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Connecticut receives federal approval for Emergency Relief Funding in schools

The U.S. Department of Education has approved the use of $110 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding for Connecticut’s Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund as part of ongoing... Read more »

Gov. Abbott signs election reform bill into law

After eight months of delays, House Democrats fleeing to Washington, D.C. in protest, a regular session and two special sessions, Gov. Greg Abbott signed his key legislative priority into law Tuesday, reforming... Read more »

Shelby County sues Gov. Lee over school mask mandate ban

Shelby County sued Gov. Bill Lee in his official role as Tennessee governor on Thursday over his executive order allowing parents to opt out of school mask mandates. The Shelby County lawsuit... Read more »

New Jersey will not extend unemployment benefits when they expire Sept. 4

Gov. Phil Murphy announced the expiration on Monday during his weekly COVID-19 briefing. The governor said extending the benefits would cost the state at least $314 million per week and more than... Read more »

Cooper signs police reform, oversight legislation

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed a series of law enforcement reform legislation into law Thursday. Senate Bill 300 makes resisting arrest while causing serious injury to an officer a felony and increases... Read more »

We welcome Afghans to settle permanently in Indiana

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said Wednesday he wants to help Afghan refugees coming to southern Indiana to resettle in the state and get jobs in Indiana. “I can’t tell you how many... Read more »

Pritzker optimistic about fewer mitigations as COVID numbers flatten

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is cautiously optimistic about the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations flattening out in Illinois. When asked about COVID-19 numbers at an unrelated event in Decatur on Tuesday, Pritzker... Read more »

National Republicans zero in on South Texas congressional race to oust Vicente Gonzalez

National Republicans are zeroing in on Texas’ 15th Congressional District as their top battleground here in 2022 — an opportunity to show the GOP can make inroads in South Texas on its... Read more »

New Hampshire sued over federal jobless benefits

New Hampshire is being sued by a group of residents over Gov. Chris Sununu’s decision to end the state’s participation in federal jobless programs. Sununu ended participation in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance... Read more »

Ethics complaint alleges group failed to disclose donors, and suggests connection to prominent lobbyist

Over the course of May and early June this year, a new group called the “Council for a Competitive New Mexico” (CCNM) spent over $130,000 on a media campaign supporting a group... Read more »