• Woelfel urging governor to put child abuse-related bill on special session agenda

    Senate Minority Leader says Boone County case tragic example of why another layer of review needed.

  • Governor Lujan Grisham calls for special session in July

    Editor's Note: This story has been updated with additional details about the special session. NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Wednesday she will call state legislators into a special session starting July 18. According to a news release, the session will focus on public safety. Governor Lujan Grisham sat down with KRQE News 13 []

  • Governor Lujan Grisham calls for special session in July

    Editor's Note: This story has been updated with additional details about the special session. NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Wednesday she will call state legislators into a special session starting July 18. According to a news release, the session will focus on public safety. Governor Lujan Grisham sat down with KRQE News 13 []

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    Governor signs bill for airport improvements

    Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has signed a bipartisan bill that will increase investment at public airports across the state, increasing accessibility and safety. The governor said the bill will increase annual funding for the Kansas Airport Improvement

  • Sunak considering exemptions to Rwanda bill for some Afghans

    Lords also press ministers to allow independent Rwanda monitoring as deportation bill returns to CommonsUK politics – latest updatesRishi Sunak’s government is considering concessions on the Rwanda deportation bill to allow exemptions for Afghans who served alongside UK forces, parliamentary sources say.Ministers are also being pressed to give ground to an amendment to the legislation so that the east African country could be ruled unsafe by a monitoring committee. Continue reading

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    Save the Date: Pair of weekend concert events to consider

    On this week's Save the Date, Isabella Warren serves up a pair of area concerts you might want to check out. To find more weekend options or submit your own events, visit the KTVZ.COM Event Calendar at http://events.ktvz.com.

  • Georgia governor signs bill to launch 'Promise Scholarships'

    (The Center Square) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a measure to allow families to spend taxpayer money on private school tuition, which school choice proponents lauded, though critics worry it will cut resources from strapped school systems. Senate Bill 233, the "Georgia Promise Scholarship Act," which lawmakers passed after killing the proposal last year. Under the measure, students who attend a public school that ranks in the bottom 25% in terms of academic performance are...

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    Governor Kelly vetoes two bills related to elections

    Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has vetoed two bills governing elections. House Bill 2614 would require county election officers to record the names of individuals delivering advance voting ballots on behalf of

  • Iowa lawmakers send teacher gun bill to governor

    Iowa lawmakers sent a bill to arm Iowa teachers to the governor’s desk on Monday, with the House approving the bill 62-36, down party lines, after the Senate approved the bill last week. The bill, House File 2586, would allow teachers to carry guns on school grounds, create a permitting process, and give armed school

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    Governor signs bill to reform civil asset forfeiture laws

    Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has signed a bill that makes changes in state law dealing with asset forfeiture. Senate Bill 458 reforms the Kansas Standard Asset Seizure and Forfeiture Act. It

  • Governor Lee "Extremely Disappointed" That School Voucher Bill Fails

    Governor Bill Lee on Monday expressed his disappointment that the school voucher bill he supports won't get legislative approval this year.

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    Tennessee schools would have to out transgender students to parents under bill heading to governor

    By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee would join the ranks of states where public school employees have to out transgender students to their parents under a bill advancing in the Republican-supermajority Legislature. GOP House lawmakers gave near-final passage to the bill on Monday. That now puts Tennessee just