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…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) cautioned Iowa on Friday that the state will be sued if it enforces an immigration law that prohibits individuals from being in the state if they were previously refused entry into the United States. The DOJ informed Iowa’s top state officials, Gov. Kim Reynolds and the state Attorney General…
The Austin City Council passed protections for gender-affirming care Thursday, only a few days after the state of Texas filed a lawsuit over Title IX changes granting protections for transgender people. “Trans people deserve the right to self determination,” City Council member José “Chito” Vela, one of the sponsors of the resolution, said at a…
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem's (R) autobiography hasn't been published, but mistakes in the writing are already surfacing. Noem’s representative mentioned that the Republican governor has been made aware of "two small errors". The book is called "No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward." The Dakota…
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) signed a law on Thursday to ensure President Biden's appearance on the November state ballot. The Hill reached out to Ivey’s office for comment, but The Associated Press confirmed that a spokesperson mentioned the bill had been signed. The passage of the bill follows unanimous support…
A San Diego official on Thursday dubbed his city the “new epicenter” for the border crisis and criticized California for “inflicting this upon ourselves.” “San Diego is the new epicenter for migrants and illegal immigration,” San Diego District 5 Supervisor Jim Desmond posted on the social media platform X. “The surge in unauthorized crossings has…
Lawmakers in Alabama passed legislation that could lead to the prosecution of librarians under the state’s obscenity law for providing minors with “harmful” materials. The bill, approved 72-28 by the Alabama House of Representatives, will now move to the state Senate. It removes existing exemptions for public libraries in the state’s obscenity law and is…
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