JUNEAU — A plan by the Dunleavy administration to close six Department of Motor Vehicles offices, most in smaller towns, is meeting bipartisan skepticism in the Alaska Legislature. The proposal, unveiled in December, would close offices in Eagle River, Tok, Homer, Haines, Delta Junction and Valdez to save a half-million […]
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2021 Legislature: COVID, abortion, taxes, Humvees, Century II
Some of the issues the Kansas Legislature will discuss will be the government’s response to coronavirus, education, abortion and property taxes. The Wichita Eagle The Kansas Legislature reconvenes Monday with a membership that will be decidedly more Republican and conservative than last year, solidifying GOP power to oppose the Democratic […]
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CA election results: State Legislature, Senate, Assembly
We did it! We made it through Election Day! Of course, here in California it’ll be some time before we have final results. But let’s get into the news. LEGISLATIVE UPDATES Via Hannah Wiley… It wasn’t all about the White House last night. Or at least in my orbit it […]
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House panel approves proposed law that stems from BB gun uproar | Legislature
The nationally-watched case of a Harvey fourth-grader suspended in a BB gun controversy arrived at the State Capitol on Wednesday when a House committee approved a bill that would give students and families more appeal rights. The measure, House Bill 83, would also require school boards to revamp discipline policies […]
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How Kamala Harris got the call, and will the Legislature extend eviction limits?
Firefighters battle the Lake Hughes fire in Angeles National Forest on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, north of Santa Clarita, Calif. Plus: School looks different depending on which county you’re in. Voting at Dodger Stadium? And crowds are flooding into parks. Greetings from Palm Springs, where we’re about to be engulfed […]