Florida’s coronavirus cases swelled again Monday, a day after the state reported a record-breaking number of new cases, prompting Democratic lawmakers to criticize Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’ response to the public health crisis.
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The conservative-majority Wisconsin Supreme Court jettisoned three of the Democratic governor’s budget vetoes on Friday, delivering a second blow to the governor’s executive authority in as many days.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the lion’s share of lame duck laws passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature in late 2018 to limit the powers of the new Democratic governor and attorney general.
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The word often on the lips of state and local officials testifying before Congress on Wednesday was “failure” when they were asked to describe the Trump administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic that has infected over 3 million Americans and killed more than 130,000.
Read moreNorth Carolina Lt. Gov. Daniel Forest, a Republican, sued Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, claiming he can’t shut down businesses without approval of the Council of State, in Wake County Court.
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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency in the Peach State on Monday afternoon, allowing for the activation of up to 1,000 National Guard troops to Atlanta following a violent weekend that left 31 people wounded from multiple shootings and five dead, including an 8-year-old girl.
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The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Florida surpassed 200,000 on Monday, a troubling milestone that prompted a Miami-area mayor to reverse the march toward economic reopening.
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As coronavirus cases spike in major Texas cities like Houston and San Antonio, prompting the governor to order people to wear masks in public Thursday, small hospitals in the West Texas oil patch are reporting struggles and planning for an even tougher road ahead.
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Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick defended his state’s handling Wednesday of a spike in Covid-19 cases, claiming it did “all the right things” when it started reopening in May and that deaths – not confirmed cases – are the key metric.
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The Republican head of Kentucky’s Department of Agriculture sued Democratic Governor Andy Beshear on Monday, claiming executive orders he issued during the Covid-19 pandemic are unconstitutional and have damaged the state’s agritourism industry.
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Republican Governor Brian Kemp signed Georgia’s new hate crimes bill into law Friday after state lawmakers passed the measure in a historic vote three days before, finally removing Georgia from a list of only four states without a hate crimes law on their books.
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Friday ordered bars closed and reduced restaurant capacity back down to 50% – an about-face from his push to reopen the state as Covid-19 cases have spiraled out of control.
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Texas’ governor announced restrictions on elective surgeries Thursday and county officials in Fort Worth ordered face masks in local businesses, as the state grapples with a spike in Covid-19 cases after months of battling the pandemic.
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The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Florida surpassed 100,000 on Monday, a concerning milestone as the state continues its march toward economic reopening.
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In the early morning hours Friday, the Tennessee General Assembly passed strict abortion legislation that has divided anti-abortion activists who disagree over how legislation should be written and strategies that would place the matter before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Dallas County commissioners ordered businesses Friday to require customers and employees to wear masks during the Covid-19 pandemic or face a $500 fine, getting around Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s refusal to order people to wear face coverings.
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After announcing a 130-year-old monument to a Confederate general in Richmond “belongs to everyone,” a Virginia judge extended an injunction indefinitely blocking the governor’s effort to remove it.
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A panel of Seventh Circuit judges upheld Illinois’ Covid-19 stay-at-home rules Tuesday, refusing to issue an injunction against Governor J.B. Pritzker’s decision to restrict indoor religious gatherings to no more than 10 people.
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Confirmed cases of Covid-19 are on the rise in Texas’ Big Bend region, where the one local hospital has only 25 beds and two ventilators.
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