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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Voters in the Netherlands cast their ballots Wednesday in what one populist leader called “game changer” elections for provincial legislatures that have a national impact because they also indirectly decide the makeup of the country’s national senate. A big swing away from the ruling four-party center-right coalition of long-serving Prime […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Hundreds of union supporters filled the halls of the Michigan Capitol on Tuesday as Senate Democrats voted along party lines in support of repealing the decade-old “right-to-work” law in a state long considered a pillar of organized labor. Democrats have listed the repeal as one of their top legislative goals this […]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — It was a mundane, unanimously supported bill on liquor taxation that saw state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh take to the mic on the Nebraska Legislature floor last week. She offered her support, then spent the next three days discussing everything but the bill, including her favorite Girl Scout cookies, Omaha’s best doughnuts […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-backed candidate in Wisconsin’s high-stakes race for state Supreme Court accused his liberal opponent Tuesday of slandering him in a barrage of television ads that initially focused on his views on abortion, but have widened to take on his past work for Republicans and other topics. Dan Kelly, a former […]

Editor’s note: A recent poll showed that a majority of Florida Republicans oppose banning abortion at six weeks with no exceptions for rape or incest. An early version of this story misrepresented the survey’s question. Registered Republicans in a new University of North Florida poll showed support for state Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) as a […]

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers are considering a remarkable shift in allowing the water agency that manages the Colorado River supply for Las Vegas to limit single-family residential use in the desert city and surrounding county. It’s another potential step in a decades-long effort to ensure one of the driest metropolitan areas in […]

The first federal capital case tried under President Biden ended with a split among jurors, which means the life of an Islamic extremist who killed eight people in a New York City will be spared.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republicans on Monday advanced two key initiatives of Gov. Ron DeSantis as he prepares for an expected presidential run — banning gender affirming care for minors and eliminating diversity programs in colleges. The proposals have cleared separate committees but must still win approval from the full House and Senate chambers. […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say a jammed gun may have saved the lives of a woman and her adult daughter. The woman’s boyfriend, Adam Stoll, was arrested after the victim told investigators he tried three times to shoot them Sunday. The victims said she and Stoll got into an argument, Stoll got a weapon, pointed […]

Absences in the Senate are becoming an issue for Democrats, leaving them with a fragile majority. Senate Democrats have been without Sens. John Fetterman (Pa.) and Dianne Feinstein (Calif.) in recent weeks, creating a 49-49 split in the chamber that has forced members of the conference to only bring up votes that they know have […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill that would ban evidence-based health care for transgender minors in West Virginia, the state estimated to have more transgender youth per capita than any other in the nation, is headed to the desk of Gov. Jim Justice. The Republican governor has not taken a public stance on the measure […]