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The State Assembly passed a bill banning colleges from considering family ties to donors or alumni in admissions decisions. Read full article

The state legalized the use of recreational marijuana in 2022. Several other states and the federal government have also wiped out low-level convictions for marijuana possession. Read full article

Parents, desperate for help, are turning to private schools with a half-dozen or so students. And they are getting a financial boost from taxpayers. Read full article

A contest between the chairman of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus and another right-wing politician who has the backing of former President Donald J. Trump has splintered the G.O.P. Read full article

Democrats have been urging the president to more forcefully attack Donald Trump after his felony conviction by a New York jury. Read full article

An unusually early and large Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee investment is aimed at getting voters to pay more attention to state legislative races. Read full article

The violence in the city of Rochester Hills, which injured nine people including children, comes three years after the shooting at Oxford High School in the same county. Read full article

Maine is seeking design ideas before voters in November determine whether to adopt a new, more distinctive flag. Read full article

A master of the ancient and exacting art of carving into rock, he was 25 when he began his first major commission, at Arlington National Cemetery. Read full article

Stifling conditions are forecast to spread this week over the eastern half of America — and linger for days. Read full article