Former president Donald Trump and 8 co-defendants have appealed a court order that kept embattled Atlanta prosecutor Fani Willis on the sweeping election interference case, arguing that she “should have been disqualified” for having an “improper” affair with her subordinate whom she hired.  In a petition to the Georgia Court of Appeals, Trump and co-defendants argued that a court order demanding Willis to remove special prosecutor Nathan Wade...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature will return from its Easter break on Tuesday with plenty of bills in the pipeline. They include a myriad of low-profile proposals but several high-profile pieces of legislation are in the mix, ranging from sports betting and cannabis and sports betting, to rights for trans people, to maintaining the state’s roads and bridges. The House and Senate convened Feb. 12...

A federal judge on Friday agreed to block New Jersey’s unique primary ballot design, which has been widely criticized as boosting the prospects of party-backed candidates. The judge acknowledged the extraordinary nature of the order and said the “integrity of the democratic practice” was at stake. The ruling shakes a foundational component of New Jersey’s primary election ballots, which in most of the state’s counties are designed by...