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Treasury says state tax cuts OK if separated from virus aid DAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press March 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5FILE - This March 2, 2021 photo shows Mississippi Senate Finance Committee Chairman Josh Harkins, left, reviewing a number of proposed bills with Senate Accountability Efficiency and Transparency Committee Chairman John Polk at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Responding to concerns from state officials, the U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday, Mar...

Advocates push for changes to Minnesotas predatory registry March 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — Advocates in Minnesota are pushing legislators to remove most juveniles from the states predatory registry, arguing that it makes it difficult for young people to overcome societal barriers. The states Predatory Offender Registry has more than 18,000 names, which includes people in their teens through their 60s, according to a spokesperson from the Bureau of Criminal Appre...

Idaho lawmaker panel approves fetal heartbeat abortion ban REBECCA BOONE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho bill that would outlaw nearly all abortions in the state by banning them once fetal cardiac activity can be detected by ultrasound has been approved by a panel of lawmakers. If the legislation becomes law, Idaho would become the 12th state to attempt a so-called “fetal heartbeat” ban this year, though the other other bills are tied up in the courts....

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate overwhelmingly approved a pair of bipartisan...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers finished work Monday on a proposal giving them...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A legislator from Evansville who is the second-ranking officer in...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lottery proposals will get their first hearing in a legislative...

Congressional race to succeed Deb Haaland takes shape MORGAN LEE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo Interior Secretary nominee Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., speaks during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. On March 15, the Senate confirmed her as Interior Secretary. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP, File)Jim Watson/AP SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Deb Haalands departure Tuesday from Congress to serve as U.S. Interior Department secretary triggers ...

Scrapped Vegas pipeline plan looms amid swamp cedar debate SAM METZ, AP / Report for America March 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this undated file photo is the Swamp Cedar Natural Area, a tribal site known as the swamp cedars, considered sacred by a number of Shoshone tribes in Ely, northeast Nevada. Lawmakers are considering strengthening protections for trees that Native Americans in northeastern Nevada consider sacred. The Duckwater and Ely Shoshone tribes have used swamp cedars i...

Lobbyist named in $60M Ohio bribery probe is found dead JULIE CARR SMYTH and FARNOUSH AMIRI, AP/Report for America March 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail CORRECTS DATE OF WHEN CLARKS BODY WAS FOUND TO MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2021 AND DELETES REFERENCE TO CLARK DYING ON TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2021 - FILE- In this May 27, 2004 file photo Paul Tipps, left, and Neil Clark, pose in their office in Columbus, Ohio. Clark, a longtime Ohio lobbyist, who had pleaded not guilty in a sweeping federal bribery investiga...