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Annual North Carolina farm measure, with wetland protection limits, gets final OK
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly approved the annual Farm Act on Thursday, a bill containing the usual hodgepodge of agriculture provisions, along with a contentious item involving limiting wetlands protections. The Senate voted 37-6 for the bill containing...
Live updates | Trump Classified Documents Indictment
MIAMI (AP) — Follow along for live updates on former President Donald Trump, who announced Thursday on social media that he's been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate. The Justice Department did not immediately publicly confirm the indictment. ...
Louisiana lawmakers pass budget and adjourn the 2023 Legislative Session
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In the final half an hour of Louisiana's legislative session, lawmakers on Thursday hastily passed an approximately $45 billion budget plan but were given little explanation for budget amendments crafted behind closed doors by a six-member committee. The...
South Carolina Senate and House reach budget deal 1 day after tense meeting
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina House members and senators reached an agreement on the state's $13 billion budget Thursday, barely 24 hours after a tense meeting where both sides appeared to be out of patience. Thursday's meeting was all smiles and jokes. The key sticking...
Bill to move up Connecticut presidential primary dies despite bipartisan support
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — State Democratic and Republican party leaders expressed surprise and disappointment Thursday after a bipartisan proposal to move up Connecticut's presidential primary died on the final night of the legislative session. In a moment of political comity, the two...
New Hampshire budget passes after rare bipartisan, bicameral cooperation
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — For the first time in decades, New Hampshire lawmakers have sent the governor a two-year budget without having House and Senate negotiators craft a compromise between the two chambers. The House on Thursday quickly concurred with the $15.2 billion plan approved...
North Carolina bill ensuring Native American school graduates can wear feathers heads to governor
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — American Indian students in North Carolina public schools could wear items like feathers and plumes to their graduation ceremonies to signify their cultural heritage in legislation given final General Assembly approval Thursday. The House bill, which after...
Expulsions, walkouts, filibusters: Lawmakers grapple with acrimonious legislative sessions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lawmakers this year have kicked rival colleagues out of office in Tennessee and off the chamber floor in Montana. They have staged walkouts in Oregon and filibusters in Nebraska, where interactions are so fraught that some lawmakers say they’re unsure they can work...
GOP conservatives shutter House to protest McCarthy-Biden debt deal, setting up next budget brawl
WASHINGTON (AP) — In fallout from the debt ceiling deal, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is suddenly confronting a new threat to his power as angry hard-right conservatives bring the House chamber to a halt, reviving their displeasure over the compromise struck with President Joe Biden and demanding...
House Republicans pull back contempt charge against FBI director Wray over Biden doc
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday called off a vote on a contempt of Congress charge against FBI Director Christopher Wray, accepting a last-minute offer by the bureau to allow the full committee access to a confidential document of an...
