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STATE OF THE STATE


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North Carolina is pursuing its own restrictions amid Trump's pushback against DEI

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The North Carolina House advanced its own restrictions on diversity, equity and inclusion practices for state agencies.

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North Carolina judges weigh GOP law shifting election board control away from Democratic governor

Read full article: North Carolina judges weigh GOP law shifting election board control away from Democratic governor

North Carolina trial judges will soon rule if legislative Republicans' latest method to attempt to wrest control of the State Board of Elections from a Democratic governor is lawful.

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Trump administration ordered to unfreeze funding in dispute with Maine over transgender students

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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze funds intended for a Maine child nutrition program that were suspended amid a disagreement between the state and the president over transgender athletes.

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Maine sues the Trump administration over funding freeze after dispute over transgender athletes

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Maine officials are suing the administration of President Donald Trump to try to stop the government from freezing federal money in the wake of a dispute over transgender athletes in sports.

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Abbott’s State of the State address targets property tax relief, education, and infrastructure in Harris County

Read full article: Abbott’s State of the State address targets property tax relief, education, and infrastructure in Harris County

In his sixth State of the State address, Governor Greg Abbott presented a comprehensive agenda focusing on property tax relief, education, and infrastructure in Harris County.

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Idaho state senator tells Native American candidate 'go back where you came from' in forum

Read full article: Idaho state senator tells Native American candidate 'go back where you came from' in forum

An Idaho state senator is reported to have told a Native American candidate to “go back where you came from” during a candidate forum this week.

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Police have upped their use of Maine's 'yellow flag' law since the state's deadliest mass shooting

Read full article: Police have upped their use of Maine's 'yellow flag' law since the state's deadliest mass shooting

Maine's governor says there has been a huge jump in law enforcement requests for Maine courts to allow guns to be seized from people deemed a danger to themselves or others since the deadliest mass shooting in state history.

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South Dakota court decision threatens abortion rights measure on November ballot

Read full article: South Dakota court decision threatens abortion rights measure on November ballot

The South Dakota Supreme Court has reversed a judge's dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to remove an abortion rights initiative from the November ballot.

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer insists Biden can win her state and says she's behind him 100%

Read full article: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer insists Biden can win her state and says she's behind him 100%

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is insisting that President Joe Biden can still win her state, a key battleground in the 2024 election, even as many national Democrats question whether Biden should move forward after his shaky debate performance.

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Maine joins compact to elect the president by popular vote but it won't come into play this November

Read full article: Maine joins compact to elect the president by popular vote but it won't come into play this November

Maine is joining a multistate effort to elect the president by popular vote with the governor’s announcement that she’ll let the proposal become law without her signature.

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Months ahead of the presidential election, Nebraska's GOP governor wants a winner-take-all system

Read full article: Months ahead of the presidential election, Nebraska's GOP governor wants a winner-take-all system

Nebraska’s Republican governor is calling on state lawmakers to move forward with a “winner-take-all” system of awarding Electoral College votes.

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Arizona's Democratic governor vetoes border bill approved by Republican-led Legislature

Read full article: Arizona's Democratic governor vetoes border bill approved by Republican-led Legislature

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill approved by the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature that would have made it a crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at a location other than a port entry.

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Maine wants to lead in offshore wind. The state's governor says she has location for a key wind port

Read full article: Maine wants to lead in offshore wind. The state's governor says she has location for a key wind port

Maine's governor says a state-owned site on the coast of Maine will serve as the location of an offshore wind port critical to developing the nation’s first floating offshore wind power research array.

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Virginia bank delays plans to auction land at resort owned by West Virginia governor's family

Read full article: Virginia bank delays plans to auction land at resort owned by West Virginia governor's family

A Virginia bank says it will delay plans to auction off land at West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s posh resort in an attempt to recover more than $300 million on defaulted business loans by the governor’s family.

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Wisconsin Democrats inch closer to overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps

Read full article: Wisconsin Democrats inch closer to overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps

Wisconsin Democrats are inching closer to overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps that the GOP have used to grow their majorities and advance their agenda over the past 13 years.

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Bill decriminalizing drug test strips in opioid-devastated West Virginia heads to governor

Read full article: Bill decriminalizing drug test strips in opioid-devastated West Virginia heads to governor

A bill that would decriminalize all the strips used to test deadly drugs now goes to West Virginia's governor.

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Michigan Gov. Whitmer focuses on education in State of the State ahead of key term for Democrats

Read full article: Michigan Gov. Whitmer focuses on education in State of the State ahead of key term for Democrats

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called on lawmakers to pass increased investments in education in an attempt to save residents money in her sixth State of the State address Wednesday night.

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Federal judge in Oklahoma clears the way for a ban on medical care for transgender young people

Read full article: Federal judge in Oklahoma clears the way for a ban on medical care for transgender young people

A federal judge in Oklahoma has declined to stop a new law from taking effect that makes it a felony crime for health care workers to provide gender-affirming care to young transgender people.

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Michigan judge to decide whether to drop charges against 2 accused in false elector scheme

Read full article: Michigan judge to decide whether to drop charges against 2 accused in false elector scheme

Two Michigan defendants accused of participating in a fake elector scheme are set to appear before a judge, seeking for charges to be dropped due to comments made by the state attorney general.

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New York City moves to suspend 'right to shelter' as migrant influx continues

Read full article: New York City moves to suspend 'right to shelter' as migrant influx continues

New York City is challenging a unique legal agreement that requires it to provide emergency housing to anyone who asks for it.

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Watch live: Gov. Greg Abbott to sign historic property tax cut in New Caney

Read full article: Watch live: Gov. Greg Abbott to sign historic property tax cut in New Caney

Gov. Greg Abbott will ceremonially sign the largest property tax in Texas history, which was passed during Special Session #2 of the 88th Texas Legislature on Wednesday in New Caney.

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Arizona governor makes contraceptive medications available over the counter at pharmacies

Read full article: Arizona governor makes contraceptive medications available over the counter at pharmacies

Adults in Arizona can now obtain contraceptive medications over the counter at a pharmacy without a doctor’s prescription under a governor's order announced Thursday.

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Georgia enacts law letting panel punish, oust prosecutors

Read full article: Georgia enacts law letting panel punish, oust prosecutors

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a bill into law creating a new commission empowered to discipline and remove wayward prosecutors.

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Oklahoma governor signs gender-affirming care ban for kids

Read full article: Oklahoma governor signs gender-affirming care ban for kids

Oklahoma is the latest state to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors.

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Alabama education director ousted over book's stance on race

Read full article: Alabama education director ousted over book's stance on race

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has replaced her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book that the Republican governor denounced as teaching “woke concepts” because of language about inclusion for all families and battling racism.

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Georgia law will ban most transgender care for kids under 18

Read full article: Georgia law will ban most transgender care for kids under 18

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a ban on most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people under 18.

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Michigan adds LGBTQ protections to anti-discrimination law

Read full article: Michigan adds LGBTQ protections to anti-discrimination law

Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Thursday that will permanently outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the state.

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Arizona governor won't proceed with execution set by court

Read full article: Arizona governor won't proceed with execution set by court

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs says corrections officials won't carry out an execution even though the state Supreme Court scheduled it over the objections of the state’s new attorney general.

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Gov. Greg Abbott delivers State of the State address

Read full article: Gov. Greg Abbott delivers State of the State address

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott offered no hints about whether he might run for president in a rare primetime address Thursday night, but used it to make a case that hard-line immigration measures, tougher criminal penalties and a humming economy are a model for the rest of the U.S.

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Michigan moves for early slot for 2024 presidential primary

Read full article: Michigan moves for early slot for 2024 presidential primary

The Michigan House voted along party lines Tuesday to move the state's primary to the fourth week of February to match an early presidential primary plan approved by a Democratic National Committee panel last month.

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Connecticut governor's gun proposals include open carry ban

Read full article: Connecticut governor's gun proposals include open carry ban

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has announced a series of proposed gun laws in a state already considered one of the strictest for firearms ownership.

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Violence looms over New Mexico Legislature as work begins

Read full article: Violence looms over New Mexico Legislature as work begins

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is calling for new gun control laws and greater accountability for firearm manufacturers while denouncing recent drive-by shootings against politicians in Albuquerque and what she called a national scourge of violence.

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Wisconsin governor bans popular TikTok app on state phones

Read full article: Wisconsin governor bans popular TikTok app on state phones

Wisconsin has become the latest state to ban the use of TikTok on state phones and other devices.

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Wisconsin governor calls for tax cut as rival tours Kenosha

Read full article: Wisconsin governor calls for tax cut as rival tours Kenosha

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is proposing a $600 million annual tax cut, an election year proposal that Republican legislative leaders are rejecting as a “vote-buying ploy.

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New Mexico, 'Stranger Things' backdrop, hits production peak

Read full article: New Mexico, 'Stranger Things' backdrop, hits production peak

New Mexico’s governor says direct spending by production companies on films, TV series and other media has never been higher in the state, topping $855 million in fiscal year 2022.

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Wisconsin governor vetoes Republican election bills

Read full article: Wisconsin governor vetoes Republican election bills

Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who is up for reelection in November, has vetoed a package of bills passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature that would have made a series of changes to the battleground state’s election laws.

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Trump-tied group pushing for voting changes in Wisconsin

Read full article: Trump-tied group pushing for voting changes in Wisconsin

A group supporting former President Donald Trump's agenda is working to bypass Wisconsin's Democratic governor to change the swing state's election laws.

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Millions to lose jobless aid as claims fall to pandemic low

Read full article: Millions to lose jobless aid as claims fall to pandemic low

Millions of jobless Americans who have depended on federal unemployment aid as a financial lifeline are about to lose those benefits just as the delta variant of the coronavirus poses a renewed threat to the economy and the job market.

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Missouri governor doesn’t want door-to-door vaccine help

Read full article: Missouri governor doesn’t want door-to-door vaccine help

Federal officials are pushing back after Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said he doesn’t want government employees going door-to-door to urge people to get vaccinated.

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TribCast: Assessing Gov. Greg Abbott's legislative priorities

Read full article: TribCast: Assessing Gov. Greg Abbott's legislative priorities

The Texas Tribune Tribcast for Feb. 3, 2021. Credit: Bob Daemmrich/CapitolPressPhoto/Pool(Audio unavailable. Click here to listen on texastribune.org.) In this week's episode, Matthew speaks with Patrick, Ross and Alexa about Gov. Greg Abbott's State of the State speech and the delays in the 2021 redistricting process.

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Abbott in State of the State address: Texas on ‘comeback’ from pandemic

Read full article: Abbott in State of the State address: Texas on ‘comeback’ from pandemic

“Our comeback is already materializing,” Abbott said. “Texans are returning to work. There was no mention of direct relief for Texans put of work but a demand for legislation that would protect businesses from pandemic-related lawsuits. Abbott formed a task force on domestic terrorism and extremism following the attack but did not mention the shooting during his address Monday night. You can watch a replay of Abbott’s speech and the Democratic response below:

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Analysis: At a time like this, who needs another emergency?

Read full article: Analysis: At a time like this, who needs another emergency?

Greg Abbott delivered his 2019 State of the State address at the Texas Capitol. Greg Abbott, who is giving his biennial State of the State speech next Monday, might have some ideas about that. It’s customary for Texas governors to give this address early in every legislative session. It’s a time for governors to tell lawmakers how things are going and how they think things ought to be going. But these attempts to direct the Legislature’s agenda every two years have one feature of real importance: A Texas governor’s list of “emergency items” can be considered earlier in a legislative session than other proposals.

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