Tag: Legislature
After Floyd, Congress ready to plunge into policing laws
WASHINGTON — Bolstered with new momentum, Congress is ready to try again to change the nation’s policing laws, heeding President Joe Biden’s admonition that...
Local officials get health orders control under Indiana bill
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers voted Wednesday in favor of limiting the authority of county or city health departments by allowing local elected officials to...
Families, doctors urge Alabama to reject trans treatment ban
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Transgender youth, parents and advocates on Tuesday urged the Alabama House of Representatives, as well as the state’s governor, to reject...
NY man’s trial starts for Jan. 6-related online threats
NEW YORK — A prosecutor urged a jury in a trial's opening statement Wednesday to convict a New York man who threatened to kill...
Biden to America after Floyd verdict: ‘We can’t stop here’
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said the conviction of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd “can be a...
Florida’s governor sued over new ‘anti-riot’ law
ORLANDO, Fla. — A social justice group has filed a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others two days after the Republican signed...
EU reaches major climate deal ahead of Biden climate summit
BRUSSELS — The European Union reached a tentative climate deal that should make the 27-nation bloc climate-neutral by 2050, with member states and parliament...
Dems push $25B to electrify school buses, a Biden priority
WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers are unveiling legislation that would invest $25 billion to convert the nation’s fleet of gasoline- and diesel-powered school buses to...
Arkansas to honor country legend Johnny Cash with holiday
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Man in Black is about to get his own day in Arkansas.
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Pelosi floats new proposal for bipartisan Jan. 6 commission
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is renewing her push for a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, floating a new...
