Tag: State governments
Turkish businessman arrested in scheme with Utah polygamists
SALT LAKE CITY — A Turkish businessman has been arrested by the U.S. Justice Department in connection with what authorities say was a biodiesel...
California oil regulators delay health, safety rules again
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It's been a year and a half since California Gov. Gavin Newsom directed oil regulators to consider new health and safety...
California weighs extending eviction protections past June
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will pay off all the past-due rent that accumulated in the nation's most populated state because...
Anti-government activist Bundy issues Idaho campaign video
Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy on Saturday came out with his first video announcing his campaign to become governor of Idaho.
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Store targeted by protests fined $20,000 over security guard
NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans store that has been the site of armed protests over a fatal shooting has been fined $20,000 after...
Amid reform movement, some GOP states give police more power
COLUMBUS, Ohio — After a year of protests over police brutality, some Republican-controlled states have ignored or blocked police-reform proposals, moving instead in the...
Virginia marijuana legalization timetable has many confused
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's road to legalizing simple possession of marijuana has had some twists and turns, so it's not surprising that advocacy groups...
County where Ahmaud Arbery slain hires Black police chief
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The coastal Georgia county where Ahmaud Arbery’s slaying raised an outcry over racial injustice has hired its first full-time Black police...
Governor: GOP pick for public broadcasting brings ‘balance’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is defending his appointment of a Republican Party operative to a public broadcasting oversight board, saying...
Iowa’s high court stops lawsuit over farm runoff pollution
DES MOINES, Iowa — A sharply divided Iowa Supreme Court on Friday stopped a lawsuit aimed at reducing the flow of fertilizer and hog...
