Tag: Bills
Indiana lawmakers pass bill to ensure school funding
INDIANAPOLIS — A Senate bill aimed at ensuring Indiana’s public schools receive full funding for all students during the coronavirus pandemic is headed to...
Sexual orientation back in South Carolina hate crime bill
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A group of South Carolina lawmakers have added back protections for gay or transgender people to a hate crime bill, five...
Kentucky lawmakers advance bipartisan election reform bill
FRANKFORT, Ky. — In sharp contrast to bitter partisan battles being waged elsewhere over election laws, Republicans and Democrats in Kentucky were on the...
Kentucky House passes new rules for filling Senate vacancies
FRANKFORT, Ky — Kentucky lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that would remove Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s ability to appoint a member of his own...
McConnell backs new process to fill Kentucky Senate vacancy
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Mitch McConnell has given his blessing to legislation to change how a vacant U.S. Senate seat would be filled in his...
Democratic push to revive earmarks divides Republicans
WASHINGTON — Can lawmakers bring home the bacon without it being pork?
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Kentucky Senate votes to make it a crime to taunt police
FRANKFORT, Ky — It could become a crime to taunt a police officer in Kentucky, under a bill that passed the state Senate on...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though...
Kentucky House to vote on bill limiting no-knock warrants
FRANKFORT, Ky — After lawmakers rejected a statewide ban on no-knock warrants, a Kentucky state House committee advanced a version Wednesday that limits the...
As GOP makes it harder to vote, few Republicans dissent
ATLANTA — In Arizona, a Republican state senator worried aloud that his party's proposed voter identification requirements might be too “cumbersome.” But he voted...
