Farm bill advances from U.S. House panel but faces a tough row to hoe
Photo by Larry Mayer/Getty Images. WASHINGTON — Republicans moved their long-awaited new farm bill through the U.S. House Agriculture Committee this week, despite opposition from most Democrats that could stall…
TikTok and the GenZ problem: Government races to ban app most favored by young adults
(Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) Andy Austin started using TikTok during the COVID-19 lockdown. Since travel was so heavily restricted, business was tough for a commercial photographer and travel guide.…
Doctors urge U.S. Supreme Court to include abortion as stabilizing care under federal law
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, while justices hear oral arguments about whether federal law protects emergency abortion care. Photo by Sofia Resnick/States Newsroom.…
Michigan elections bureau says 6 of 7 U.S. Senate candidates should make the ballot
U.S. Senate candidates recommended by the Bureau of Elections to appear on the Aug. 6 ballot (clockwise): Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, Hill Harper, Sandy Pensler,…
Alaska Supreme Court confirms: ‘Hoverboard dentist’ is banned from dentistry in Alaska
The Alaska Supreme Court is seen on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Juneau. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) The Alaska Supreme Court has upheld the state’s decision to suspend the…
Congress, campaigns engage in tug-of-war over gas prices as summer travel begins
From left, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts; Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island; Lori Lodes, executive director of Climate Power; and U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove,…
State Ethics Commission sues Jeff Apodaca’s dark money operation
The New Mexico Project registered as a domestic nonprofit corporation in New Mexico last fall, and has since spent thousands of dollars on political advertising. But the group hasn’t identified…
Louisiana governor signs law to declare abortion drugs ‘dangerous substances’
The abortion drug mifepristone, also known as RU486, is pictured in an abortion clinic February 17, 2006 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Phil Walter/Getty Images) Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a…
Beshear names Kerry Harvey, former justice secretary, to Kentucky Horse Racing Commission
Kerry Harvey (KETscreenshot) Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has appointed the former secretary of the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to the commission that oversees horse racing and sports gambling…
Farm bill advances from U.S. House panel but faces a tough row to hoe
An aerial view from a drone shows a combine being used to harvest the soybeans in a field at the Bardole & Son’s Ltd farm on Oct. 14, 2019, in…