New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday that he will not be resigning, as claims of unwanted sexual advances mount against an earlier controversy over misleading data about Covid-deaths at nursing homes.
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In a flashback to his 2018 blockbuster Senate campaign, the former Texas congressman has been barnstorming communities across the state while livestreaming his welfare checks with seniors, rallying donations for storm victims and delivering pallets of water from his pickup truck.
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Citing progress on vaccines, Texas’ Republican governor said business owners no longer need the state telling them how to operate.
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A state judge will continue presiding over the Flint water contamination case against former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder after pausing proceedings last week to sort out jurisdiction issues.
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To deputize a private firm for the independent investigation, the state attorney general needed the governor’s referral.
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A legislative panel wrapped up its review of a flurry of impeachment efforts targeting the top levels of Kentucky government, recommending Tuesday night that the Democratic governor and the Republican attorney general not face removal from office.
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Puerto Rico’s governor announced Tuesday that a federal control board reached a key deal that would reduce the U.S. territory’s overall debt by nearly 80%, but that his administration is rejecting it amid concerns about cuts to the island’s crumbling public pension system.
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Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has been charged in the Flint water crisis, but his attorneys argued in a motion to dismiss the misdemeanor counts against him that “neglecting a city is not a crime.”
Read moreA federal court in New Mexico ruled against trampoline facilities challenging Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Covid-19-related orders restricting their operations. Although the companies may have suffered “irreparable” injuries and are at risk of permanent closure, an injunction requiring the state to allow them to reopen would “be adverse to the public interest.”
Read moreThe Iowa Supreme Court upheld Governor Kim Reynolds’ 2018 appointment of district court judge, which was challenged by a private citizen who claimed the governor missed her 30-day deadline to make the decision. The governor informed her chief of staff of the decision on the 30th day but did not inform the nominees or the secretary of state that day. The chief justice accepted the governor’s view that the appointment was timely.
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The governor of Wisconsin vetoed a Covid-19 relief bill Friday shortly after the Legislature passed it and put it on his desk, leaving the state’s lawmakers and chief executive short of a compromise on how to fight the coronavirus pandemic that has eluded them for almost a year.
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Wisconsin’s Democratic governor on Thursday signed a new coronavirus emergency order and a new mask mandate immediately after GOP lawmakers made good on their promise to throw out existing orders, continuing a bitter showdown over how to fight Covid-19 in the Badger State.
Read moreKentucky Governor Andy Beshear is suing the state legislature to overturn a package of bills that strip him of his power to declare a state of emergency. The legislature passed the bills on Jan. 9, Beshear vetoed them on Jan, 20 and the legislature overrode his vetos Tuesday.
Read moreA class of transgender women in the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections may include Governor Jared Polis in his official capacity as a defendant in their suit alleging the department’s refusal to recognize them as women endangers them, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled.
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In his State of the State address Monday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott gave lawmakers the green light to immediately get to work on his legislative priorities, including anti-abortion measures and laws to prevent defunding the police and to protect freedom of religion.
Read moreJoining another Republican businessman as challengers to Gavin Newsom, former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced his 2022 bid for California Governor on Monday.
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Wisconsin Republicans on Thursday abruptly dropped plans to terminate a public health emergency the Democratic governor declared over the coronavirus pandemic when it came to light that millions of dollars in federal food stamp funds would be jeopardized if they went through with it.
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A man who was part of a group that prosecutors say planned to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer pleaded guilty Wednesday to a conspiracy charge.
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The GOP-majority Wisconsin Senate voted Tuesday in favor of a joint resolution to terminate a public health emergency the Democratic governor issued last week over the coronavirus pandemic and an accompanying executive order requiring masks in public.
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the former White House press secretary under Donald Trump who often sparred with reporters during press briefings and was criticized for spreading mistruths during her tenure, announced on Monday that she will run for governor of Arkansas in 2022.
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