Tag: State governments
Death toll rises to 210 from February cold wave in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — State officials on Tuesday added 59 deaths to the toll wrought by the Feb. 14 cold wave and the ensuing collapse...
Election depicts two Californias: Rising star or catastrophe
LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom and two leading Republican rivals in the California recall election painted disparate pictures of the nation’s most populous...
Alabama elects first Black Republican to House in 140 years
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Retired Army Sgt. Kenneth Paschal on Tuesday was elected to fill a legislative seat in suburban Shelby County, becoming the only...
Senate Democrats’ $3.5T budget deal backs up Biden’s goals
WASHINGTON — this story is a refire/new doc of last night's story with new material wire embargoed for 6 a.m. EDT Wednesday; lead with...
North Carolina Republicans move to limit classroom race talk
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Republicans are advancing legislation to limit how teachers can discuss certain racial concepts inside the classroom, according to the...
Big jump in Indiana budget surplus triggering tax refund
INDIANAPOLIS — A big jump in Indiana’s state tax collections will result in a refund for taxpayers, although they’ll have to wait for that...
1st elected Alabama Black Republican: GOP ‘open to everyone’
PELHAM, Ala. — The first Black Republican elected to the Alabama Legislature since Reconstruction said Wednesday that his election to represent a heavily white...
Indigenous children’s remains turned over from Army cemetery
CARLISLE, Pa. — The disinterred remains of nine Native American children who died more than a century ago while attending a government-run school in...
EXPLAINER: What’s in the Texas GOP’s voting bills?
The Texas voting bills that prompted state Democrats' flight to Washington this week include a raft of tweaks and changes to the state's election...
Missouri governor OKs police chokehold, accountability bills
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday signed bills that would increase police accountability, limit the use of officer chokeholds and, critics...
