Wisconsin lawmaker with COVID-19 on ventilator, stable
A Republican state senator from Wisconsin who opposed mask and vaccine mandates and then developed pneumonia after testing positive for…
Report: Most federal election security money remains unspent
Congress provided hundreds of millions of dollars to shore up the nation’s election system against cyberattacks and other threats, but…
Ohio House speaker, 4 others arrested in $60M bribery case
The powerful Republican speaker of the Ohio House and four associates have been arrested in a $60 million federal bribery…
Officer’s actions toward Black Indiana senator under review
An Indiana State Police spokesman says the agency is reviewing allegations that a white Capitol Police officer reached for his…
Lobbying grows against Mississippi’s rebel-themed flag
University coaches and Christian ministers are urging Mississippi legislators to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag By…
Georgia measure would stop officials mailing ballot requests
Republicans controlling a Georgia House committee have approved a bill to prevent election officials from proactively sending mail ballot request…
New law lifts secrecy from Garner officer’s complaint file
After years of secrecy, a leak and a recent change in state law, New York City’s police watchdog on Monday…
Some Minneapolis activists doubt disbanding police will work
MINNEAPOLIS — George Floyd’s death was the breaking point for some Minneapolis civic leaders, who now say the only way…
Group buys Alabama abortion clinic to keep it from closing
An Alabama-based abortion rights group received a flood of donations after state lawmakers in 2019 attempted to outlaw abortion By…
Tensions rise as Texas governor readies to lift more rules
AUSTIN, Texas — Two weeks into the reopening of Texas, coronavirus cases are climbing. New outbreaks still crop up. And…
Virginia governor signs gun-control bills into law
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed several new gun restrictions he championed during this year’s legislative session, cementing gains by…
South Dakota lawmaker dies of coronavirus
A South Dakota lawmaker who contracted the coronavirus along with several other family members has died April 4, 2020, 5:51…
California lawmakers plead: Fight virus, don’t pack beaches
LOS ANGELES — With cases of coronavirus surging and the death toll surpassing 100, lawmakers are pleading with cooped-up Californians…
Audit: $115M went to former board of Maryland medical system
An Maryland audit has found that nearly $115 million went to board members of the University of Maryland Medical System…
Former Virginia House candidate charged with revenge porn
A former candidate for a seat in Virginia’s House of Delegates has been charged with crimes commonly characterized as “revenge…
Girl, 11, brings AR-15 to Idaho hearing on gun legislation
An 11-year-old girl toting a loaded AR-15 assault weapon appeared Monday with her grandfather, who is supporting legislation that would…
Kansas elections chief’s security plan causes local unease
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ elections chief is pushing to make the state’s central voter registration database more secure by changing…
W.Va. governor denies racism over ‘thugs’ basketball comment
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice says it’s absurd to accuse him of racism for calling a high school girls basketball…
Biden faces competition for black vote in his SC ‘firewall’
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Joe Biden is facing increasingly formidable competition in South Carolina, a state his campaign has long assumed…
Virginia lawmakers pass protections for LGBTQ people
Virginia lawmakers have passed comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation that advocates say makes the state the first in the South to enact…
Kansas Senate rivals try to minimize Kobach’s ties to Trump
Hardline conservative Kris Kobach tried Saturday to reassure Kansas Republicans that if they nominate him for the U.S. Senate, they…
Kansas considers requiring ‘In God We Trust’ in classrooms
Conservative Republicans are pushing for a law in Kansas to require the posting of the national motto of “In God…
California rejects unique intersex surgery ban for some kids
California has rejected a ban on medically unnecessary treatment for babies born with ambiguous or conflicting genitalia By ADAM BEAM…
Trump scores a victory in bicoastal battle over tax returns
President Donald Trump’s efforts to keep his tax returns private played out on both coasts Thursday, with a California judge…
Spying claims spur calls for Washington lawmaker ouster
Washington state’s liberal reputation is well-known, but voters in a conservative legislative district have re-elected Republican lawyer Matt Shea to…
California Senate approves bill regulating gig economy
The California Senate has passed a bill that would give new wage and benefit protections to workers at so-called gig…
Pastor whose child was shot at Texas church runs for office
A Texas pastor whose teenage daughter was among more than two dozen people killed in a mass shooting at his…
Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana’s governor during Katrina, dies
Former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who became the state’s first female elected governor only to see her political career…
Indiana lawmaker under fire for posting noose picture
An Indiana lawmaker who posted nooses under a Facebook story about a black man pleading guilty to rape is drawing…
Opponents warn a Tennessee abortion ban will cost taxpayers
Tennessee lawmakers were warned Tuesday that, should the GOP-controlled Legislature choose to pass one of the strictest abortion bans in…
Calls for Michigan civil rights director to step down grow
Calls for the director of the Michigan agency that investigates discrimination complaints to resign are growing as new details have…
Black rag dolls meant to be abused are pulled from stores
Black rag dolls that came with instructions to “find a wall” and slam the toy against it have been pulled…
Democrats demand action on Republican who threatened police
Just one day after Republicans ended a walkout that shut down the Legislature for over a week, the Senate was…
Oregon Republican senators end walkout over carbon bill
Republican lawmakers returned to the Oregon Senate on Saturday, ending an acrimonious nine-day walkout over a carbon emissions bill that…
Public pressure prompts Ohio library to cancel LGBTQ event
Public opposition that included Ohio’s Republican House speaker has prompted a county library outside Columbus to cancel an LGBTQ program…
Florida lawmakers pass bill allowing more armed teachers
More Florida classroom teachers could carry guns in school under a bill passed Wednesday by state lawmakers, the latest response…
Michigan GOP moves to strip Democratic officeholders’ power
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Next governor will ask Walker to veto lame-duck legislation
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Past midterms, some zero in on amending Constitution
Whatever success Republicans have amassed in taking control of all three branches of U.S. government, and whatever fate awaits them…
Bredesen seeks votes from women in Tennessee Senate race
Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn could make history by becoming the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate in Tennessee.…
Ohio special election Tuesday watched for clues to November
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