Senate panel weighs how much — or whether — to cut state taxes
A group of state senators on Monday grappled with how much to slash state taxes or if they should cut them at all, portending a major policy debate at the…
Judge mulls whether to dismiss Dean Plocher from Missouri House whistleblower lawsuit
House Speaker Dean Plocher, R-Des Peres, answers reporters’ questions following adjournment of the 2024 legislative session (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Attorneys for House Speaker Dean Plocher argued Monday that a whistleblower…
Amid departures, Democrats and Republicans vie for control of Executive Council
The Executive Council meets on May 15, 2024. (Ethan DeWitt | New Hampshire Bulletin) New Hampshire’s five Executive Council seats are up for a vote Tuesday, as Democrats attempt to…
SC considers buying land for 2 new nature preserves
Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve in Cayce. (File/Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette) COLUMBIA — South Carolina could conserve nearly 3,000 acres along the Georgia border and in the Pee Dee at a…
Department of Commerce launches survey to understand rent prices
Photo illustration by Getty Images. The Montana Department of Commerce is sending out mailers to Montana renters this week asking them to complete an online survey the state will use…
Kari Lake claims email evidence in defamation case was purged. Her story doesn’t add up.
Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake answers questions during a Clean Election Commission debate against Democratic candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego. Photo by Joe Rondone | The Arizona Republic/Pool Republican U.S. Senate…
Recent safeguards should quash efforts to overturn election results, experts say
An election observer monitors two poll workers processing absentee ballots in the Milwaukee Election Commission warehouse on Aug. 13. Discrepancies in the count could be used by county canvassing boards…
As presidential campaign rockets toward end, 7 big things that happened this weekend
Maya Rudolph and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris appear on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” on Nov. 2, 2024 in New York City. With only days to go until…
Attorneys general across the country call for Americans to respond peacefully to election results
Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes is pictured on the first day of the legislative session at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (Photo by Spenser…
Trump’s mass deportation plan could rely on state cooperation
A U.S. Border Patrol agent searches for immigrant footprints while looking through the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Yuma, Ariz., in March. Voters in Arizona will decide next week whether to…