Tag: State legislature
Sexual misconduct claims push 4 lawmakers from office
<p>An Idaho lawmaker was accused of raping an intern; a Missouri lawmaker of abusing his children. In North Dakota and Oregon, a pair lawmakers...
Kansas House member arrested after incident at local school
TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas House member was arrested for possible misdemeanor battery in what authorities said Friday was an incident involving a student...
Mississippi welfare payments increasing 3 months early
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi is increasing the nation's lowest welfare payments three months earlier than expected, the state Department of Human Services said Friday.
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Brazil privatizes Rio de Janeiro’s water, sewage utility
<p>RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro state privatized its water and sewage utility on Friday, after years of broken promises to improve sewage...
Mexican border governor impeached for alleged tax evasion
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s congress voted Friday to impeach the current governor of the border state of Tamaulipas on charges of tax evasion, money...
North Carolina body camera law comes under harsh glare
<p>RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina law that gives local courts authority over the release of body camera video has come under a harsh...
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...
US agency to look at bringing back bison on Montana refuge
<p>BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. officials said they will consider in coming years whether to reintroduce wild bison to a million-acre (400,000-hectare) federal wildlife refuge...
Tennessee could mandate bathroom signs about transgender use
<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill that requires businesses or government facilities open to the public to post a sign if...
Alaska governor’s travel signals move to return to normalcy
<p>METLAKATLA, Alaska — Drummers and singers welcomed Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy to Metlakatla, with some blowing fluffy white eagle feather down — symbolic of...