The legislative measures are aimed not simply at undoing mask mandates and capacity limits that have been common during the pandemic. Many proposals seek to fundamentally shift power away from governors and toward lawmakers the next time there is a virus outbreak, terrorist attack or natural disaster.
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The Seventh Circuit agreed with a federal judge that Wisconsin’s Democratic governor did not discriminate against a conservative think tank when he excluded it from his press list.
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In a bid to oust embattled Governor Andrew Cuomo at the ballot box next year, Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin pledged on Thursday to “bring New York back from the brink and return it to glory.”
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Atlanta Democrat Park Cannon was arrested last month after she repeatedly knocked on the door of Republican Governor Brian Kemp’s office as he prepared to sign a controversial bill overhauling Georgia’s elections.
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Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday made the state the first to ban gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth, enacting the prohibition over the governor’s objections.
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Blocking Arkansas from adopting what critics say would be the most extreme anti-trans legislation in the U.S., Governor Asa Hutchison on Monday vetoed a bill that calls for banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.
Read moreAdding to a string of recent victories for voting rights advocates in the state, Democratic Governor Ralph Northam signed the
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Wisconsin’s Democratic governor declared multiple states of emergency via executive orders to stem the tide of the coronavirus throughout the past year, which the state high court declared unlawful because it sidestepped legislators.
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Rick Snyder’s lawyers are hoping for a dismissal of the charges over the Flint water crisis if the appeal is ultimately successful.
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A state judge said she did not understand the logic of giving Texas business owners authority to mandate masks but not local health officials.
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Virginia’s history as the nation’s top executioner comes to an end with a stroke of Democratic Governor Ralph Northam’s pen.
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Former Governor Rick Snyder’s lawyer was unable to convince the judge that the charges stemming from the Flint water crisis were brought in the wrong venue.
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Texas Democrats say a new suite of GOP bills aimed at preventing elections from being undermined by fraud are just the latest Republican efforts to disenfranchise voters.
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Against increasing calls for the New York governor’s resignation, 50% of voters told pollsters he should wait out a harassment probe in office.
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U.S. Representatives Jerry Nadler, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman stand with the 59 state lawmakers now calling for the governor’s resignation.
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Supporters of the measure argue it protects women and girl athletes by ensuring they are not forced to compete against athletes born male, but critics say lawmakers have not identified any instance of that happening.
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Standing in center field at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium, which is one of the region’s largest vaccination hubs, California Governor Gavin Newsom gave his State of the State address Tuesday night, reflecting on the 54,395 Californians lost in the past year to Covid-19.
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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday signed into law legislation banning nearly all abortions in the state, a sweeping measure that supporters hope will force the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its landmark Roe v. Wade decision but opponents vow to block before it takes effect later this year.
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Rick Snyder seeks to quash an indictment against him as he defends against charges of neglecting the city of Flint when its citizens were poisoned by lead-contaminated water on his watch.
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Amid snowballing demands by state leaders for his resignation, the governor called the response to his sexual harassment scandal “anti-democratic.”
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