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  "id": 16180125,
  "title": "Billionaire tax and trans rights: what are key state ballot initiatives in midterms?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/billionaire-tax-and-trans-rights-what-are-key-state-ballot",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T10:00:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/23/key-midterms-ballot-initiatives"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Voters in 39 states will face an array of referendum issues – including Alabama’s on the national anthem in schools Americans heading to the polls for next month’s midterm elections are not just choosing whom to send to Washington, or their state capitols. There are also 145 statewide measures on ballots across 39 states, polling voters on actions from a novel wealth tax on California’s…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}