Legislature
Arizona House GOP limits debate on budget, speeding passage
By Jonathan J. Cooper And Bob Christie an hour ago
PHOENIX (AP) — Angered by House Democrats failing to show up to work earlier in the week to vote on a state budget, Republicans on Thursday limited debate as...
NH lawmakers approve $13.5 billion budget package
By Holly Ramer an hour ago
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Republican-led New Hampshire Legislature on Thursday passed a two-year state budget that includes not only $13.5 billion in spending...
Lawmakers OK letting students repeat year because of COVID
2 hrs ago
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Lawmakers made a final vote Thursday to approve a bill to let parents decide whether to have their children repeat a year of school, a...
Ohio proposals would let high schoolers redo pandemic year
By Kantele Franko 4 hrs ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The pandemic made Jake Gregg's senior year of high school very different than anticipated. He got by enough to graduate, but now the 19...
Michigan bill to end extra unemployment benefit faces veto
By David Eggert 4 hrs ago
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican lawmakers voted Thursday to stop a $300 weekly federal supplement that is added to unemployed workers' benefits in Michigan,...
Washington governor extends eviction moratorium to Sept. 30
By Rachel La Corte 4 hrs ago
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday he was extending the state's eviction moratorium to Sept. 30, with some modifications, to...
Point Roberts residents want border restrictions lifted
By Tom Banse 9 hrs ago
POINT ROBERTS, Wash. (AP) — The owner of the only grocery store in the exclave of Point Roberts said she is tapped out and will have to close around July 15...
Council’s rental rules to become law without mayor signature
10 hrs ago
SEATTLE (AP) — Several Seattle City Council bills surrounding rental housing will become law without Mayor Jenny Durkan’s signature.
Durkan...
Economists detail recovery of New Mexico oil production
22 hrs ago
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Legislative analysts say New Mexico is the only top oil-producing state to have recovered to pre-pandemic levels of production, but...
Face mask decisions left with local NC schools in House bill
23 hrs ago
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Local school leaders — and not state officials — would decide for next school year whether students and workers in K-12 schools must wear...
N. Carolina bill ending extra $300 benefits heads to Cooper
By Gary D. Robertson 23 hrs ago
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina would end offering supplemental benefits from the federal government to the state's unemployed in roughly a month under...
Editorial Roundup: New York
By The Associated Press 24 hrs ago
New York Post. June 21, 2021.
Editorial: ‘Progressive’ Maya Wiley is anything but
When Al Sharpton faults you for your...
Delaware House approves budget bill for upcoming fiscal year
By Randall Chase 24 hrs ago
DOVER, Del. (AP) — House lawmakers on Wednesday approved a spending plan for the fiscal year starting July 1 that adds hundreds of millions of dollars to the...
Arizona GOP advances wish list on race, taxes, elections
By Jonathan J. Cooper And Bob Christie 24 hrs ago
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Senate passed a $12.8 billion budget for the coming fiscal year early Wednesday that contains massive income tax cuts after a...
House votes for 'vaccine passports,' Health secretary limits
By Mark Scolforo 24 hrs ago
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans in the Pennsylvania House on Wednesday voted to ban the use of so-called COVID-19 “vaccine passports” by colleges,...
Editorial Roundup: Florida
By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 05:06 PM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 18, 2021.
Editorial: Florida election supervisors must keep asking hard questions
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