Catholic leaders are urging the faithful to avoid the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine if they can because it is produced using cell lines derived…
Arizona bill would designate gun stores as essential firms
PHOENIX (AP) – The Arizona Senate has voted to designate gun stores as essential businesses allowed to remain open during an emergency. Republicans sent the…
Arizona Senate votes to designate gun stores as essential businesses
PHOENIX — The Arizona Senate has voted to designate gun stores as essential businesses allowed to remain open during an emergency. Republicans sent the measure…
House advances oversight bill in response to prison leases
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama lawmakers, reacting to the governor’s $3 billion plan to lease prisons, advanced a bill Tuesday that would give the legislative…
Mississippi bills alive: Athletes, alcohol, criminal justice
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Bills to allow college athletes to earn money from their own name, likeness and image are still alive at the Mississippi…
Lawmakers blaming Christopher Wray for FBI’s failure to catch Capitol riot warning signs
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray on Tuesday fended off hostile lawmakers from both parties who blamed him for the bureau’s failure to catch warning signs…
Unusual alliance pushes seeks policing reforms in New Mexico
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Policing reforms are making for strange bedfellows in New Mexico as the co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and…
Lee Zeldin eyes New York governor run against Cuomo
Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York said Tuesday he’s considering a bid for governor next year, amid scandals engulfing three-term Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and…
Anna Ruch, third Andrew Cuomo accuser, alleges ‘aggressive’ wedding reception incident
A third woman has come forward to accuse Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York Democrat, of sexual harassment. In an interview published Monday evening, Anna Ruch…
Shane Jett, Oklahoma state senator, wants to ban critical race theory from being taught in public sc
Oklahoma state Sen. Shane Jett is pushing his state to join a growing movement to ban critical race theory from public school curriculums, which he…