rebutting arguments that stricter gun-control laws would help reduce firearm deaths, claiming that Chicago, Los Angeles and New York have stricter gun regulations and higher rates of firearm-related deaths; Abbott’s claims are not supported by federal health data. California, Illinois and New York record lower firearm death rates than Texas does. (Associated Press — May 26, 2022)
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Alabama state Sen. Tommy Tuberville, regarding the way to prevent mass shootings, like the one that occurred on Tuesday, May 25, in which an 18-year-old gunman killed 21 people, including 19 children, at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. (AL.com — May 25, 2022)
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California Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham, regarding his proposed bill that would allow parents to sue social media companies for harming their children who have become addicted to the platforms. Parents will be able to sue the companies for up to $25,000 per violation. The bill passed the Assembly on Monday, May 23. (Associated Press — May 24, 2022)
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Aaron Berg, a representative of Moonlight, the certified printer for the election system for Clackamas County, Ore., commenting on as many as 60,000 ballots that were printed with blurred barcodes, making them unreadable by vote-counting machines. The printing mistake wasn’t caught until ballots were already being returned for the state’s primary election. Up to 200 county employees are being redeployed on Tuesday, May 24, to begin hand-transferring the unreadable ballots’ votes to a fresh ballot that can be scanned. (Associated Press — May 20, 2022)
