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California governor plans to veto environmental rules bill
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Saturday he will buck Democratic legislative leaders by vetoing legislation aimed at stopping the Trump administration from weakening oversight of longstanding federal environmental laws in California. His announcement came less than a day...
The Latest: Governor plans to veto environmental rules bill
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a bill by Democratic lawmakers that aims to stop the Trump administration from weakening environmental laws. (all times local): 5:50 p.m. California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he will veto a bill by Democratic lawmakers that aims to stop the Trump administration from...
Lying prisoners: New laws crack down on jailhouse informants
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A movement to put jailhouse informants under a more powerful microscope before they testify is gaining traction around the country, a byproduct of new DNA testing technology that has exonerated dozens of people wrongly locked up based on informants' lies. Several states have moved to...
Alabama mayor vetoes pay raises for himself, City Council
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama city's mayor has vetoed raises for himself and members of the city council. Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle nixed the increases Friday. News outlets report Battle said, in a news release, that he had a "philosophical difference" with council members on how they should be...
Whitmer on vetoing Republican budget bills: 'We'll see'
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was noncommittal about signing final spending bills that began advancing in the Republican-led Legislature on Thursday, a day after talks broke down between her and GOP leaders. "We'll see," she said, hours before House-Senate conference committees...
House votes to bar Arctic drilling; Senate action unlikely
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House on Thursday voted to reinstate a decades-long ban on oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — a largely symbolic move aimed at reversing a plan by President Donald Trump to drill in the pristine refuge. The 225-193 vote...
Democrats cry 'cowardice' as GOP overrides NC budget veto
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republicans in control of a nearly half-empty North Carolina House chamber on Wednesday held an unexpected vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the state budget bill, prompting accusations of trickery and deception from Cooper and fellow Democrats. Republican leaders had spent...
The Latest: NC House Republicans defend veto override action
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the North Carolina House Republicans' surprise vote in a half-empty chamber to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's budget veto (all times local): 3:30 p.m. North Carolina House Republican leaders say they never made any announcement or decision that would have prevented...
As impasse goes on, Republicans advance more 'mini-budgets'
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislators are advancing chunks of a spending plan vetoed by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper that they believe can win bipartisan support. The legislature's appropriations committees approved on Tuesday more so-called pieces of "mini-budget" legislation. The four...
South Dakota gov. threatens to veto hemp bill again in 2020
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is promising to again veto an industrial hemp bill if it's introduced at next year's Legislature. Noem wrote why she won't support legalizing hemp in a commentary in the Wall Street Journal Monday night. The Republican governor, who comes from a farming and...
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