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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Lawmakers in Wyoming, where gay college student Matthew Shepard...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers unveiled a state budget plan Saturday that...

Alabama lawmaker released from hospital after scare in House March 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama lawmaker is recovering at home following his release from a hospital where he was taken after being carried off the House floor on a stretcher. State Rep. Will Dismukes, a Republican from Prattville, was transported to a hospital Thursday after experiencing shortness of breath and chest pains. “I feel great,” he told The Montgomery Advertiser in a phone inter...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico state Senate has passed a bill that would prohibit...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas House panel on Thursday advanced legislation to...

Federal look into Breonna Taylors death casts a wider net DYLAN LOVAN, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2020 file photo, protesters march in Louisville, Ky. The three Louisville police officers who fired their guns in the fatal raid at Breonna Taylor’s apartment avoided homicide charges. But an ongoing federal probe could expand beyond the officers who conducted the raid. The warrant that sent the police to Taylor’s home a year ago and how it...

Lawmakers cap session with $5.1 billion budget approval STEPHEN GROVES, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers put a cap on the state budget Thursday by boosting pay for teachers, state employees and community support providers, as well as sending millions of dollars to infrastructure projects and a college scholarship fund. In one of their final acts of this years legislative session, lawmakers passed a $5.1 billion budget that will take effect begi...

Maine approves supplemental budget after false start March 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Legislature has approved a supplemental budget that state leaders say is critical to keeping the states economy afloat amidst the coronavirus pandemic. The budget deal means income tax breaks for more than 28,000 businesses and 160,000 unemployed workers. But it only came after hours of deal-making between the legislatures majority Democrats and minority Republicans. The Ma...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Senate voted Friday for a package of steps to fight...

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