Police have reportedly served a search warrant to test the DNA of all male employees at a private nursing facility in Arizona where a woman who was in a vegetative state for 14 years gave birth. Police have been investigating the alleged sexual assault that caused the pregnancy since last month, with the CEO of Hacienda […]
Members of the University of Mississippi student government unanimously voted to have a Confederate statue located in the center of campus removed. The 47-0 vote Tuesday was met with raucous applause in the room, according to NBC News. The resolution that is now signed by student body president Elam Miller is not binding, but the student government […]
A state commission in Parkland, Fla., investigating the February mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School unanimously approved a report on Wednesday that calls for some teachers to be armed. The 458-page report, produced by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission, makes dozens of recommendations, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, and will now be sent to […]
Several state employees with a New York disability agency say that supervisors and coworkers at the small office did nothing to stop a male administrative assistant who frequently sexually harassed women in the office, including exposing himself and making obscene comments. The Associated Press reports that New York’s Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) has been roiled by scandal that […]
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) is proposing providing undocumented immigrants in the state with identification cards. Undocumented immigrants would also have the option to qualify for driver’s permits as part of the budget proposal rolled out by Evers Thursday, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Evers is set to address lawmakers at the statehouse in […]
Tennessee state Rep. Antonio Parkinson (D) is gaining national headlines after he proposed a measure to enforce a dress code on all parents in the state when visiting public schools. The Tennessee Democrat told TODAY in an interview published on Friday that he realized it was time for parents to adhere to a set of rules after hearing […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) blamed the Trump administration for New York’s declining tax revenue, saying a 2017 law signed by the president that caps state and local tax (SALT) deductions has pushed some of the state’s highest earners to move elsewhere. “The federal administration’s SALT policy is an economic civil war that helps red states […]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) said Wednesday that he plans to sign a controversial “heartbeat bill” that would outlaw abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat. DeWine told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that he will “absolutely” sign the bill banning abortion as early as six weeks, which was vetoed last month by then-Gov. John Kasich […]
The Virginia GOP has called on Gov. Ralph Northam (D) to step down after he acknowledged that he appeared in a photo showing a man wearing blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan robe. The state party called on Northam to resign after he confirmed that he was in a photo from his medical […]
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) has issued a formal complaint to the NFL over a no-call by referees in Sunday’s game between the New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Rams. “On behalf of the people of Louisiana and New Orleans Saints fans all across the country, I am writing to you to express our deep disappointment with […]