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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Republicans passed a state budget Monday that mostly...

Queens DA moves to drop 700 sex work-related prosecutions KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail NEW YORK (AP) — The district attorney of Queens announced Tuesday that she is requesting the dismissal of nearly 700 cases involving prostitution-related offenses, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he would push for statewide decriminalization of sex work. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, a Democrat, said she is requesting the dismissal of hundreds of cases against ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Republican proposal to require all Kansas public schools to offer...

Newsom will appoint Black woman if Feinstein retires early KATHLEEN RONAYNE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Wednesday, March 3, 2021, file photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration joint hearing examining the Jan. 6, attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington. California Gov. Gavin Newsom says hell appoint a Black woman to the U.S. Senate if Feinstei...

California bills would take badges from misbehaving officers DON THOMPSON, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE - In this June 1, 2020, file photo, a protester raises his arm shortly before being arrested for violating a curfew in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles during demonstrations over the death of George Floyd. California would start licensing law enforcement officers, create a way to end their careers for misbehavior including racial bias, and make it easier to s...

Republicans consider whether to block Whitmers health chief DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail FILE— In this Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021 file photo, provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Elizabeth Hertel, director of the state health department addresses the state. Republican senators critical of Gov. Gretchen Whitmers handling of the coronavirus pandemic are weighing whether to reject her appointee Hertel to run the state health department, which has issued orders res...

Judge orders release of Kansas Senate leader after arrest JOHN HANNA , Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail This photo provided by the Shawnee County Jail in Topeka, Kan., shows Kansas Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop, R-Wichita, after being booked for an arrest, Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Topeka, Kan. Suellentrop was arrested early Tuesday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence and attempting to flee a law enforcement officer. (Shawnee County Jail via AP).AP TOPEKA, Kan....

Wisconsin Legislature moves to protect conversion therapy TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature moved Tuesday to kill limits on PFAS pollution and to allow therapists, counselors and social workers to continue to try to change gay and transgender peoples sexual orientation. The Senate and Assembly both took up a bill blocking a state Department of Safety and Professional Standards rule that would have prohibited so-called conversi...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers voted Tuesday to shield many diabetics from...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A proposal to overhaul Mississippis tax structure was killed in...