Tag: Legislation
Despite racial reckoning, state efforts stall on reparations
<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky — During last summer’s reckoning over racial injustice, decades-long debates about whether to offer reparations to the descendants of slaves in the...
After COVID relief bill, progressives look for next big win
ATLANTA — Activist Jan Rivers stood surrounded by “JOBS NOW” signs as she tried to round up support for a massive infrastructure and climate...
Dispute over Russian pipeline tests Biden’s Europe outreach
WASHINGTON — Pressure is growing on President Joe Biden to take action to prevent the completion of a Russian gas pipeline to Europe that...
Chocolate chip diplomacy: Biden courts Congress with gusto
WASHINGTON — The pictures always make it look so presidential: Joe Biden sitting in a tall-back chair, surrounded by the arrayed members of Congress...
After COVID relief bill, progressives look for next big win
<p>ATLANTA — Activist Jan Rivers stood surrounded by “JOBS NOW” signs as she tried to round up support for a massive infrastructure and climate...
Dispute over Russian pipeline tests Biden’s Europe outreach
<p>WASHINGTON — Pressure is growing on President Joe Biden to take action to prevent the completion of a Russian gas pipeline to Europe that...
Chocolate chip diplomacy: Biden courts Congress with gusto
<p>WASHINGTON — The pictures always make it look so presidential: Joe Biden sitting in a tall-back chair, surrounded by the arrayed members of Congress...
Democrats move 2 bills showing strength and limits of power
<p>WASHINGTON — Democrats were on a roll. The House voted along party lines to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/dc-statehood-congress-9edf21fe93e813808f1488ceb0b7900b">make the nation’s capital the 51st state</a>, and two...
Court record: Chauvin to be sentenced June 16 in Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, will be sentenced in...
Hungary walks back controversial laws after EU court rulings
<p>BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's government is walking back two controversial pieces of legislation that targeted foreign universities and civil society groups after they were...