Tag: State legislature
Navajos say new Arizona restrictions will complicate voting
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Arizona Republicans say the voter restrictions they're pushing after President Joe Biden's win in the state last year are designed to...
Pennsylvania voters to decide racial equity amendment
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Protests over George Floyd's killing at the hands of Minneapolis police were raging across the country last June when a Democratic...
Conservative group boasts of secret role in voting laws
The head of a national conservative group that is spending $24 million to push new voting restrictions told supporters it secretly helped draft legislation...
Missouri set to require online stores to collect taxes
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri is set to become the last state to require out-of-state online stores to collect sales taxes on residents' purchases...
Oklahoma bucks red-state trend, extends early voting
OKLAHOMA CITY — On Election Day last year, state Rep. Jon Echols was mortified to see a 3 1/2-hour line to vote in his...
Scrum of challengers awaits Cheney after House GOP ouster
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — For pro-Trump Republicans, removing Rep. Liz Cheney from House GOP leadership was relatively easy. Booting her from office will be another...
US cities see surge in deadly street racing amid pandemic
Jaye Sanford, a 52-year-old mother of two, was driving home in suburban Atlanta on Nov. 21 when a man in a Dodge Challenger muscle...
1st ballot test of governor’s pandemic powers starts in PA
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republican lawmakers across the country have tried to roll back the emergency powers that governors wielded during the COVID-19 pandemic, as...
Democrats search for a strategy to combat GOP voting laws
A small group of civil rights leaders gathered at Vice President Kamala Harris’ ceremonial office last week, discussing how to combat a wave of...
New Washington state law makes drug possession a misdemeanor
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday signed a measure overhauling the state’s approach to drug possession, after the Washington Supreme Court...
