Tag: Bills
Minnesota Legislature struggles for compromise on policing
MINNEAPOLIS — Negotiators in Minnesota’s divided Legislature on Monday kicked off what's sure to be a long and contentious debate over whether further police...
Use-of-force cases prompt state debates over officer records
<p>DENVER — Lawmakers in more than 20 states have considered bills this year to make the disciplinary records of police officers public or to...
Use-of-force cases prompt state debates over officer records
DENVER — Lawmakers in more than 20 states have considered bills this year to make the disciplinary records of police officers public or to...
Florida casts itself as elections model, but clashes remain
<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In a state famed for election night fiascoes, Florida's handling of the November presidential vote was hailed as a sign it...
States see potential federal windfall, go slow on road taxes
<p>JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Raising state taxes to improve roads and bridges is one of the few things many Republican and Democratic lawmakers have...
Florida casts itself as elections model, but clashes remain
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In a state famed for election night fiascoes, Florida's handling of the November presidential vote was hailed as a sign it...
States see potential federal windfall, go slow on road taxes
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Raising state taxes to improve roads and bridges is one of the few things many Republican and Democratic lawmakers have...
Biden’s agenda: What can pass and what faces steep odds
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden laid out a long list of policy priorities in his speech to Congress — and some are more politically...
Biden’s agenda: What can pass and what faces steep odds
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden laid out a long list of policy priorities in his speech to Congress — and some are more politically...
Texas pushes closer to dropping handgun license requirement
<p>AUSTIN, Texas — In Texas, where gun laws are among the loosest in the U.S., there is one line the state has long resisted...