Brown mum on position on Nevada abortion rights amendment
Sam Brown on the campaign trail in 2022. (Photo by Josh Edelson/Getty Images) Policy, politics and progressive commentary U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown says he won’t support a hypothetical national…
Comptroller updates cannabis tax report after finding clerical error
Comptroller Brooke Lierman (D). Photo by Danielle E. Gaines. The Office of the Comptroller has updated its quarterly report on cannabis taxes after identifying a clerical error in its data.…
Virginia officials defend ‘free and fair’ elections as primary results are certified
Virginia State Board of Elections Vice Chair Rosalyn Dance draws a film canister from a crystal bowl to determine ballot order for the 2024 elections. (Graham Moomaw/Virginia Mercury) Virginia officials…
NC Senate district racial gerrymandering trial set for February
A new federal lawsuit contends that new state Senate districts in eastern North Carolina are racially gerrymandered (Image: ncleg.net) The two Black northeastern North Carolina voters who wanted the federal…
Trump NY sentencing delayed after U.S. Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 21: Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom for his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court…
Trump NY sentencing delayed after U.S. Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling
Former U.S. President Donald Trump walks to speak to the media after being found guilty following his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024, in New…
R.I. Supreme Court rules ‘Mario’s Law’ namesake can seek parole
The Licht Judicial Complex in Providence houses the Rhode Island Supreme Court and Providence/Bristol County Superior Court. (Nancy Lavin/Rhode Island Current) The namesake of a 2021 state law that gives…
Addison County state’s attorney ends fight over driver’s license suspension stemming from DUI arrest
Addison County State’s Attorney Eva Vekos is arraigned on a DUI charge in Addison County Superior criminal court in Middlebury on Feb. 12, 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Credit:…
West Virginia’s soft drink tax is repealed this weekÂ
Effective July 1, West Virginia no longer has a tax on soft drinks. (Leann Ray | West Virginia Watch) Beginning this week, for the first time in more than 70…
Cellphone ban in K-12 schools will not begin immediately, SC education officials say
Public school students across South Carolina will be barred from using their cellphones during the school day under a clause legislators agreed to add to the state spending plan Thursday,…