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Former President Donald Trump is narrowly beating President Joe Biden in a head-to-head faceoff going into November, a new national poll shows but third party candidates could increase that margin for Trump. Passing the the bar exam will no longer be a requirement for becoming a lawyer in Washington state, the state Supreme Court ruled in a pair of orders. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case evaluating how the federal government censored Americans’ speech online, especially about COVID-19 and other controversial topics. Chicago residents were asked during Tuesday's primary election whether the city should change the way it assesses real estate transfer taxes on the sale of higher-valued property for the stated purpose of addressing homelessness, but voters appear to have rejected the tax increase referendum. A North Carolina school district reported a higher crime rate than the previous year after implementing an updated disciplinary policy for which it paid a nonprofit over $800,000 to help it create.

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Poll: Third party candidates boost Trump’s lead over Biden
WA Supreme Court: Passing the bar no longer required to be a lawyer
Supreme Court justices consider whether feds can regulate speech on social media
Chicago tax increase appears to fail after Black business owners call it a 'migrant tax'
Does this district's $800,000 equitable discipline policy help students?

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