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…
President Biden chastised what he called an “extreme” Florida Supreme Court ruling upholding the state’s 15-week abortion ban and triggering an even more restrictive policy. “Yesterday’s extreme decision puts desperately needed medical care even further out of reach for millions of women in Florida and across the South,” Biden said Tuesday in a statement. “The…
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) on Monday signed a law recriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs. The law makes personal use possession a misdemeanor punishable with sentences of up to six months in jail. However, it also creates avenues for treatment instead of criminal penalties by encouraging law enforcement agencies to start programs…
In a memo exclusively seen by The Hill on Tuesday, Florida Democratic Senate candidate and former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.) described two significant decisions on abortion from the state’s Supreme Court as a “game changer” for the Sunshine State’s Senate race in November. Mucarsel-Powell’s campaign also said incumbent Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) was “vulnerable” on abortion and tied…
Uvalde, Texas's mayor suddenly resigned on Monday, citing health concerns. Cody Smith left his position after winning the 2023 election, which was influenced by the Robb Elementary School shooting. “I want to thank members of the Uvalde community for their thoughts and prayers during my ongoing recovery from unexpected medical issues…
The Florida Supreme Court upheld the state’s abortion law Monday, setting up a change to the law in the coming months that will likely be a focus for the November election. The court upheld the state’s current 15-week ban on abortion in the Monday ruling, allowing it to continue to be enforced. The conservative majority…
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, signed a bill on Monday allowing paid surrogacy and legal protections for in vitro fertilization (IVF). This came after the IVF practice was briefly banned by a court in…
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