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Top elections official urges quick action on mail-in voting

By Steve Leblanc Jun. 22, 2021 01:26 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — With current no-excuse mail-in voting laws set to expire at the end of the month, state lawmakers need to hurry up and take action to extend...

FILE - In this March 10, 2021, file photo, Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Malinowski has scolded those looking to capitalize on the once-in-a-century pandemic.  But the two term Democrat is not heeding his own admonition. Records show he's bought or sold as much as $1 million of stock in medical and tech companies that had a stake in the virus response. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP, File)
As pandemic spread pain and panic, congressman chased profit

By Brian Slodysko May. 21, 2021 12:33 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 10, 2021, file photo, Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Malinowski has scolded those looking to capitalize on the once-in-a-century pandemic.  But the two term Democrat is not heeding his own admonition. Records show he's bought or sold as much as $1 million of stock in medical and tech companies that had a stake in the virus response. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP, File)
As pandemic spread pain and panic, congressman chased profit

By Brian Slodysko May. 21, 2021 12:12 AM EDT

State Rep. Hilda Santiago, D-Meriden, left, talks with Rep. Larry Butler, D-Waterbury, right, during session at the State Capitol in Hartford, Conn., on Monday, April 19, 2021. In July 2020 after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, Black and Latino members of the Connecticut General Assembly worked to enact sweeping changes to policing in the state, and since, have continue to flex their collective muscles. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Minority legislators sense moment to pass 'bold' legislation

By Susan Haigh Apr. 25, 2021 09:27 AM EDT

A couple wearing face masks walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Asian stock markets rose Wednesday after Wall Street hit a high following an uptick in U.S. inflation and an order by regulators to suspend use of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Asian stock markets advance after new Wall St high

By Joe Mcdonald Apr. 13, 2021 03:25 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2021, file photo, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a virtual roundtable with participants from Black Chambers of Commerce across the country to discuss the American Rescue Plan in Washington. Last year’s coronavirus-triggered market turmoil exposed vulnerable areas in the U.S. economy that need to be addressed by the nation's top-level financial supervisory group, Yellen said Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Yellen says regulatory panel to look at 2020 market turmoil

By Martin Crutsinger Mar. 31, 2021 05:36 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 24, 2021 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at his offices in New York. New Yorkers can now possess up to 3 ounces of cannabis under a legalization bill signed by Cuomo. Criminal justice reform advocates hope the legislation signed Wednesday, March 31, will help redress the inequities of a system that has locked up people of color for marijuana offenses at disproportionate rates. (Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP, File)
New York is latest state to legalize recreational marijuana

By Marina Villeneuve Mar. 31, 2021 11:03 AM EDT

Gov. Baker signs bill extending mail-in voting through June

Mar. 16, 2021 05:58 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie signed into law Tuesday a bill that extends mail-in and early voting options through the end of June in Massachusetts. ...

This 2009 photo shows Mom's Right of Center (R.O.C) leader Holli Sullivan speaking during a meeting at the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library's Central Library in Evansville, Ind. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Tuesday, March 16, 2021 that he had selected Republican state Rep. Holli Sullivan for as Indiana’s new secretary of state. Sullivan will replace current Secretary of State Connie Lawson, who said last month she was resigning with nearly two years left in her elected term. (Jason Clark/Evansville Courier & Press via AP)
Evansville lawmaker named new Indiana secretary of state

By Tom Davies Mar. 16, 2021 05:31 PM EDT

A five-bedroom house, bottom, is seen in Woodbridge, Conn., Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Zoning laws have been under scrutiny for years in Connecticut towns. But the issue has intensified recently, especially in Woodbridge, a New Haven County community of nearly 9,000 with a town center on the National Register of Historic Places. Tim Herbst, a former Republican candidate for governor, is representing a dozen residents opposed to changes proposed by the Open Communities Alliance, an organization founded in 2013 to improve access to affordable housing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Connecticut's zoning laws a focus in racial equity debate

By Susan Haigh Mar. 16, 2021 07:21 AM EDT

Ballot measure seeks scheduling flexibility for lawmakers

By Bruce Schreiner Mar. 15, 2021 08:00 PM EDT
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers finished work Monday on a proposal giving them options to extend the time they meet in session if voters approve the...

Massachusetts lawmakers OK bill to extend mail-in voting

Mar. 12, 2021 04:30 PM EST
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts House and Senate have given final approval to a bill that extends mail-in and early voting options through the end of June. ...

Housing remains priority during Oregon's legislative session

By Sara Cline Mar. 09, 2021 01:07 PM EST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As new problems emerged in Oregon during 2020, another remained and was further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and wildfires –...

Panel issues report on racial equity in public office

Feb. 05, 2021 01:19 PM EST
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A racial equity task force is advocating that Vermont declare racism a public health emergency and revise hate speech laws, among other...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Jan. 11, 2021 06:29 PM EST
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers: Capitol riots could lead to America’s rebound if we embrace...

A security guard mans a checkpoint into the Alibaba Group headquarters in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province on Friday, May 27, 2016. Chinese regulators on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 announced an anti-monopoly investigation of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, stepping up official efforts to tighten control over China's fast-growing tech industries. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China steps up pressure on Alibaba with anti-monopoly probe

By Joe Mcdonald Dec. 24, 2020 02:11 AM EST

FILE - Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Bill Galvin testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Regulators in Massachusetts claim Robinhood Financial targets and manipulates inexperienced investors and has failed to prevent costly outages on its popular stock trading platform. In an administrative complaint filed Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 by Galvin, the state alleges that Robinhood violated securities laws by aggressively marketing itself to Massachusetts investors “without regard for the best interest of its customers," while also failing to maintain a properly working platform as its number of users exploded. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)
Robinhood accused of downplaying the risks of trading

By Alex Veiga And Stan Choe Dec. 16, 2020 03:02 PM EST

Company offering pandemic stock tips accused of $137M fraud

By Michael Kunzelman Dec. 07, 2020 02:27 PM EST
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The founders of a company called Raging Bull tout themselves as expert stock traders who teach customers how they, too, can become...

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2018, file photo, Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky speaks during an event in San Francisco. Airbnb hopes to raise as much as $2.6 billion in its initial public stock offering this month, betting investors will see its home-sharing model as the future of travel. In a government filing Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, the San Francisco-based company said it expects to offer 51.9 million common shares priced between $44 and $50 per share. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Airbnb hopes to raise up to $2.6B in mid-December IPO

By Dee-Ann Durbin Dec. 01, 2020 11:55 AM EST

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Sen. David Perdue speaks during a campaign rally on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in Cumming, Ga. Perdue and Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff are in a runoff election for the Senate seat in Georgia. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Ga. Sen. Perdue boosts wealth with well-timed stock trades

By Brian Slodysko And Richard Lardner Nov. 25, 2020 07:25 AM EST