Utah’s medical experts say Ralph Menzies is competent to be executed. His attorneys disagree
Attorney Lindsay Layer speaks with Ralph Leroy Menzies after the first day of his competency hearing in 3rd District Court in West Jordan on Monday, Nov 18, 2024. (Pool photo…
Alaska chooses to keep ranked choice voting, Begich defeats Peltola, unofficial results show
Alaska Division of Elections program manager Brian Jackson answers questions from reporters shortly after completing the state’s ranked choice voting tabulation. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/Alaska Beacon) Alaska’s open primary and…
Louisiana lawmakers search for ways to pay for Landry’s proposed income tax cut
Gov. Jeff Landry holds a copy of the Louisiana tax code during his speech to the Legislature at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, the…
Bernie Sanders’ attempts to block arms sales to Israel fail in U.S. Senate
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks to attendees at an election rally at South Burlington High School, on Saturday, Oct. 19. Photo by Evan L’Roy/VTDigger U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.,…
Gaming panel hears public comments on Cedar Rapids casino proposal
Iowa gaming regulators heard public comments Wednesday on a proposed new casino in Cedar Rapids. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Members of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission heard mostly…
WA lawmakers wrestle with declining tax receipts and looming deficit
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (seated) prepares to sign the 2024 supplemental budget on March 29, 2024. He was joined by several Democratic state lawmakers, including, to his right, Sen. June…
To understand 2024 results, hindsight is not 2020
BY NOW YOU may have seen the New York Times map of the United States covered with tiny, red arrows pointing to the right, like weathervanes. The map shows the…
Officials: State Center settlement marks the end of one era and the beginning of another
The members of the Board of Public Works — left to right, Treasurer Dereck Davis, Gov. Wes Moore and Comptroller Brooke Lierman — listen Wednesday to Attorney General Anthony Brown,…
Maryland gives go-ahead to permit allowing offshore wind farm to move forward
The Block Island wind farm off of Rhode Island. US Wind recently won federal approval to build a 114-turbine wind farm off the coast of Ocean City, a project that…
Judge deems Youngkin’s actions to withdraw Virginia from RGGI ‘unlawful’
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks to reporters outside the Capitol near the end of the 2024 General Assembly session. Photo by Graham Moomaw/Virginia Mercury. A Virginia circuit court judge ruled…