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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency appeal to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the presidential ballot in two battleground states.Kennedy wanted to get off the ballot in Wisconsin and Michigan after dropping his independent bid and endorsing Republican Donald Trump in the tight contest. He argu
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stanley italia chigan and Wisconsin said removing his name now, with early voting underway days before the election, would be impossible. More than 1.5 million people in Michigan have already returned absentee ballots, and another 264,000 have voted early, sta
stanley website te attorneys wrote in court documents. In Wisconsin, over 858,000 people have returned absentee ballots.The justices did not detail their reason in an order rejecting the emergency appeal, as is typical. One justice, Neil Gorsuch, publicly dissented in the Michigan case.Watch: Supreme Court says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will say on the ballot in Wisconsin: Supreme Court rejects push to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from ballot in Wisconsin The presence of independent and third-party candidates on the ballot in swing states could be a key factor in the close presidential race. The high court previously rejected Kennedys separate effort to stay on the ballot in New York, a state where his presence is unlikely to make a difference in the race between Trump and Dem Oiks 2 Milwaukee women launch venture capital firm to back women, underrepresented startups
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stanley portugal iveness has become a key talking point for politicians, but who will really benefit Millions of student debt holders have been waiting for President Biden to decide about college loan forgiveness.Republican Congressman Glenn Grothman made this claim about the idea. He said that nearly 60% of all student loan debt is held by the rich and upper-middle class. So, forgiveness would give the wealthy a financial windfall, but not really help low-income people, said Greg Borowski with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.Let s look at the front end of that claim - who is really holding most of the debt PolitiFact Wisconsin says it s more in the range of middle to upper-middle-class earners. A May report from researchers at educationdata.org found that Americans with an income over $74,000 hold about 60% of the total public student loan debt, Borowski said. Households that earn $35,000 or le
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stanley canada c student loan debt. PolitiFact Wisconsin says Grothman is largely right on the numbers in part because higher-income people who have more debt often attend grad school.But it doesn t mean lower-income earners wouldn t benefit from loan forgiveness. For them, a smaller amount, say $100,000, is a much bigger burden, and therefore forgiveness would make a much bigger difference, according to Borowski.PolitiFact Wisconsin rated Grothman s claim Half True.Report a typo or error // Submit a news tip