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President Pro Tempore Beth Mizell during the Senate Select Committee on Women and Children at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. Thursday, April 8, 2021. (Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP)
Louisiana's latest legislative session moves past pandemic

By Melinda Deslatte 8 hrs ago

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell listens during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. During an interview broadcast Sunday, April 11, 2021, on CBS' "60 Minutes," Powell said the U.S. economy is poised for an extended period of strong growth and hiring, though the coronavirus still poses some risk. (Al Drago/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)
Fed's Powell sees US boom ahead, with COVID still a risk

By Christopher Rugaber 14 hrs ago

Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, talks during a news conference in the House chamber on Thursday, April 1, 2021. The House voted Monday, April 5, 2021, to give the Legislature more authority to intervene during emergencies declared by the governor. Gov. Eric Holcomb has said he will veto the bill, and Huston said he expected courts will ultimately decide whether it is allowed under the state constitution. (AP Photo/Tom Davies)
Indiana lawmakers planning on return for redistricting votes

By Tom Davies 24 hrs ago

State Sen. Beth Mizell, R-Franklinton, the Senate's second-highest ranking member, speaks about legislative work in response to a report that details Louisiana State University's repeated mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations, on Friday, March 19, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
Louisiana lawmakers ready for latest session starting Monday

By Melinda Deslatte Apr. 10, 2021 10:14 AM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 file photo, nursing home residents wait on line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. After a deadly year in New York’s nursing homes, state lawmakers have passed legislation that could potentially force facility owners to spend more on patient care. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
Reforms follow deadly year in New York nursing homes

By Marina Villeneuve Apr. 10, 2021 08:06 AM EDT

President Joe Biden, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, right, speaks as he gets his weekly economic briefing in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Biden budget seeks more for schools, health care and housing

By Josh Boak Apr. 10, 2021 12:32 AM EDT

House Democratic Majority Floor Leader Sheryl Williams-Stapleton, right, summarizes successful legislation, alongside Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, center, and New Mexico House Speaker Brian Egolf, left, in Santa Fe, N.M., at the close of a 60-day legislative session on Saturday, March 20, 2021. The Democrat-led Legislature has charted an economic exit from the COVID-19 pandemic and checked off progressive priorities on policing reforms, abortion rights, medical aid in dying and child poverty. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
New Mexico governor signs $7.4B state budget, vetoes relief

By Morgan Lee Apr. 09, 2021 04:13 PM EDT

President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, second from left, National Economic Council director Brian Deese, left, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, right, speaks as he gets his weekly economic briefing in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Biden budget seeks more for schools, health care and housing

By Josh Boak Apr. 09, 2021 11:01 AM EDT

Senators give initial OK to $9.7B Nebraska budget package

By Grant Schulte Apr. 08, 2021 07:45 PM EDT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers gave initial approval Thursday to a $9.7 billion state budget that includes more money for property tax credits and...

Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., and other senators finish a procedural vote on the nomination of Shalanda Young to be deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Hagerty talks elections with Trump after affirming Biden win

By Jonathan Mattise Apr. 08, 2021 06:45 PM EDT

Demonstrators chant as they declare victory and celebrate the passage of the New York state budget with the ending their hunger strike that lasted 23 days, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in the Manhattan borough of New York. New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status, could apply for help from a new $2.4 billion rental relief program that will offer 12 months of overdue rent and utilities, three prospective months of rent and a year of eviction protection. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
New York to offer COVID aid to immigrants excluded earlier

By Marina Villeneuve And Karen Matthews Apr. 08, 2021 03:11 PM EDT

Florida House OK's bill to tax out-of-state online sales

By Bobby Caina Calvan Apr. 08, 2021 01:55 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida moved closer Thursday in requiring online retailers and other out-of-state merchants to collect sales tax, a step that could...

Holocaust survivor Fanny Amar wearing a face mask amid the coronavirus holds a rose as she and others attend the yearly Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Haifa, Israel, Thursday, April 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
The Latest: US 7th Fleet: 14,000 personnel fully vaccinated

By The Associated Press Apr. 08, 2021 01:26 AM EDT

Florida Senate passes $95B budget proposal, changes to come

By Brendan Farrington Apr. 07, 2021 07:54 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Senate unanimously passed a $95 billion budget Wednesday and will now have to work out differences with the House, which...

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 07:51 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ April 7 The Boston Globe on ...

Legislature votes to bolster unemployment insurance system

By Jack Hogan Of Capital News Service Apr. 07, 2021 06:04 PM EDT
Emergency measures to help struggling businesses pay less in unemployment insurance taxes while simultaneously granting more funding to the unemployed were...

NY set to hike taxes on rich, boost spending in budget

By Marina Villeneuve Apr. 07, 2021 05:51 PM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York will spend billions of dollars of federal funds over the next year on schools and relief for struggling businesses, tenants and...

FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, file photo, a cameraman shoots from the end zone of an NFL football game between the New Orleans Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs, in New Orleans. Plans for $450 million in upgrades to New Orleans’ iconic Superdome have been disrupted because of financial troubles caused by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Tyler Kaufman, File)
Virus pandemic slows renovations to Superdome in New Orleans

By Melinda Deslatte Apr. 07, 2021 05:40 PM EDT

New Hampshire House sends $13.5B budget to Senate

By Holly Ramer Apr. 07, 2021 05:17 PM EDT
CONCORD (AP) — House lawmakers on Wednesday approved a $13.5 billion budget package that Republicans portrayed as responsible “belt tightening” during a...

FILE - The logo of the International Monetary Fund is visible on their building, Monday, April 5, 2021, in Washington. Finance officials of the world’s major economies on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 agreed on a proposal to boost the resources of the International Monetary Fund by $650 billion as a way to provide more support to vulnerable countries struggling to deal with a global pandemic. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Major economies support $650 billion boost in IMF resources

By Martin Crutsinger Apr. 07, 2021 03:43 PM EDT