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GOP lawmakers in Kentucky propose three-strikes law as anti-crime measure for 2024 session
A group of Kentucky Republican lawmakers on Tuesday proposed a three-strikes law that would keep people locked up after being convicted of a third violent felony offense. The proposal is part of a sweeping plan to combat crime that was unveiled a few months ahead of the 2024...
Horse racing groups introduce competing safety legislation they hope will replace HISA
WASHINGTON (AP) — New legislation introduced in Congress on Tuesday would dismantle the year-old national authority in charge of regulating safety and medication in horse racing and replace it with an organization backers say would allow for the safe treatment of horses and address concerns about...
South Korea's Constitutional Court strikes down law banning anti-Pyongyang leafleting
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday struck down a 2020 law that criminalized the sending of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to North Korea, calling it an excessive restriction on free speech. The ruling came in response to a complaint filed...
California governor signs law barring schoolbook bans based on racial, gender teachings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Monday to ban school boards from rejecting textbooks based on their teachings about the contributions of people from different racial backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities. Newsom called the...
Editorial Roundup: Iowa
Des Moines Register. September 24, 2023. Editorial: Listen to Chuck Grassley. Government shutdowns achieve nothing. Republican members of Congress, including Iowa’s delegation, should loudly tell Speaker Kevin McCarthy to ditch the threats and do some real work. ...
After climate summit, California Gov. Gavin Newsom faces key decisions to reduce emissions back home
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom made big waves in the climate world recently by announcing a lawsuit alleging major oil and gas companies deceived the public about the risks fossil fuels posed for global warming and saying he would sign the nation's most sweeping emissions...
California bill to have human drivers ride in autonomous trucks is vetoed by governor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure that union leaders and truck drivers said would save hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state. The legislation vetoed Friday night would have...
Speaker McCarthy is giving hard-right Republicans what they want. But it never seems to be enough.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Staring down a fast-approaching government shutdown that threatens to disrupt life for millions of Americans, Speaker Kevin McCarthy has turned to a strategy that so far has preserved his tenuous hold on House leadership but also marked it by chaos: giving hard-right lawmakers...
Critics of North Carolina school athletics governing body pass bill ordering more oversight
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislators have ordered additional oversight of the chief nonprofit body that manages high school sports, finalizing legislation Friday that seeks to leave more rule-making in the hands of state education leaders. In separate House and Senate...
Judge questions Georgia prosecutors' effort to freeze a new law that could weaken their authority
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge expressed skepticism Friday at demands to freeze a new Georgia law creating a commission to discipline and remove state prosecutors. Some Republicans want the new commission to discipline or remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for winning...
