Tag: Legislation
Texas Democrats dig in after exodus; GOP threatens arrest
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Democrats who hurriedly fled to Washington to block sweeping new election laws back home acknowledged Tuesday they can't stay away...
Manfred won’t say how MLB would react to Texas election law
DENVER — Hours before baseball's All-Star Game at Denver's Coors Field, commissioner Rob Manfred wouldn't say whether he would rule out any events in...
Manfred won’t say how MLB would react to Texas election law
DENVER — Hours before baseball's All-Star Game at Denver's Coors Field, commissioner Rob Manfred wouldn't say whether he would rule out any events in...
Cunningham announcing plan to legalize marijuana in SC
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Joe Cunningham — the former one-term Democratic congressman now running to unseat South Carolina Republican Gov. Henry McMaster — is...
Oklahoma board approves rules banning certain race theories
OKLAHOMA CITY — Public school teachers in Oklahoma could have their teaching licenses suspended for teaching certain concepts about race and racism under new...
Senators seek Medicaid-like plan to cover holdout states
ATLANTA — Three Democratic U.S. senators from states that have refused to expand Medicaid want the federal government to set up a mirror plan...
Left-leaning groups pressure Schumer to act on voting bill
WASHINGTON — Dozens of left-leaning organizations are asking Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to schedule a new vote this month on Democrats' sweeping voting...
EXPLAINER: Texas Democrats fled the state. Here’s why.
Texas statehouse Democrats fled Monday to the nation's capitol to try and block the GOP's sweeping elections overhaul bill that makes it harder to...
Sanders, Biden meet as infrastructure bill swells past $3.5T
WASHINGTON — Emerging from a private meeting at the White House, Sen. Bernie Sanders said Monday that he and President Joe Biden are on...
Group rallies for voting rights amid All-Star Game events
DENVER — Amid the fanfare, celebrity softball games and other events surrounding Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game, a group rallied Sunday to call attention...
