Students listen intently at the first session of “Kindergarten Kickoff” at the Gloversville Public Library on Tuesday.

A scarecrow is propped up in a tree in the town of Johnstown on July 2.

Boo! Did I scare ya?

FILE - A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is photographed May 4, 2021, in Washington.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS says pastors who endorse political candidates from the pulpit should not have to risk losing their tax-exempt status.

The move effectively calls for a carve out for religious organizations from the rarely used IRS rule called the Johnson Amendment, put in place in 1954 and named after then-Sen. Lyndon Johnson.

In a joint court filing........

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