State Watch
Two additional Native American tribes in South Dakota have banned Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) from their reservations after she said earlier this year that tribal leaders benefited from drug cartels. Noem is now banned from traveling to about one-fifth of South Dakota after the Yankton Sioux Tribe voted Friday to ban Noem and the Sisseton-Wahpeton…
Students at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) walked out of their commencement ceremony to protest an address by Gov. Glenn Younkin (R-Va.). About 100 of the 1,200 graduates at the graduation ceremony Saturday quietly filed out of the Greater Richmond Convention Center, some wearing kaffiyeh scarves and signs reading “Teach Black history” and “Book bans…
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s (R) radio show on WABC Radio has been canceled and he was suspended by the station over claims he made about the 2020 election, according to a report from The New York Times. “We’re not going to talk about fallacies of the November 2020 election,” WABC Radio owner…
Nebraska lawmakers on Friday rejected a proposal to forbid transgender student-athletes from participating in school sports teams that match their gender identity, for the second year in a row. Legislative Bill 575, also called the Sports and Spaces Act, aimed to stop transgender students from using public school restrooms and locker rooms…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) was dinged on social media Friday after saying that the 4.8 magnitude earthquake that shook New York hit “west of Manhattan” rather than mentioning New Jersey. “A 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit west of Manhattan and has been felt throughout New York,” Hochul said in a post on X, formerly…
A business lobbying group that opposes regulations and is backed by former Attorney General Bill Barr has taken legal action against California over regulations aimed at gradually removing gas-powered trucks from the state. The American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce initiated its lawsuit on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. “The ability to transport people and products…
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said the Baltimore bridge recovery operation is “remarkably complex” as crews work to remove the cargo ship that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge last week as well as the debris. Moore joined NewsNation’s ‘Cuomo’ late Thursday, telling host Chris Cuomo the ship is “literally the size of the Eiffel…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) criticized New York City Mayor Eric Adams's (D) offer to stay at a migrant shelter in New York during his visit to the Big Apple, calling it a 'gimmick' in an interview on Thursday. 'The invitation is merely a gimmick,' Abbott stated during an interview on Fox News's…
The Wisconsin governor has signed a bill requiring K-12 schools to teach Asian American history, according to a press release from the governor’s office. The bill, which Gov. Tony Evers (D) signed Thursday, also requires schools to teach Hmong American history, per the release. In the release, Evers said that “[t]he Hmong and Asian American…
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