A new bill has reportedly been pre-filed in South Carolina that would require high school students in the state to take a personal finance class. Under the legislation from Republican state Sen. Luke Rankin, high school students would be required to take at least one half-credit personal finance course and pass a test at the end […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) predicted Monday that Supreme Court Justices Brett KavanaughBrett Michael KavanaughSenate votes to confirm Neomi Rao to appeals court Battle over Trump’s judicial nominees enters new phase This week: Trump set for Senate setback on emergency declaration MORE and Neil Gorsuch will overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established a constitutional […]
Democrats who took uncompromising stands against racism and sexual harassment and assault find themselves questioning just how far their idealism goes as Virginia’s top three officeholders struggle to weather political storms that threaten their careers. After a racist photo showed up on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook from 1984, party leaders were quick […]
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) announced Tuesday that since he took office, voting rights have been restored to more than 10,000 residents previously convicted of felony charges. The announcement comes as Northam has faced calls from prominent Democratic politicians in Virginia and elsewhere to resign after he admitted he wore blackface to a dance party during college. “I believe in second […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed a bill Friday banning gay conversion therapy in New York. “As the most progressive state in the nation and as the home of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, New York has always been on the front lines fighting for full protections for every individual,” the governor said in a statement touting the signing […]
Dan McCready, the Democratic candidate in a contested North Carolina House race, on Thursday praised the North Carolina State Board of Elections’ (NCSBE) decision to call a new election in light of allegations of ballot fraud by members of the Republican candidate’s campaign. “From the moment the first vote was stolen in North Carolina, from […]
Public school teachers in West Virginia returned to school Thursday after an education bill they opposed was effectively killed in the state House. Teachers in 54 of the state’s 55 counties walked out Tuesday over SB 451, which would have used public funding to introduce charter schools to the state and provide private school tuition […]
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) will reportedly commit $10 million to a universal preschool program in the state. Raimondo is set to hold the first State of the State address of her second term as governor, during which she will lay out more details in her multiyear plan, according to the Providence Journal. “There […]
Newly sworn-in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisRonald Dion DeSantisFlorida bill repealing ban on smokable medical marijuana headed to governor’s desk GOP turns Venezuela into Florida attack line Matt Gaetz makes rare break with Trump: ‘Climate change is real’ MORE (R) on Thursday asked the entire South Florida water management board to resign as part of his […]
The Kentucky Senate on Thursday voted to advance legislation backed by the National Rifle Association (NRA) that would allow people to carry concealed firearms without a permit or training. The bill passed the Republican-controlled Senate on the one-year anniversary of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, that killed 17 students and staff members. According to the Lexington […]