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Indiana secretary of state appeals ruling for US Senate candidate seeking GOP nod
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana secretary of state is appealing a ruling that a law stipulating voting requirements for a candidate's party affiliation is unconstitutional in a decision that lifted the hopes of a U.S. Senate hopeful who wants to run as a Republican. The Indiana...
Tennessee Supreme Court blocks decision to redraw state's Senate redistricting maps
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's highest court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court's decision that lawmakers must redraw the state's Senate maps in a ruling that means the current legislative districts will likely remain in place for the 2024 elections. Late last month,...
Indiana judge rules in favor of US Senate candidate seeking GOP nomination
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana county judge ruled Thursday a contested state law that stipulates voting requirements for candidates' party affiliation is unconstitutional, dealing a win to a U.S. Senate hopeful who is seeking to run as a Republican in the primary. The Marion...
Editorial Roundup: New England
Portland Press Herald. December 3, 2023. Editorial: Use surplus to help out Mainers left behind – and further power economy With the economy working very well for some and not at all for others, a targeted approach is required. News headlines say...
As Ukraine aid falters in the Senate, Biden signals he's willing to make a deal on border security
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Senate Republicans blocked the advance of tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance for Ukraine Wednesday, President Joe Biden berated their tactics as “stunning" and dangerous. Yet he also signaled an openness to what GOP lawmakers ultimately want:...
Senators tackle gun violence anew while Feinstein's ban on assault weapons fades into history
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the first votes new Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich cast was against legislation from Sen. Dianne Feinstein to reinstate an assault weapons ban in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting. In the decade since, as mass shootings have touched almost...
Top Wisconsin Senate Republican says a deal is near for university pay raises. UW officials disagree
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The leader of the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate said Wednesday that lawmakers are nearing a deal that would allow for long-blocked pay raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees to take effect and for funding to be released to pay for construction of a new...
New GOP-favored Georgia congressional map nears passage as the end looms for redistricting session
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia special session to redraw congressional and legislative voting district maps is likely to end Thursday after a House committee on Wednesday advanced a Republican-favored congressional map that targets Democratic U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath's current district. ...
Ohio Republicans propose nixing home grow, increasing taxes in sweeping changes to legal marijuana
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Banning marijuana growing at home, increasing the substance's tax rate and altering how those taxes get distributed are among vast changes Ohio Senate Republicans proposed Monday to a marijuana legalization measure approved by voters last month. The changes...
Senate approves hundreds of military promotions after Republican senator ends blockade of nominees
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate in a single stroke Tuesday approved about 425 military promotions after Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama ended a monthslong blockade of nominations over his opposition to a Pentagon abortion policy. Tuberville had been under pressure from members of...
