Tag: State governments
New SC abortion law remains on hold under judge’s order
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A new South Carolina law banning abortions will stay on hold following a judge's order on Friday to extend a temporary...
Virginia GOP nominating contest confusion deepens
RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia GOP appears to be headed back to the drawing board in its ongoing struggle to sort out how to...
Testimony ends in key hearing for 3 tied to Whitmer plot
JACKSON, Mich. — A war veteran who said he believes in small government explained Friday how he became an FBI informant in a federal...
US says it will reduce detention of immigrant families
HOUSTON — U.S. immigration authorities will no longer use a small Pennsylvania detention center to hold parents and children seeking asylum, part of a...
Plans curbing Indiana governor’s emergency power face doubts
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana legislators remain determined to limit the governor’s executive order power as the state reaches a full year under a public health...
Researcher under federal investigation for Chinese ties
BANGOR, Maine — A former scientist at The Jackson Laboratory in Farmington, Connecticut, is being investigated by the FBI for failing to disclose financial...
Mississippi close to putting limits on transgender athletes
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi House voted Wednesday to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls' or women's sports teams in the state's schools...
In Alabama, a vote to keep Confederate monument protections
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would give cities and counties a possible avenue to take down unwanted Confederate...
Government offers plan to release more endangered red wolves
Government wildlife officials released two more critically endangered red wolves into the wild in North Carolina and could place several more captive-bred wolves into...
Prosecutors seek validation of South Carolina abortion ban
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two of the prosecutors named as defendants in a federal lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions have argued...
