Massachusetts Senate passes bill aimed at outlawing “revenge porn”
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts bill that bars someone from sharing explicit images or videos without consent was approved unanimously Thursday by the Massachusetts Senate.
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Louisiana debates civil liability over COVID-19 vaccine mandates, or the lack thereof
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Three years after COVID-19 vaccines became widely available in the United States, Louisiana continues to debate policies related to inoculation mandates, including civil labilities if a work place mandates vaccines or not and a bill that would prohibit schools from requiring students to receive the vaccine.
Georgia Senate lawmakers give final passage to bill to loosen health permit rules
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers on Thursday agreed on a plan to loosen some parts of the state’s health care permitting law.
Republican majorities block efforts to expand Medicaid in Georgia and Kansas
ATLANTA (AP) — Plans to expand Medicaid coverage to over half a million more people in Georgia and Kansas were defeated by Republican-led committees in the states’ legislatures Thursday.
Trump’s Deal With R.N.C. Prioritizes PAC Paying His Lawyers
Former President Donald J. Trump’s new shared fund-raising agreement with the Republican National Committee directs a portion of donations to the political account he has used to pay his legal bills before any money goes to the party itself.
GOP Senators Laugh Off Giving Money To Help Trump Post Bond In New York
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is in a huge bind. He can’t scrounge up enough cash to post a bond in his New York civil fraud case, where he faces a penalty of more than $454 million.
After decades of secrecy, the 'Ghost Army' is honored for saving U.S. lives in WWII
Members of the so-called "Ghost Army" used inflatable tanks, phony uniforms, fake rumors and special effects to deceive German forces during World War II, diverting attention from larger units and saving hundreds of thousands of American lives in the process.
Quebec’s energy minister under fire for saying there’s ‘too many cars’ on roads
Quebec’s economy and energy minister is under fire for lamenting there are “too many cars” on the province’s roads, with public transit advocates and experts arguing the government isn’t doing enough to fix it.