New Hampshire State

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Republican Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire has signed a bill that would ban transgender athletes in grades 5-12 from teams that align with their gender identity, adding the state to nearly half in the nation that adopted similar measures.The bill passed by the Republican-led Legislature would require schools to designate all teams as either girls, boys or coed, with eligibility determined based on students' birth certificates "or other evidence." Supporters of the legislation said they wanted to protect girls from being injured by larger and stronger transgender athletes.Sununu signed the bill Friday, saying in a statement it "ensures fairness...

New Hampshire governor signs bill banning transgender girls from girls' sports

Missouri State

Missouri Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate in the Republican primary Jay Ashcroft presses on a "I voted" sticker Tuesday morning at a Jefferson City polling location (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft believes his third place finish in Tuesday’s GOP gubernatorial primary can be explained by...

Jay Ashcroft endorses Mike Kehoe, blames fundraising for finishing third in governor’s race

Ohio State

Buckeye Lake, OH

BUCKEYE LAKE, Ohio — AUGUST 17: A marijuana plant in a flowering room, August 17, 2023, at PharmaCann, Inc.’s cultivation and processing facility in Buckeye Lake, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original story.) Boston Grunkemeyer lined up in front of...

Recreational marijuana sales begin in Ohio

Arkansas State

Little Rock, AR

A Little Rock physician faces a hearing Thursday before the Arkansas State Medical Board over allegations of sexually abusing a former employee and improperly prescribing opioids to patients. Dr. Alonzo Williams, a gastroenterologist licensed in Arkansas since 1979, has been accused of a range of misdeeds over the past three...

Little Rock gastroenterologist has 30-year history of complaints against him, records show

Colorado State

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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

Savannah, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges.

Federal Charges in Southern GA: Indictments and Sentences for Firearms and Drug Offenses

Chicago, IL

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Maine State

Heather Strout Thompson has been hauling lobster since traps were wooden. Here are her top lobster rolls in her home state of Maine, from Chipman's Wharf to Luke's Lobster. H — Hundreds of years ago, lobsters washed up in droves along what's now Maine's rocky coast, so plentiful and cheap it was fed to prisoners. Today, tourists from all over come to the US's north-easternmost state for the meatiest, sweetest lobster in the world, thanks to its freezing cold waters. And the best lobsters naturally make the best lobster rolls.

Here's where a fourth-generation lobsterman goes for lobster rolls in Maine

Denver, CO

More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

Georgia State

Appling County, GA

A 40-year-old man from Appling County, Christopher Eric Stone, with a significant criminal history, was recently sentenced to over five years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, according to officials from the Department of Justice.

Georgia Man Sentenced to Over 5 Years for in Federal Prison for Meth Distribution

Tennessee State

John M. Dabbs

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) has issued a health alert to clinicians statewide following reports of severe acute illnesses and adverse effects of consuming Diamond Shruumz™ brand chocolate bars, cones, and gummies. The warning comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received reports of serious health issues linked to these mushroom-containing edible products.

Tennessee Health Alert: Severe Illnesses Linked to Diamond Shruumz™ Products

Florida State

Jacksonville Today

Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued a state of emergency in Northeast Florida and across much of the state as a tropical system appears almost certain to develop. The National Hurricane Center said Friday morning that a tropical wave has a 90% chance of developing into at least a tropical depression over the next seven days. Most models show it moving into the Gulf of Mexico and then coming ashore and crossing the state, possibly moving over Northeast Florida.

Tropical system is nearly certain to develop

Virginia State

It was a balmy late summer afternoon during the busy presidential election year of 2000 and I sat on the steps leading to the little-used east door of the Virginia Capitol, affording me an unobstructed view of the Executive Mansion perhaps 100 yards away. Right on schedule, the first lady...

Appreciation: Roxane Gatling Gilmore

Gov. Bill Lee says he will continue to support former President Donald Trump after Trump referred to him as a RINO -- Republican in Name Only -- last week. (Photo: John Partipilo) Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is bowing the knee — unnecessarily — to former President Donald Trump despite getting...

Stockard on the Stump: Governor letting Trump run over him like a RINO

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

Jacksonville, FL

Two of the three candidates competing for Warren Jones’ Duval School Board District 5 seat showed up to a candidate forum Tuesday evening hosted by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Jacksonville Public Education Fund.

District 5 School Board candidates – minus Blount – face off

Utah State

The Utah State Correctional Facility is pictured from a “free speech zone” set up about two miles from the facility in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024 as the state prepared to execute death row inmate Taberon Honie just after midnight. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)

Utah governor, attorney general, react to state’s first execution in 14 years

Nebraska State

Brownville, NE

LINCOLN — The Nebraska Public Power District has identified 16 possible locations that could be candidates to expand Nebraska’s nuclear footprint and energy capabilities. The Nebraska Department of Economic Development along with NPPD announced Thursday the next phase of a feasibility study that will eventually narrow down its shortlist to two to four sites for emerging nuclear technology: small modular reactors, or SMRs.

16 locations identified to expand Nebraska nuclear footprint, shortlist soon to be narrowed

Georgia State School Superintendent Richard Woods. 2022 File photo. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder. Advanced Placement African American studies will be offered in Georgia high schools with state funding, Superintendent Richard Woods said Tuesday, but some members of both political parties are still wondering why there was ever any question. Woods, a...

Georgia schools chief reverses African American studies ‘mistake’

Sussex County, DE

Georgetown, DE

The Springboard Village is composed of 40 cabins that provide people experiencing homelessness with transitional housing and resources. | SPOTLIGHT DELAWARE PHOTO BY JOSE IGNACIO CASTANEDA PEREZ. Georgetown’s transitional housing pallet village is facing a funding shortfall, jeopardizing the project that houses 40 people experiencing homelessness in Sussex County.

Future of Georgetown pallet village jeopardized amid funding woes

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Sununu endorses Ayotte for governor, plans to campaign with her

Kelly Ayotte files as a candidate for governor at the Secretary of State's Office in Concord on June 13, 2024. (Claire Sullivan | New Hampshire Bulletin)...

Sununu endorses Ayotte for governor, plans to campaign with her

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