Tag: State legislature
Texas Capitol staffer alleges being drugged by lobbyist
AUSTIN, Texas — Allegations that a Texas lobbyist drugged a legislative aide shook the state Capitol on Monday, leading to some lawmakers restricting access...
Oklahoma governor signs 3 anti-abortion bills into law
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed three anti-abortion bills into law on Monday, including ones to criminalize the procedure in certain cases...
Colorado will gain eighth U.S. House seat based on census
DENVER — Thanks to booming population growth over the past decade, Colorado will receive an eighth U.S. House seat after the release of new...
Firm recounting Arizona ballots wants methods kept secret
PHOENIX — A contractor hired by Arizona's state Senate to oversee the recount of 2.1 million ballots from November's election in the county that...
Census shows Indiana grows, retains all 9 US House seats
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's population grew about 5% during the past decade to nearly 6.8 million residents and the state held onto its nine U.S....
Analysis: A reckoning on racism? Not for many leaders of GOP
<p>NEW YORK — If the nation is in the midst of a historic reckoning on racism, most leaders of the Republican Party are not...
Firm recounting Arizona ballots wants methods kept secret
<p>PHOENIX — A contractor hired by Arizona's state Senate to oversee the recount of 2.1 million ballots from November's election in the county that...
New Indiana secretary of state starts 2022 election campaign
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s new secretary of state has started her 2022 election campaign for the position a little more than a month after being...
Cuomo on sex harassment claims: ‘I didn’t do anything wrong’
<p>ALBANY, N.Y. — In his <a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-news-new-york-media-coronavirus-pandemic-covid-19-pandemic-4937f55d7c3ff2376162f9b08e2c8d71">first face-to-face encounter with journalists in months</a>, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday flatly denied he had done anything...
Texas Capitol staffer alleges being drugged by lobbyist
<p>AUSTIN, Texas — Allegations that a Texas lobbyist drugged a legislative aide shook the state Capitol on Monday, leading to some lawmakers restricting access...