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North Carolina Gov. Stein suspends the state’s 41-cent gas tax through November, tapping $362.3 million in reserves to keep roads funded.
Expected savings closer to 31 cents/gal
Source: North Carolina Newsline
October 9, 2026
Police arrest South Carolina Democratic state Rep. Rivers on a charge of pointing a gun at his primary opponent’s uncle outside a polling place.
Incident captured on parking-lot video
Source: The South Carolina Daily Gazette
October 9, 2026
Justice Department sues Denver over its ban on masked officers, passed to unmask ICE agents, saying “the Federal Government gets to decide.”
Appeals court blocked California’s version
Source: Colorado Newsline
October 9, 2026
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe sues to shut down Dakota Access pipeline, challenging the Army Corps’ approval of its Missouri River crossing upstream of tribal drinking water.
10 years after mass protests
Source: The North Dakota Monitor
October 9, 2026
ProPublica finds Texas Attorney General Paxton took nearly 1,000 trips with $3.3 million in state-paid security, only one in six for documented state business.
Now the Republican Senate nominee
Source: ProPublica
October 9, 2026
Democratic Sen. Wyden demands the White House drug office release a withheld privacy review of its program funneling cities’ license plate data to federal databases.
Flock, Axon, Motorola data swept in
Source: 404 Media
October 9, 2026
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