Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed gun bills sent to him by the Democratic-controlled Virginia General Assembly, including a proposal to set restrictions on buying assault-style weapons.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday broke with West Virginia's GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country's strictest school vaccination policies. West Virginia is only one of a handful of states in the U.S. that offers only medical exemptions to vaccine requirements. The bill []
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb vetoed a bill Monday that would have defined antisemitism in state education code while simultaneously signing a proclamation condemning all forms of antisemitism. The Republican governor cited changes made to the bill in the final days of the legislative session in a news release. Aimed at addressing antisemitism […]
By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has vetoed a bill defining antisemitism and left the future of the bipartisan legislation uncertain. The bill Holcomb rejected on Monday was meant to address antisemitism on college campuses and has become a topic of ongoing debate between lawmakers over the legislative session’s
Correction: The House voted 82-39 to approve a conference committee report, before the Senate's vote on Wednesday. See updates to vote count in article below. TOPEKA (KSNT)- The Kansas Senate has voted to approve a conference committee report for a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors. The Senate voted 27-13 to approve the plan today, []
Over 30 states have adopted the definition in some way either through proclamation, executive order or legislation.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed nearly two dozen pieces of crime and law enforcement legislation, including measures that would have expanded credits for inmates to get out of prison early and allowed some immigrants who are not U.S. citizens to become police officers.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) blew away 30 bills this week that he figured encroached on the rights of law-abiding citizens, including a Democratic bill prohibiting the sale or possession of new so-called "assault" rifles. Among the bills Youngkin ultimately shot down were: HB 2, a Democratic bill that would ban the sale or possession of new "assault rifles"; HB 454, a Democratic bill that would have criminalized an otherwise law-abiding citizen's possession of a firearm in a...
The Justice administration is now deciding whether to sign or veto controversial legislation that would expand the vaccine exemptions for some school students. HB 5105 would remove the vaccine requirement for students in virtual public schools and allow private and parochial schools to set their own vaccination standards. Currently, the only exemption is for medical
GOP plan took away governor's power to fill vacancies in constitutional offices.
A bill to provide a next-of-kin notification database is now headed to Governor Brad Little for a signature.