Tag: State legislature
Texas lawmakers target sexual assault after Fort Hood death
<p>AUSTIN, Texas — A year after a Fort Hood soldier was slain by a fellow member of the Army, Texas lawmakers are poised to...
Idaho Senate OKs bill to kill up to 90% of wolves in state
BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Senate on Wednesday approved legislation allowing the state to hire private contractors to kill up to 90% of the...
Boulder shooting suspect charged with using large magazine
DENVER — Local prosecutors in Colorado on Wednesday filed over 40 more felony charges against a man charged with killing 10 people at a...
Blue states chart diverging paths on death penalty debate
CARSON CITY, Nev. — An effort to repeal the death penalty in Nevada is exposing polarization in the Legislature while proving party affiliation can...
Boulder shooting suspect charged with using large magazine
DENVER — Colorado prosecutors have filed over 40 more felony charges against the man charged with killing 10 people at a Boulder supermarket last...
Police: Arrested Michigan lawmaker warned he’d call governor
LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan lawmaker who was arrested for drunken driving and resisting police threatened to call Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and told state...
Vote near on Indiana budget with schools boost, vaping tax
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana public school and teachers groups are cheering the education funding increase included in the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/health-state-budgets-business-government-and-politics-coronavirus-21deec0f4a0b63544c3f2c7433f2bebf">new state budget plan</a> that’s poised...
Local officials get health orders control under Indiana bill
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers voted Wednesday in favor of limiting the authority of county or city health departments by allowing local elected officials to...
Tennessee could require fetal remains be buried or cremated
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It will now be up to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to decide whether some medical providers will be required to cremate...
Families, doctors urge Alabama to reject trans treatment ban
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Transgender youth, parents and advocates on Tuesday urged the Alabama House of Representatives, as well as the state’s governor, to reject...