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Facing a $3 million deficit, South Hadley’s elected selectboard put both override questions on the ballot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Maine has some of the country’s highest residential electricity prices, and elected officials are concerned that a surge in data-center power demand might further inflate costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

In fact, not one has ever been elected governor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

In April 2016, just before he turned 40, newly elected president Patrice Talon made him economic and finance minister, tasked with implementing ambitious reforms.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

In 1867, at the dawn of the Reconstruction Era, no black man held political office in the South, yet three years later, at least 15 percent of all Southern elected officials were black.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander