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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — State lawmakers are off to a “good start” in using a massive...

Panel advances bills ending religious exemption for vaccines SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail A key Connecticut legislative committee on Wednesday advanced retooled legislation that scraps a long-standing state religious exemption that many parents have been using over the past decade to avoid having their children vaccinated, while still enabling them to attend public school. The latest version includes a new provision requiring health insurance companies to cover the cost o...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Legislature approves legalization of recreational...

New Mexico primed to join US recreational pot wave MORGAN LEE and CEDAR ATTANASIO, Associated Press April 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Tourist Rene Greenmyer takes a picture of her friend Dawn Plonkey, outside the state capitol building on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Arizona residents happened to pass by the 1999 bronze sculpture "Passage," by Dan Namingha as New Mexico lawmakers met in a special session to revisit a sprawling set of marijuana legali...

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Missouri House condemns Dred Scott ruling March 31, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouris state House on Wednesday formally condemned the U.S. Supreme Courts 1857 ruling denying U.S. citizenship to Dred Scott and other Black Americans. The GOP-led House voted 152-0 in favor of the resolution, which describes the court decision as a “negative legacy” for the state. Missouris Supreme Court in 1852 ruled against Scott, a slave, in his bid to sue for his freedom. The ...

Connecticut receives first bond rating upgrade in 20 years March 31, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut on Wednesday received its first credit rating upgrade in two decades, prompting Democrat Gov. Ned Lamont to proclaim the state is “emerging as a financial leader among the states.” Moodys Investor Services upgraded the states general obligation bond rating one notch, from A1 to Aa3, citing the states “significant budgetary reserves and good financial performa...

Hearing set in lawsuit over Virginia state senators censure SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail FILE This Thursday Jan. 14, 2021 file photo show State Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, addresses members of the Virginia Senate inside the Science Museum in Richmond, Va. Chase said at a campaign event this week that a fellow state senator seeking the Democratic nomination in the race would not "be a governor that supports everyone" because she is a leader of the legislative Black...

Retooling of NC student literacy efforts on fast track March 31, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An overhaul of North Carolinas efforts to improve reading proficiency for early-grade students in the public schools is advancing quickly through the legislature, clearing the Senate on Wednesday by a unanimous vote. A House education committee later approved the same “Excellent Schools Act” in a rare evening meeting. It signaled the General Assemblys hope to give final legislat...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill that would establish an intermediate court system in...