Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague announced in a news release Wednesday that he has “indefinitely extended” the mask order he established Aug. 19 “due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.” Under the order, every person... Read more »

Gov. Greg Abbott is failing to appease some inside his party — including former President Donald Trump — with the “forensic election audit” that the state announced Thursday. Trump released a letter... Read more »

The Memphis Regional Megasite has been built out in Tennessee as a planned site for a large business operation for years. As recently as June, $52 million was committed to the 4,100-acre site in... Read more »

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee is asking the federal government to provide medical personnel to help understaffed hospitals during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Inslee sent a letter to Jeffrey Zients, who is... Read more »

House Democrats have unveiled a litany of new tax proposals to fund President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion federal spending bill, but a new report suggests the spending plan would shrink the economy.... Read more »

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak on Tuesday signed an emergency declaration requiring that some state employees and contractors get vaccinated following a unanimous vote of support from the state’s Board of Health. The mandate requires... Read more »

Designating 10 major donors to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer the “$100,000 Club,” the Michigan Freedom Fund on Tuesday filed a formal campaign finance complaint against the governor. The MFF complaint, obtained by The... Read more »

President Joseph Biden on Sept. 9, 2021, unveiled his revamped strategy to confront the pandemic, outlining an approach that focuses heavily on attempting to reduce the number of unvaccinated Americans. The new plan comes... Read more »

Parents hoped they could safely send their children back to school this fall. The delta variant of COVID-19 has dashed that hope. What’s worse, families have found themselves thrust into a war... Read more »