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(AP) — Voters across the U.S. aren't just casting ballots this fall for president and other top offices. They'll also vote on dozens of contentious issues involving life, health, crime and taxes. More than 140 ballot measures are going before voters in the general election. They include constitutional amendments in at least nine states to enshrine abortion rights. Numerous proposals would change voting procedures. In several states, voters will decide questions on raising their minimum wage, cutting property taxes and legalizing marijuana for adults. Other measures seek to toughen state enforcement of immigration and crime laws.

(AP) — Airports, highways, beaches and theme parks are expected to be packed across the U.S. this Labor Day weekend as a lot Americans mark the unofficial end of summer the same way they celebrated the season’s unofficial start: by traveling. After what’s already been a record-breaking summer for air travel, the Transportation Security Administration predicted its agents would screen more than 17 million people during a holiday period that started Thursday and runs through next Wednesday, about 8% more than last year.

BATON ROUGE — Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order earlier this week preventing the use of critical race theory in Louisiana’s Kindergarten through 12th-grade public education system.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tesla's federal court challenge to a Louisiana law that prohibits automobile manufacturers from selling directly to consumers has been revived by an appeals court.

LAKE CHARLES — Those looking to honor the memory of a loved one will have an opportunity this Saturday.

(The Center Square) — Attorneys general from 17 states are suing to stop the federal government from implementing a program they say gives migrant agricultural workers rights that American citizens working farm jobs do not have.

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