Bill prohibiting mask mandates heads to Idaho Gov. Brad Little’s desk
Idaho Gov. Brad Little gives a press conference after delivering his annual State of the State address on Jan. 6, 2025, in the Lincoln Auditorium in the Idaho Capitol. (Pat…
Final Reading: ‘You’ve seen so much’ — Springfield’s Alice Emmons is dean of the Vermont House
Rep. Alice Emmons, D-Springfield, chair of the House Corrections and Institutions Committee, works at her desk during lunch time at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Friday, Feb. 21. Photo by…
Lawmakers weigh whether to legalize ‘medical aid in dying’
Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO — Lawmakers are considering legalizing a controversial medical practice that proponents say could ease suffering for the terminally ill. It’s sometimes called “assisted suicide,” although physicians…
Proposed Constitutional Amendment would make SupCo selections by gubernatorial appointment
The door to the old Supreme Court Chamber at the Montana Capitol. (Micah Drew/Daily Montanan) One way to get millions of dollars out of Montana’s Supreme Court elections is to…
Rep. Crow visits ’front line’ health center at risk from potential Medicaid cuts
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow asks Joanne Accardi questions about the “street medicine” program she oversees at the Stride Community Health Center in Aurora on Feb. 21, 2025. (Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline)…
States warn CFPB shutdown threatens financial consumer safeguards
Photo via Consumer Financial Protection Bureau /Flickr Nearly two dozen states and the District of Columbia are asking a federal judge to issue an injunction blocking the Trump administration from…
Ex-Stowe man faces new charges in deaths of 2 Massachusetts men that could carry death penalty
The U.S. Federal Building, Post Office and Courthouse in Burlington on Nov. 20, 2009. Photo by Mfwills via Wikimedia Commons A former Stowe man already charged in connection with the…
Temporary restraining order blocking freeze remains in place awaiting federal judge’s ruling
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha speaks with WPRI TV investigative reporter and managing editor Tim White outside U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island in Providence on…
Stream protections clears final Senate committee, heads to floor
The Santa Fe River, running through Downtown captured on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. A bill which would give New Mexico the power to regulate surface water pollution and continue establishing…
Gov. Phil Scott’s plan to cut free school meals for all gets bipartisan pushback
Meals prepared for Windham Northeast Supervisory Union students. Courtesy of WNESU. One moment helps crystallize for Harley Sterling the importance of providing free school meals. Now the school nutrition director…