A group at the center of conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo’s network funneled $750,000 to an influential new lobbying operation that pushes anti-LGBTQ+ legislation around the country, new tax records show. Do No Harm presents itself as a grassroots association of doctors against gender-affirming care and diversity efforts in the medical profession. The group, which […]
Jun. 23—Montana Republicans say they will push legislation next year to police immigrants in the country illegally, following in the footsteps of GOP-led states like Texas and Iowa. Texas passed a bill in March allowing state law enforcement to arrest and deport immigrants in the United States illegally, an authority typically held by the federal […]
Welcome to the governor’s race edition of our Under the Dome politics newsletter. I’m Dawn Vaughan, The News & Observer’s state Capitol bureau chief. The general election is Nov. 5, when North Carolina voters decide if they want Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein or Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson to be the state’s next governor. […]
Louisiana is now the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public schools across the state, after Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill into law Wednesday. It’s all part of a sweeping rightward policy change that’s afoot across Louisiana. Landry, a mere five months into his tenure, celebrated the […]
The Iowa Capitol on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Kathie Obradovich/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Seven Democrats running for Iowa legislative seats were named “spotlight candidates” by a national party group Tuesday seeking to flip seats in the Republican-controlled state Legislature. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, the campaign arm of the Democratic Party focused on statehouse races, […]
PARIS (AP) — Voters who don’t expect to be able to cast ballots themselves are scrambling to make their voices heard in France’s high-stakes legislative election by signing up in their hundreds of thousands to hand their voting rights to loved ones and friends. The Interior Ministry said Tuesday that it counted 410,000 such requests […]
The arm of the national Democratic Party focused on state legislative races will spend more than $10 million to boost down-ballot candidates as part of a broader effort that’s also designed to help President Joe Biden in key battleground states. Officials with the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee said the investment, shared first with NBC News, […]
PARIS (AP) — Candidates were racing to register before a Sunday evening deadline in snap parliamentary elections that are redrawing France’s political landscape, with a left-wing alliance newly formed to counter the surge of the far right losing, in the final hours, a prospective lawmaker previously convicted for spousal assault. Adrien Quatennens announced the withdrawal […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Wall Street rallied Thursday as Argentina’s President Javier Milei traveled to Italy for the Group of Seven summit, buoyed by his first legislative victory after the Senate passed sweeping proposals to slash state spending and boost his powers. Having hitched his political fortunes to the goal of cutting down Argentina’s […]
Kevin Warren responds to Bears stadium plan’s exclusion from spring legislative budget originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago In late May, the Illinois House passed a $53 billion state budget as part of their spring legislative session. However, the Chicago Bears‘ plans to acquire public funding for their lakefront stadium project weren’t included in the […]
During the 2024 legislative session, we secured breakthrough victories on the issues that matter most to Colorado families including saving you money on housing, increasing education funding to historic levels and boosting transit options for everyone. We even celebrated the inaugural Pueblo Flag Day in March at the state capitol to recognize our city’s significant […]
A sweeping rightward policy change is afoot across Louisiana. Gov. Jeff Landry, a mere five months into his tenure, celebrated the close of the state’s three-month Legislative session earlier this week by saluting the more than 400 bills passed by the body. “I’m extremely excited that we have done more than I think any other […]