Tag: State legislature
Indiana lawmakers set to approve budget, finish session
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers were set to give final approval to a new two-year $37 billion state budget on Thursday as they wrapped up...
Boulder shooting suspect charged with using large magazine
<p>DENVER — Colorado prosecutors have filed over 40 more felony charges against the man charged with killing 10 people at a Boulder supermarket last...
Texas lawmakers target sexual assault after Fort Hood death
AUSTIN, Texas — A year after a Fort Hood soldier was slain by a fellow member of the Army, Texas lawmakers are poised to...
Kansas governor vetoes ban for transgender school athletes
TOPEKA, Kan. — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday vetoed a Republican measure that would have made Kansas the latest state with a GOP-controlled...
Blue states chart diverging paths on death penalty debate
<p>CARSON CITY, Nev. — An effort to repeal the death penalty in Nevada is exposing polarization in the Legislature while proving party affiliation can...
Indiana lawmakers set to approve budget, finish session
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers were set to give final approval to a new two-year $37 billion state budget on Thursday as they wrapped up...
Police: Arrested Michigan lawmaker warned he’d call governor
<p>LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan lawmaker who was arrested for drunken driving and resisting police threatened to call Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and told state...
Kansas governor vetoes ban for transgender school athletes
<p>TOPEKA, Kan. — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday vetoed <a href="http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/summary_sb_55_2021">a Republican measure</a> that would have made Kansas the latest state with a...
North Dakota House overrides transgender sports bill veto
<p>BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota’s House dealt Gov. Doug Burgum his first veto setback of the session Thursday, overriding his rejection of a bill...
Highlights of Indiana’s new state budget
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana General Assembly gave final approval Thursday to a new two-year $37 billion state budget that is bolstered by $3 billion...