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HELENA - Senator Jon Tester announced he is to take the gavel as Chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.

JACKSON • Mississippi college athletes could sign agents and ink endorsement deals under a pair of bills advancing through the Legislature. Separate versions of the so-called “name, image and likeness” measures – House Bill 1030 and Senate Bill 2313 – cleared their respective chambers this week. The legislation received bipartisan backing. If approved, the legislation would let a college athlete sign endorsement deals, hire an agent and accept gifts, actions that would ...

WASHINGTON — Teachers got some good news and some bad news in regard to vaccines last week.

The Terre Haute Police Merit Commission will hear from the public regarding a city police sergeant whos been suspended for more than four dozen days as the result of seven

Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona is one step closer to being confirmed as the United States’ secretary of Education.

ATLANTA — A Valdosta resident’s name has been forwarded to the state attorney general’s office for criminal prosecution as part of an investigation into voter fraud in Georgia, officials said

Close Historical Horse Racing at the Red Mile shut down last month. A legislative House committee sent a bill to the House floor that would legally allow the slots-like machines in the state. (Red Mile photo from Twitter) featured By TOM LATEK Kentucky Today Feb 10, 2021 Feb 10, 2021 Historical Horse Racing at the Red Mile shut down last month. A legislative House committee sent a bill to the House floor that would legally allow the slots-like machines i...

The Illinois House adopted new procedural rules along party lines Wednesday that make changes to how the chamber will function.

Wyoming Tribune Eagle CHEYENNE — With lawmakers expected to weigh state budget cuts totaling tens of millions of dollars when they meet in Cheyenne next month, a poll of residents has found that Wyomingites were most concerned over the possibility of cuts to the state’s K-12 education system, as well as potential tax increases. The poll, which was spearheaded by Power Wyoming, an interdisciplinary group tasked with analyzing the state’s economic future, was presented to the Legis...

A Bristol lawmaker is continuing his efforts to put some teeth into Tennessee’s notoriously weak law against cockfighting.