Uvalde’s “back-the-blue” values collide with outrage over police response to Texas’ worst school shooting
By JASON BEEFERMAN
As in many small Texas towns, law enforcement officers here eat free at local taquerias on some days and get complimentary haircuts at neighborhood salons...
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Texas Senate Democrats call for special session to raise the age to purchase guns, require universal background checks
By KATE MCGEE
The Texas Senate Democratic Caucus is urging Gov. Greg Abbott to call an emergency special legislative session to consider a variety of gun restrictions and...
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Why 18-year-olds can buy AR-15s in Texas but not handguns
By KIAH COLLIER
The fact that the gunman responsible for this week’s massacre in Uvalde was able to buy two AR-15s days after his 18th birthday highlights how...
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Alabama voters approve $85 million bond issue to fund public historical sites and state parks
By Jackie Mitchell
Alabama voters approved Amendment 1, a constitutional amendment, on May 24. Amendment 1 authorized the state to issue up to $85 million in bonds for...
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Philadelphia mayor names two new school board members
By Dale Mezzacappa .Chalkbeat
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney appointed two new members to the city’s Board of Education on Tuesday: Sarah-Ashley Andrews, a family therapist who founded a suicide-prevention...
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Georgia voters to weigh in on farmer tax exemption

Georgia voters to weigh in on farmer tax exemption

By Nyamekye Daniel on May 10, 2021

Georgia voters will decide whether to exempt certain farmers from taxes under a bill signed into law Friday by Gov. Brian Kemp. House Bill 498 will…

Local government report calls on Florida lawmakers to standardize local elections

Local government report calls on Florida lawmakers to standardize local elections

By John Haughey on May 10, 2021

16 Florida congressional reps file 167 ‘earmarks’ seeking $316M in project funding

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State officials urge downstate Illinoisans to get vaccinated

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New law allows for Georgia tax credit examinations

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Crist launches bid to unseat DeSantis in 2022

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$200M Florida tax relief package features new ‘Freedom Week’ tax holiday

$200M Florida tax relief package features new ‘Freedom Week’ tax holiday

By John Haughey on May 7, 2021

Denver approves landlord licensing program

Denver approves landlord licensing program

By Robert Davis on May 7, 2021

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