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Bitterly divided House panel OKs big school voucher bill BOB CHRISTIE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail PHOENIX (AP) — A bitterly divided Arizona House committee voted Wednesday to advance a massive expansion of the state’s school voucher program just over two years after voters overwhelmingly rejected universal school vouchers. Republicans called the measure already passed by the full Senate a lifeline for 600,000 low-income students who would become entitled to state funding for pri...

Committee advances lottery bill, keeps casino issue alive KIM CHANDLER, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama Senate committee on Wednesday advanced a lottery bill as lawmakers try to get the issue of gambling, — with or without casinos — before state voters for the first time since 1999. The Senate Tourism and Marketing Committee approved a lottery proposal sponsored by Republican Sen. Jim McClendon of Springville. However, Tourism Committee Chairman D...

Warnock: GOP voting restrictions resurrect Jim Crow era BILL BARROW, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., left, accompanied by Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks during a news conference, before the vote on the Democrats $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington.Alex Brandon/APShow MoreShow Less 2of3Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., arrives as the Senate holds votes on nominees for the Biden administrati...

Officials: Wisconsin man kills 2 co-workers, later dies GRETCHEN EHLKE , Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6Milwaukee Police Officers and other investigators work near the intersection of North 92nd and West Townsend streets in Milwaukee, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. A worker shot and killed two colleagues at a supermarket distribution center before crashing his vehicle during a police pursuit and then killing himself, a union official and police said. (Angela Peterson/Milwa...

Many N.C. college students qualify for COVID-19 shot April 7 BRYAN ANDERSON, Associated Press/Report for America March 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail A healthcare worker prepares to administer the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Since North Carolina began administering the vaccine in December, more than 1 million people have gotten their first doses.Gerry Broome/AP RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A sizable group of North Carolina college students will be eli...

Lawmakers departure produces fourth May 18 special election March 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A special election to fill a western Pennsylvania state House seat that is vacant because of a lawmakers retirement will be held on May 18, the day of the state primary. The speakers office said Wednesday that voters in Armstrong, Butler and Indiana counties will choose a new state representative in the district that had been represented until Tuesday by Republican Rep. Jeff ...

Bill allowing Ohio schools more time for spring tests passes FARNOUSH AMIRI, Report for America/Associated Press March 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After a year of learning upended by the pandemic, Ohio students would have extra time to take state-mandated tests under an emergency measure passed unanimously Wednesday by the Ohio House. The GOP-controlled Senate approved some final changes to the school measure before sending it back to the House where it passed in a ra...

Lawmakers exert influence in deciding uses for pandemic aid BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, file photo, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear addresses the media at a news conference at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky. A Kentucky legislative panel has recommended that no further action be taken on impeachment petitions filed by citizens against Beshear and Attorney General Daniel Cameron.Timothy D. Easley/AP FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) ...

Idaho House approves massive income tax cut and rebate plan KEITH RIDLER, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail Lawmakers in the House of Representative debate a bill on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in the Statehouse in Boise, Idaho. Lawmakers approved a massive income tax cut backers say provides much-needed relief but that opponents say is a giveaway to the rich that will result in long-lasting harm.Keith Ridler/AP BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho House on Wednesday approved a massive income ta...

Lawmakers OK bill shielding businesses from virus lawsuits March 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Legislature has passed a bipartisan bill aimed at shielding businesses and health care facilities from lawsuits over customers’ or employees’ COVID-19 exposure. The Senate approved the bill 41-6 on Wednesday. The House passed the bill 77-17 last month. Republican Sen. Jerry Klein said about 30 states have passed similar legislation. The move by the states c...