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GOP leaders ask Pritzker to justify his bar, restaurant plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday that his administration is collecting and will make public the data to justify his COVID-19 restrictions on indoor dining after Senate Republicans urged him to release the numbers. Illinois reported 6,110 new coronavirus infections, the...
Edwards rejects bill to give lawmakers more emergency power
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday vetoed the centerpiece bill of Louisiana's just-ended special session, a measure seeking to give lawmakers more authority in a governor's emergency decisions, including the ability to jettison individual coronavirus restrictions. The Democratic...
Ohio governor has been pleading for action on gun violence
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As Gov. Mike DeWine uses his twice-weekly bully pulpit to detail Ohio's fight against the coronavirus, the Republican chief executive has also continued his so-far unsuccessful crusade against gun violence. After laying out pandemic stats and and warnings about masks and social...
For transgender activists, election stokes hopes and fears
Among transgender-rights activists, there’s a powerful mix of hope and fear heading toward the Nov. 3 election. They’re yearning for President Donald Trump’s defeat but dreading the possibility that his administration might win four more years and continue targeting them with hostile...
Louisiana House GOP trying to yank governor's virus rules
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana House Republicans filed a petition Friday to revoke Gov. John Bel Edwards' coronavirus restrictions for a week, as lawmakers finished a special session in which they sought more power over the Democratic governor's emergency actions but appeared likely to see that effort...
Nuclear costs loom over races for Georgia utility regulator
ATLANTA (AP) — The shadow of two nuclear reactors that Georgia Power Co. is building near Waynesboro hangs over two statewide elections for the Georgia Public Service Commission. Although the reactors are now getting so close to completion that they are likely to enter service, whoever is elected will have...
Legislation to regulate hospital signs passes state Senate
BOSTON (AP) — Legislation to require the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to create regulations to improve hospital signs, lighting and surveillance has passed the state Senate. The bill referred to as Laura’s law will require the department to implement regulations on emergency room...
Anti-'police defunding' bill falls short in Louisiana Senate
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A bid to give Louisiana lawmakers more power to penalize municipalities that too steeply cut their police departments stalled Friday in the Senate during the last minutes of the special session. Republican Rep. Lance Harris, who is running for Congress in the Nov. 3 election,...
Early voting makes presidential election debut in New York
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New Yorkers are getting to vote early for the first time in a general presidential election, an attractive option for anyone worried about socially distancing on Election Day or concerned about voting by mail. In-person voting starts Saturday at 280 voting locations statewide and will...
Bill would seek to target misinformation purveyors in Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's Democratic Senate president believes the state needs to do more to combat the spread of misinformation on the Internet. Senate President Troy Jackson filed a bill on Thursday that he said would do just that. Jackson's office said the proposal would “require ‘fake...
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