Small business owners nervous about President Biden’s push to hike the minimum wage are pitching their own market-driven alternatives to a one-size-fits-all federal mandate. Instead…
Kamala Harris dodges questions on requiring teacher vaccines for school reopenings
Vice President Kamala Harris made it clear Wednesday that nobody’s going to make her take a public position on whether teachers need to be vaccinated…
Republicans back Mitch McConnell amid Donald Trump feud
Republican officials and operatives on Wednesday reminded the Trump wing of the GOP that the former president owes much of his legacy to Senate Minority…
Activists fight against GOP state proposals to tighten election rules
Liberal groups that pushed for expanded mail-in voting for the 2020 elections are fighting to prevent Republicans in battleground states from tightening the rules that…
Some immigrants would get cheaper tuition in proposed plan
PHOENIX (AP) – Voters would be asked to allow Arizona residents enrolled in a federal program for young people illegally brought to the United States…
Gun registry bill from Sheila Jackson Lee called ‘dangerous’
Retired police officers are rallying against a Democratic bill to create a publicly accessible gun registry, saying it puts their lives in danger by advertising…
Rhode Island police search-and-seizure case makes it to Supreme Court
Police entered the home of a Rhode Island man after a domestic dispute and took his two handguns without a warrant, citing mental health concerns…
Bill on civil rights lawsuits passed by New Mexico House
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Legislators in the New Mexico House of Representatives endorsed reforms to rein in police immunity from prosecution, voting 39-29 on…
Richard Burr censured over Donald Trump impeachment vote
RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Republican Party unanimously approved a resolution Monday to censure Sen. Richard Burr over his vote to convict former President…
Bernie Sanders $15 minimum wage would affect budget, CBO says
The Congressional Budget Office has given a boost to Sen. Bernard Sanders’ push to use the budget process to raise the federal minimum wage to…