Tag: State legislature
Minnesota Legislature grapples with police accountability
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota House was preparing to debate police accountability as part of a broader public safety budget bill that the...
California Democrats again seek to alter recall laws
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Four years ago, California Democrats altered the state’s recall laws in part to slow down the process and try to aid...
Minnesota lawmakers reach deal on policing measures
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s top Democratic and Republican lawmakers reached agreement on the highlights of a public safety bill that includes police accountability...
Arizona election audit enters new phase as ballot count ends
PHOENIX — Technology consultants hired by Arizona Senate Republicans to probe the 2020 election have finished counting and photographing nearly 2.1 million ballots from...
California lawmakers seek to remove ‘he’ from state laws
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When California Gov. Gavin Newsom was searching for a new attorney general earlier this year, state Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan looked up...
Democrats sue Texas governor over vetoing pay after walkout
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Democratic lawmakers who blocked one of America's most restrictive voting measures with a dramatic walkout sued Republican Gov. Greg Abbott...
Arizona House OK’s big loopholes for new tax on wealthy
PHOENIX — After slashing $1.9 billion in income taxes mainly benefiting upper-income taxpayers and shielding them from higher taxes approved by voters in an...
Frederick S. Humphries, former FAMU president, dies at 85
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former Florida A&M University president Frederick S. Humphries, whose 16 years of leadership at the school are often referred to as...
Discord over whether to halt South Carolina abortion case
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The parties involved in a lawsuit over South Carolina’s new ban on almost all abortions disagree about how the case should...
Iowa county shifts eponym from slave-owning VP to Black dean
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa’s most liberal county is no longer named for a slave-owning U.S. vice president and instead will honor a trailblazing...
