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…
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…
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…
NC Senate OK’s allowing concealed handguns at more churches
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Churches that meet on private school campuses in North Carolina could allow members or visitors to carry concealed handguns if they’re…
New Mexico may discipline, fine workers who release records
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – State employees could be fired or fined up to $5,000 for identifying people who receive public benefits or for releasing…