Tag: State governments
Shooter at Kansas Jewish centers appeals death sentence
<p>LIBERTY, Mo. — An avowed anti-Semite who shot three people to death at two suburban Kansas City Jewish sites in 2014 is asking the...
Bill curbing governor’s emergency powers advances Senate
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Senate voted Monday to approve a proposal that would curb the governor’s authority under the state emergency powers law following...
AP Exclusive: Pandemic means far fewer eyes on kids’ welfare
<p>LANSFORD, Penn. — Ava Lerario lived in a home marked by both love and chaos, even before the walls of the pandemic started closing...
Arkansas Senate OKs ban on treatments for transgender youth
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Senate on Monday approved banning gender confirming treatments for minors, sending the governor a restriction on transgender youth...
Man jailed for sabotage of German high-speed railway line
<p>BERLIN — A German court on Monday convicted a man of attempted murder and gave him a nearly 10-year prison sentence for removing hundreds...
South Dakota governor kills transgender bill, but orders ban
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Monday killed a bill that would have banned transgender women and girls from female sports,...
Judge orders 3 to trial in plot to kidnap Michigan governor
<p>JACKSON, Mich. — A Michigan judge on Monday ordered three men to stand trial in a plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer...
New Mexico sues US over proposed nuclear waste storage plans
<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico sued the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday over concerns that the federal agency hasn’t done enough to vet...
Upstate woman said Gov. Cuomo forced a kisses on her cheek
<p>ALBANY, N.Y. — An upstate New York woman said Monday that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo grabbed her face and kissed her cheek at...
Virginia lawmakers ban police use of facial recognition
<p>RICHMOND, Va. — Last month, Virginia lawmakers quietly passed one of the most restrictive bans in the country on the use of facial recognition...