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Louisiana State

WashingtonExaminer

Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) knocked concerns over Louisiana’s new Ten Commandments law as the state moves to dismiss a legal challenge against the controversial measure.  During a press conference Monday, Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill announced Louisiana would seek to deny a challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights groups […]

Louisiana governor questions ‘whole big fuss’ over controversial Ten Commandments law

Indiana State

Republican lieutenant governor candidate Micah Beckwith speaks on the debate stage on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. (Leslie Bonilla Muñiz/Indiana Capital Chronicle) A trio of Indiana lieutenant governor nominees promised to champion farmers and rural residents — albeit through different means — during a Tuesday agriculture-themed debate. Republican...

Lieutenant governor candidates debate water policy, property tax

Michigan State

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Thumbwind Publications

LANSING, MI — The Michigan Supreme Court's recent decision to raise the minimum wage and eliminate the tip credit for servers, bartenders, and other tipped workers has sparked immediate calls for legislative action. House Republican Leader Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, issued a strong statement on Wednesday, urging the Legislature to reconvene and address the potentially disruptive impacts of the ruling on Michigan's workforce and small businesses.

Legislature Faces Urgent Call to Action Following Supreme Court Ruling on Minimum Wage

Colorado State

POLITICO

Colorado's Jared Polis talks gun control, affordable housing and weed economics.

Meet the ‘balding gay Jew’ now leading America’s governors

NBC News

WASHINGTON — Democratic senators plan to introduce legislation Tuesday that would effectively overturn a Supreme Court ruling last month that imposed new limits on federal agencies when they issue regulations about a wide variety of issues, including the environment and consumer protection. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., will introduce a...

Democratic senators seek to reverse Supreme Court ruling that restricts federal agency power

TIME

Consequences mattered to the Founders—and that meant early American judges upheld major gun restrictions.

The Supreme Court's 2nd Amendment Mistake

CBS Minnesota

Wisconsin Capitol Police have declined to investigate the leak of a state Supreme Court abortion order in June citing a conflict of interest, but the court's chief justice told The Associated Press she is pursuing other options.Chief Justice Annette Ziegler told AP via email on Thursday that she continues "to pursue other means in an effort to get to the bottom of this leak." She did not respond to messages last week and Monday asking what those other means were. Other justices also did not return a request for comment Monday.Ziegler called for the investigation on June 26 after the...

Wisconsin police won't investigate leak of Supreme Court abortion order

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Ballotpedia News

Nine states, including seven with Republican trifectas, have enacted legislation this year related to the eligibility of noncitizens to vote. In total, voters in eight states will consider ballot measures related to noncitizen voting at the November general election. In Louisiana, SB 436 requires proof of citizenship for voter registration...

Nine states approved bills related to noncitizen voting, voters in eight states will consider ballot measures this November

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

New Jersey State

Jersey City, NJ

The meeting comes nearly two weeks after a federal judge declined to weigh in on whether federal law bars cops from using cannabis off duty. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Nearly two weeks after a federal judge said he wouldn’t weigh in yet on whether it’s legal for New Jersey cops to use marijuana, the Civil Service Commission is set to decide the fate of another police officer who was terminated for ingesting cannabis.

N.J. panel to hear new case of cop fired for using cannabis

Florida State

Fox News

A federal judge delivered a final blow to the part of Florida's "Stop Woke Act" that sought to ban critical race theory training in private workplaces.

Judge permanently blocks part of Florida's 'Stop WOKE Act' as unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds

Maine State

Portland, ME

Goranson Farm stand at the Portland Farmers Market on Aug. 10, 2024. (AnnMarie Hilton/Maine Morning Star) “I don’t know whether to laugh or cry,” said Jan Goranson, standing at her family’s farm stand at the Portland Farmers Market Saturday morning. “That’s the way it’s been. It’s been really hard.”

Maine farmers fed up with ‘royally failing’ WIC payment app

Kansas State

Jackson County, MO

Jackson County officials said Monday they are evaluating potential legal challenges to an order by the State Tax Commission they argue was only issued to cover for Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey. The Missouri State Tax Commission last week ordered the county to roll back most of its 2023 property...

Jackson County claims property tax order was meant to shield Missouri AG from deposition

North Carolina State

Dave Almeida of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, NC DHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley and Gov. Roy Cooper at a July 2024 press conference on medical debt forgiveness. (Photo: Lynn Bonner) Gov. Roy Cooper announced Monday that 2 million North Carolinians will have their medical debt forgiven after all the state’s...

Two million North Carolinians could benefit as hospitals sign on to debt forgiveness program

Virginia State

New Hampshire, OH

Latin Times

SEATTLE - 15 states all across the nation filed federal lawsuits against a Biden administration rule that is expected to allow 100,000 immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children to enroll in the federal Affordable Care Act's health insurance, also known as 'Obamacare,' next year. The lawsuit argues that...

15 states sue to block Biden from allowing 100,000 'Dreamers' to enroll in 'Obamacare'

House Speaker Mike Johnson has rejected the notion that the Republican platform on abortion means that the party is happy for Democratic states to give wide access to abortion. “I don't think that's what it means at all,” he said when asked about abortion access in blue states by Politico...

Speaker Mike Johnson admits he won’t be happy to allow Democratic states to keep abortion rights

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A Black woman may be leading the presidential ticket of a major political party for the first time, but for Jacksonville’s Black conservatives, political values trump a candidate’s personal identity.

Republicans look to shore up support among Black conservatives in Jacksonville

Marion County, KS

TOPEKA — A special prosecutor in court documents filed Tuesday says former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody “induced a witness to withhold information” in the days after Cody led a raid on a newspaper office, the publisher’s home and the home of a city councilwoman. Special...

Former Marion police chief charged with witness interference after raid on Kansas newspaper

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court blocked the implementation of the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers. In a ruling Thursday, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion for an administrative stay filed by a group of...

Federal appeals court blocks remainder of Biden's student debt relief plan

NewsBreak

Voters reject amendment questions that would have curbed governor’s power to spend federal funds

Voters rejected two ballot questions Tuesday amending the Wisconsin Constitution to restrict the governor's ability to spend federal funds. Gov. Tony Evers urged a \"No\" vote...

Voters rejected two ballot questions Tuesday amending the Wisconsin Constitution to restrict the governor's ability to spend federal funds. Gov. Tony Evers urged a "No" vote...

Voters reject amendment questions that would have curbed governor’s power to spend federal funds

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