Tag: State legislature
Maryland lawmakers approve $577M to settle HBCU lawsuit
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland lawmakers gave final passage Wednesday to a measure to pay $577 million over 10 years to settle a federal lawsuit...
N. Dakota House cools to bill seen as helping Hoeven’s bank
<p>BISMARCK, N.D. — Republican North Dakota House leaders on Friday signaled a reluctance to fully support a proposal to would funnel $10 million to...
Severe storms, tornadoes possible across the Deep South
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The prospect of more tornadoes overnight and into Thursday across the Deep South had forecasters advising residents to take extra precautions...
NY legislative leaders mum on details of impeachment probe
<p>ALBANY, N.Y. — New York's legislative leaders have yet to answer key questions about plans to launch an impeachment investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo,...
Critics: Doctor’s note for vaccine unfairly penalizing poor
FORT LAUDEDALE, Fla. — Claes Bell repeatedly called his doctor, leaving multiple messages and emails, desperate to get him to sign a state form...
Branson leads business group demanding end to death penalty
NEW YORK — Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson feels the time has come to galvanize business leaders in a movement to eradicate the death...
Idaho lawmakers target COVID-19 rules even as they get sick
BOISE, Idaho — A fourth lawmaker in the Idaho House of Representatives has tested positive for COVID-19 in less than a week’s time and...
CDC: West Virginia HIV wave could be ‘tip of the iceberg’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For years, West Virginia has had the nation’s highest rate of opioid drug addictions and drug overdose deaths. Now the state...
Indiana attorney general defends governor’s mask order power
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's attorney general’s office vigorously defended Gov. Eric Holcomb's emergency powers in response to a restaurant's lawsuit challenging his order that...
Warnock: GOP voting restrictions resurrect ‘Jim Crow era’
Sen. Raphael Warnock, whose election as Georgia’s first Black senator helped hand control of the chamber to Democrats, used his first floor speech on...