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North Carolina Gov. Cooper signs executive order to support freed prisoners through education, assistance
North Carolina has joined a nascent nationwide effort to improve outcomes for more prisoners who return to society through an approach focused on education, health care and housing. Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, signed an executive order Monday that seeks to reduce recidivism through formal training and workforce tools for incarcerated people so more can Read More
DOJ says Merrick Garland to transfer power during upcoming back surgery after Biden Defense Dept controversy
The Justice Department announced Monday that Attorney General Merrick Garland will undergo back surgery over the weekend and transfer power to a deputy attorney general during the procedure. “On Saturday, February 3, 2024, the Attorney General will undergo a minimally invasive back procedure called an interlaminar decompression at L4-L5 to address stenosis,” DOJ spokeswoman Xochitl Read More
West Virginia House advances bill requiring state ID to access internet pornography
People in West Virginia would need to present some form of state-sponsored identification before accessing internet pornography under a bill that advanced Monday in the Republican-dominated state House of Delegates. Sponsors say the bill, similar to one passed in Virginia last year, is meant to prevent children from accessing harmful explicit material. The proposal passed Read More
Kentucky Senate reviews bill aimed at improving student transportation
Legislation allowing school districts to expand fleets transporting students to school and home was promoted Monday as a way to fix bus systems hampered by long routes and too few bus drivers. Democratic Sen. David Yates, the bill’s lead sponsor in the Republican-led Senate, said improving student transportation is a nonpartisan issue. The bill has Read More
Republican-led Kentucky House advances bill to make paid family leave more accessible
Legislation portrayed as a market-driven, voluntary approach to expand access to paid family leave in Kentucky was overwhelmingly passed by the state House on Monday. The measure, which drew strong bipartisan support, sailed through the House on a 92-1 vote, sending it to the Senate for consideration. Republicans have supermajorities in both chambers. House Bill Read More
Voters in northeast Texas to choose between Brent Money, Jill Dutton for special election runoff
The contest has served as a bellwether in the Texas GOP’s warring factions.
Texas Supreme Court to hear legal challenge to ban on transition-related care for kids
A fight over allowing transgender children to access puberty blockers and hormone therapies could hinge on justices’ interpretation of parental rights.
Michigan man charged after threatening to hang Biden and Harris, bomb Washington, DC
Federal prosecutors on Monday charged a Michigan man who threatened to execute President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, called for the killing of federal agents and judges, and suggested that a bomb would be dropped on Washington, D.C. Russell Douglas Warren, 48, was charged in the Eastern District of Michigan after a series of Read More
McConnell-aligned GOP groups raise a record $95 million last year in battle for Senate majority
EXCLUSIVE: Two outside groups aligned with longtime Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell report that they hauled in nearly $95 million in fundraising last year as Republicans aim to win back the chamber’s majority in November’s elections. Senate Leadership Fund, which is the top super PAC backing Senate Republican incumbents and candidates, and the affiliated non-profit Read More