Author: Pauline Edwards

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State lawmakers are taking very different approaches to public safety following high-profile shootings. Maine’s Democratic-led Legislature gave final approval to new restrictions on guns before adjourning Thursday. The move comes six months after a deadly mass shooting in Lewiston. Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature meanwhile approved allowing teachers and staff who get firearms safety training to carry guns on school property. That comes three months after a fatal shooting at an Iowa school. About 20 states have passed gun-related legislation this year, and more than half the states did so last year. Democrats generally favor more limits and Republicans more freedoms for gun owners.

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A new memoir penned by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will be available later this year, according to publisher Simon & Schuster. In the book, titled “The Art of Power,” Pelosi details her years in public service, legislation she’s helped to enact as House Speaker and her personal account of the Jan. 6, 2021,…

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