U.S. House panel debates voting by noncitizens, which is already illegal
U.S. House Republicans are promoting a bill to curb voting by noncitizens. Though noncitizens can vote in some local elections, it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal…
UNM students outline more violence by police in Gaza Solidarity Encampment raid
The crowd at the Board of Regents meeting during public comment. May 16, 2024. (Photo by Leila Chapa for The Daily Lobo / Source NM) Students at the University of…
Transgender bathroom restrictions heads to Louisiana governor’s deskÂ
Rep. Roger Wilder walks back to his desk on the House floor. (Allison Allsop) The Louisiana Senate easily passed a controversial bill restricting what bathrooms, changing rooms and sleeping quarters…
Republicans take aim at the ‘convenience’ of voting with sweeping election reform ballot measure
Photo by Danielle Prokop | Source NM Republicans in the Arizona Senate are looking to put a sweeping election reform resolution to voters this fall, and they’re not shy about…
Medicare should include dental coverage, dentists tell U.S. Senate panel
Dr. Brian Jeffrey Swann, who is on the board of directors for Remote Area Medical and practices dentistry in Tennessee, told a U.S. Senate committee about low-income people who drive…
Salary set at $230,000 for West Virginia First Foundation executive director
Jonathan Board, the newly appointed executive director for the West Virginia First Foundation, speaks to reporters during a news briefing on Thursday, March 14, 2024, in the state attorney general’s…
New federal rule will overhaul transmission planning as electric grid strainsÂ
Electric power lines are seen attached to transmission towers on Sept. 28, 2023, in the Everglades, Florida. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday issued a long-awaited overhaul of how…
U.S. House panel debates voting by noncitizens, which is already illegal
U.S. House Republicans are promoting a bill to curb voting by noncitizens. Though noncitizens can vote in some local elections, it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal…
Policymakers, advocates look to remake Bay cleanup program even as some goals go unmet
Federal and state environmental officials have acknowledged for the past couple of years that states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed will fall short of meeting some of their pollution reduction…
Dr. Jerome Larkin is one step closer to leading R.I. Department of Health
Dr. Jerome M. Larkin, who has been nominated as the permanent director of the Department of Health, addresses the Rhode Island Senate Health and Human Services Committee at a hearing…