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Win giant Gallo close to $400 million center in S. Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina will likely soon tweak its liquor laws to allow the biggest winemaker in the United States to spend $400...
Indiana governor vetoes bill limiting local health orders
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s governor has vetoed a bill that would limit the authority of county or city health departments by allowing local elected officials...
Senators keep South Carolina hate crime bill alive for now
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's effort to become the next-to-last state to pass a hate crimes law survived a challenge from some Republican senators...
GOP lawmaker: Three-Fifths Compromise was to end slavery
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee Republican falsely declared Tuesday that an 18th century policy designating a slave as three-fifths of a person was adopted...
Push against trans athletes in girls’ sports fails in Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. — Conservative Republican legislators in Kansas failed Monday to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of a proposed ban on transgender athletes...
Minnesota Legislature struggles for compromise on policing
MINNEAPOLIS — Negotiators in Minnesota’s divided Legislature on Monday kicked off what's sure to be a long and contentious debate over whether further police...
McConnell says GOP open to $600 billion for infrastructure
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Monday that Republicans are willing to spend up to $600 billion on infrastructure, far...
US appeals court to consider Idaho transgender athletes ban
BOISE, Idaho — An appeals court on Monday will consider the constitutionality of the first law in the nation banning transgender women and girls...
Indiana constitutional fight means tussle among GOP leaders
INDIANAPOLIS — The conservative pushback over Indiana’s COVID-19 restrictions is turning into a tangled legal standoff among Republicans who dominate the Statehouse.
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Use-of-force cases prompt state debates over officer records
DENVER — Lawmakers in more than 20 states have considered bills this year to make the disciplinary records of police officers public or to...
