Kentucky’s legislature has delivered on a two-year state budget that would increase funding for K-12 schools. The spending plan won final passage Thursday in the House. It heads to Gov. Andy Beshear, who has line-item veto authority over budget bills. As usual, much of the focus was on educa…
Kentucky lawmakers have given final passage to a bill stripping the Democratic governor of any role in picking someone to occupy a U.S. Senate seat if a vacancy occurs. Kentucky is the home state of 82-year-old Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. The state Senate voted Thursday to send…
Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities. He announced vetoes Thursday to bills that would have allowed the recreational retail sales of marijuana to begin next year and measures mandating a minimum wage increase. Youngkin said the marijuan…
A bill aimed at expanding access to paid family leave has won final passage in Kentucky’s legislature. Thursday's vote came as lawmakers shifted into overdrive on the final day before a two-week break. The Senate voted 36-0 to send the family leave legislation to Gov. Andy Beshear. The bill …
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed off on the repeal of Memphis police traffic stop reforms set in place after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers just over a year ago. By enacting the legislation, the Republican governor sided with GOP lawmakers who forged ahead despite pleas from…
Tennessee’s governor has named a whole new board of trustees to the state’s only publicly funded historically Black university. Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation Thursday vacating the board of Tennessee State University and unveiled the new appointees moments after. The selections …
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore warned Thursday of a "very long road ahead" to recover from the loss of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge as he seeks $60M in immediate federal aid after the deadly collapse.
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“The proposed legalization of retail marijuana in the Commonwealth endangers Virginians’ health and safety," Gov. Glenn Youngkin said.
First, Beyoncé arrived at the 2024 Grammy Awards in full cowboy regalia — making a statement without saying a word. Then, during the Super Bowl, she dropped two hybrid country songs: “Texas Hold ’Em” and “16 Carriages.” All of that heralded her latest album, “Act ll: Cowboy Carter,” out Friday. As a Black woman reclaiming country music, she stands in opposition to stereotypical associations of the genre with whiteness. The genre, though, has its roots in Black traditions and culture and Beyoncé's album pays homage to some of her forerunners and influences, like Linda Martell.
A federal appeals court has declined to order North Carolina legislators to redraw some state Senate districts because of alleged racial bias. A divided panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday rejected arguments by voters that there is clear evidence that Republican manipulation of boundaries for two districts violates the Voting Rights Act. The majority upheld a trial court judge’s decision that refused to issue a preliminary injunction preventing the use of two Senate districts and to order new lines be drawn. The districts at issue are in a region with higher concentrations of Black voters.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s second-term Cabinet secretary for military and veterans affairs is retiring, and a former state legislator who has been working at the Pentagon is taking his place. Cooper’s office announced on Thursday that retired Marine Corps general Walter Gaskin is retiring from state government. He was named secretary in 2021. Former state Rep. Grier Martin succeeds Gaskin on Monday. He has been an assistant secretary of defense. The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs manages state veterans’ nursing homes and cemeteries, and it promotes activities to support military installations and quality of life for current and retired service members.
Start handing out those groundhog-size cigars: Punxsutawney Phil is a father. The Pennsylvania group that handles the spring-predicting groundhog and his groundhog wife Phyllis says the couple are new parents.
Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have wrapped up work on a sweeping criminal justice bill that would deliver harsher sentences to combat crime. Opponents warn it will carry a hefty price tag with no assurances the tougher approach will lower crime. The House voted 75-23 Thursday after a long debate to send the measure to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. The massive legislation is a priority for many in the GOP supermajority legislature. One prominent feature would create a “three-strikes” penalty that would lock up felons for the rest of their lives after committing a third violent offense.
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See Steve Earle at Paramount Bristol on Thursday, June 20. Earle’s return to Bristol, his first since March 23, 2018, finds him playing solo and acoustic.
“The proposed legalization of retail marijuana in the Commonwealth endangers Virginians’ health and safety," Gov. Glenn Youngkin said.
Residents of the Battery Park neighborhood of Richmond are suing members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front for defacing a mural of Arthur Ashe in 2021.
Gov. Youngkin said: "Virginians deserve better. A one-of-a-kind project bringing world-class athletes and entertainment, creating 30,000 jobs and $12 billion in economic activity just went up in smoke."
“I don’t think they’re considering people with disabilities and how vulnerable they are of being coerced and helped along with a decision they may not make on their own,” one leader said.
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A judge may soon decide whether to try a case against a Blountville, Tennessee, woman charged in the death of her child in Sullivan County or elsewhere.
Sullivan County deputies this week seized more than 42 pounds of Methamphetamine with a street value of $1.14 million.
ABINGDON, Va. – After two years of construction, residents, were invited Tuesday to tour the substantial new addition of the Washington County, Va. Courthouse.
The Bristol, Tennessee city school system is expanding its use of CENTEGIX's Crisis Emergency Management system to include Tennessee Middle School.
“The proposed legalization of retail marijuana in the Commonwealth endangers Virginians’ health and safety," Gov. Glenn Youngkin said.
Breaks Interstate Park will have a new swimming pool thanks to a $300,000 Virginia Department of Energy’s Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization grant.
The Virginia Coalfield Coalition received a $1 million grant from the Virginia Department of Energy’s Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization grant to increase wireless network access along 20 miles of the Route 460 corridor.
Funding is slated to increase for the Washington County Virginia Sheriff’s Office in next year’s budget by about $473,000.