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The peak demand in megawatts on the Texas electric grid on Tuesday, May 31, the highest...
Conservatives have targeted District Attorney Chesa Boudin, blaming him for the city's theft and murder rates. It's a sign that a public weary of crime may be growing dubious about reform.
A proposed bill would institute a sales tax rebate for the purchase of new electric vehicles. However, it may also allow companies to charge customers for the costs of building charging stations.
Last week, the Maryland governor made decisions on hundreds of remaining bills the General Assembly had passed in the 2022 session, including legislation on abortion access, early vote counting and absentee ballot signatures.
The federal government has allotted millions of dollars to bridge the digital divide in Indigenous communities through infrastructure development and offsetting Internet costs to increase accessibility.
Dianne Murray, a Georgia Democrat, regarding her decision to cast her ballot in the state’s Republican primary for Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to prevent a Trump-backed candidate winning the primary. An analysis of early voting records in the state found that 37,000 people who voted in Georgia’s Democratic primary two years ago cast ballots in the Republican primary two weeks ago. The analysis found that the crossover votes were consequential in defeating Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state. (Associated Press — May 31, 2022)
The estimated number of robots that will be used to help New York seniors through...
Mayfield was devastated last December when a tornado ripped through Western Kentucky. New homes are starting to spring up, though, and the city's got big plans for reshaping itself.
One year after the Colonial Pipeline hack — and the IST Ransomware Task Force's report — attacks remain frequent. But government is making strides and recognizing the issue as a national security matter.
With primary season underway, our resident historian examines the origins and role of primary elections in American politics and the intensification of American partisanship.
Watchers of micromobility are seeing closer partnerships and collaborations between scooter and bike-share operators and other providers of mobility services such as public transit and ride-hailing.
To meet the daily benchmark set by the Oregon secretary of state, election officials would have needed to hand-copy 8,000 ballots on Wednesday; they only processed 2,400. The county estimates it still has 35,000 ballots to duplicate.
The California county’s Board of Supervisors approved millions in federal pandemic funding for 27 local projects that aimed to uplift communities that were disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
Members of the Senate budget committee have proposed a resolution that combines and strengthens several of the GOP proposals from recent months. The plan would include tax relief payments of up to $1,500.
The state’s Employment Development Department says that it was flooded with 47,000 suspicious claims in early May, which would have amounted to as much as $560 million. There has not yet been word who is behind the fraudulent claims.
The state Senate passed a bill that would require the state to protect an additional 11 percent of its land and waters by 2030; 19 percent is already conserved. The land would be conserved through conservation easements.
Rafael Goyeneche, president of New Orleans-based watchdog group Metropolitan Crime Commission, regarding the fact that Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and his top lawyers saw body-camera footage of Black motorist Ronald Greene’s violent and deadly arrest six months before prosecutors, detectives and medical examiners found out the video existed. (Associated Press — May 27, 2022)
The proportion of Republicans who support moderate or strong regulations of gun ownership, according to...
Ken Paxton shows how it's done. Meanwhile, five Michigan candidates for governor are disqualified for submitting forged signatures and a reminder why it's so hard to beat incumbents.
The most devastating school shooting in decades is prompting calls for Congress to act on gun control. State leaders don’t have to wait.
The president's party always loses seats in midterms. This year, just about everything — fundraising, voter enthusiasm, demographic shifts, the issues mix — is going the right way for Republicans.
While many firms expect workers to be remote about 30 percent of the time after the pandemic, the rate has “stalled” around 40 percent since last fall. Cities will have to adjust as less workers commute into downtown spaces.
More than 13,000 people relocated to the Texas city between 2020 and 2021, the most for cities with populations of 50,000 or more. San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the country with around 1.5 million residents.
The state’s House Democrats tried, unsuccessfully, to force a vote on an assault weapons ban on May 25, following the Texas school shooting. Republicans say they are already proactive with school safety and mental health programs.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, rebutting arguments that stricter gun-control laws would help reduce firearm deaths, claiming that Chicago, Los Angeles and New York have stricter gun regulations and higher rates of firearm-related deaths; Abbott’s claims are not supported by federal health data. California, Illinois and New York record lower firearm death rates than Texas does. (Associated Press — May 26, 2022)
The proportion of Republicans who do not favor their own party’s position on...
Some states have responded with restrictions, but many more have loosened requirements. Dan Malloy, governor of Connecticut during Sandy Hook, reflects on how he was able to get a gun-safety law passed.
The effort caught national attention, but the real story is the rest of the package of land use reforms that the city council passed to open up the housing market. However, opposition to further reform is growing.
A young state lawmaker’s life, dedicated to helping the most needy, was cut short by a white supremacist in a Charleston church. What happened there, in Buffalo and elsewhere is symbolic of a society corroding from inside out.
Many communities across the country are experiencing big changes to voting procedures due to redistricting. Election officials and groups are working hard to update voters to ensure their voices are heard.
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