Tag: State News

Mnuchin says states have flexibility to spend money from previous coronavirus aid package

Kerry Picket · August 11, 2020 1:43 pm

Tennessee lawmakers convene for special session to discuss COVID-19 liability protections

Washington Examiner · August 11, 2020 1:00 pm

Las Vegas housing market ‘on fire’ amid pandemic: Report

Washington Examiner · August 11, 2020 12:38 pm

New Jersey to spend $25M in federal relief funds to help landlords

Washington Examiner · August 11, 2020 12:00 am

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice delivers his annual State of the State address in the House Chambers at the state capitol in Charleston, W.Va.

West Virginia has awarded $7.6M in coronavirus-related small business grants

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2020 11:00 pm

Minnesota SNAP rolls increased by $36M in pandemic

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2020 10:00 pm

FILE - In this May 30, 2014 file photo, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, heads into his office at the state Capitol in Springfield Ill. National Republican legislative groups say eroding Democratic control in the Illinois House is a top goal this November. Officials from the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee and the Republican State Leadership Committee are having a conference in Colorado this week with the hope of eliminating House Speaker Michael Madigan's veto-proof majority, which the Chicago Democrat and Illinois Democratic Party chair holds by a one-vote margin. Supermajority status allows Democrats to pass politically difficult pieces of legislation without any Republican votes. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Illinois Democrats review options to take action against House speaker after patronage scandal

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2020 9:00 pm

Gretchen Whitmer, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, speaks during a rally in Detroit Friday, Oct. 26, 2018.

Gretchen Whitmer’s latest executive order prohibits firing employees staying home with coronavirus symptoms

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2020 8:00 pm

Maine tourism officials and lawmakers press governor to welcome more visitors

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2020 7:00 pm

Security fences surround the Logan Correctional Center Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, in Lincoln, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Illinois sheriffs and state spar over inmate transfers

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2020 6:30 pm

Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis gestures as he debates.

Florida governor says he would void $135M contract with Deloitte if he could

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2020 6:00 pm

Initial unemployment claims hit four-month low in Tennessee

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2020 5:30 pm