Tag: State governments
Critics call Sen. Ron Johnson’s insurrection comments racist
MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is being called racist for an interview in which the white Republican said he wasn't worried about the...
McConnell backs new process to fill Kentucky Senate vacancy
<p>FRANKFORT, Ky. — Mitch McConnell has given his blessing to legislation to change how a vacant U.S. Senate seat would be filled in his...
Biden played ‘sheriff’ on ’09 aid, now salesman on COVID law
<p>WASHINGTON — In 2009, then-Vice President Joe Biden was "Sheriff Joe,” the enforcer making sure federal dollars from a massive economic aid package were...
How Cuomo investigation, possible impeachment could play out
<p>NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has <a href="https://apnews.com/article/andrew-cuomo-addresses-harassment-claims-afb852a66803416add42de87a2e58fe3">urged New Yorkers to “wait for the facts."</a></p>
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Anti-abortion bills abound; their fate in court is unknown
<p>At an intense pace, lawmakers in Republican-governed states are considering an array of tough anti-abortion restrictions they hope might reach the Supreme Court and...
Governors applaud Biden’s vaccine timeline, but need supply
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Governors largely cheered President Joe Biden's declaration that all Americans should be eligible for coronavirus vaccinations by May 1, but the...
Kentucky Senate votes to make it a crime to taunt police
<p>FRANKFORT, Ky — It could become a crime to taunt a police officer in Kentucky, under a bill that passed the state Senate on...
Federal look into Breonna Taylor’s death casts a wider net
<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Their numbers have dwindled since protesters first flooded Louisville’s streets after police fatally shot Breonna Taylor in her home a year...
Man charged with raping, assaulting child found incompetent
<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky man accused of raping an 8-year-old girl and fracturing her head with a shovel after being found mentally incompetent...
Indiana could see $5.8 billion in new COVID relief money
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana officials have yet to describe any big plans for the influx of federal money expected from the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-state-governments-coronavirus-pandemic-state-budgets-b5ead07aeab515f58540aa75971d5024">$1.9 trillion COVID-19...