Legislation

Ten Commandments law: Gov. Jeff Landry’s push to move Louisiana further right

Elaine Hadley

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has long been reliably red. The Bayou State has voted for the Republican candidate ...

New law requires all Louisiana public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

Elaine Hadley

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in ...

Nashville court grapples with details on school shooter that were leaked to media

Elaine Hadley

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys fighting over the release of documents involving a 2023 Nashville elementary school shooting pleaded with ...

Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change

Elaine Hadley

Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the ...

New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances

Elaine Hadley

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Critics of a new Louisiana law, which makes it a crime to approach within 25 ...

Georgian parliament committee rejects presidential veto of the divisive ‘foreign agents’ legislation

Abhinav Thawait

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A Georgian parliament committee on Monday rejected the president’s veto of the “foreign agents” legislation that ...

Newsom signs law allowing Arizona doctors to perform abortions in California

Elaine Hadley

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Arizona doctors can temporarily come to California to perform abortions for their patients under a new ...

Election 2024: Ohio governor calling special session to ensure Biden is on the ballot

Elaine Hadley

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday that he is calling a rare special session of ...

SEC’s Gensler Says House Bill Would ‘Undermine’ Regulator’s Crypto, Capital Markets Oversight

Barbara Terrio

The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act would hurt investors and hamper the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...

Israeli officials take down AP live shot of Gaza, citing new media law

Abhinav Thawait

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern Israel on ...

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